Obtained children's (N=639) evaluations of their parents and themselves over a three-year period. Compared children whose parents divorced prior to or during the study with the children whose families remained intact during that time. Results showed children in intact families evaluated themselves and their parents more positively. (BH)

Notes that the assessment of stressful life events during adolescence is important to both research and clinical practice. Reviews self-report inventories which have been developed in recent years to measure life events for adolescents, emphasizing conceptual and methodological issues which created problems in earlier inventories. (Author/NB)

Examined development of self-monitoring behavior during adolescence. Administered Adolescent Self-Monitoring Scale to 490 students in grades 7 through 12. Findings supported hypothesis that self-monitoring behavior increases from early to late adolescents. Found significant difference by age in overall self-monitoring behavior and in sensitivity…

Explored adolescent females' (N=425) actual and perceived probabilities of pregnancy. Subjects estimated their likelihood of becoming pregnant the last time they had intercourse, and indicated the dates of last intercourse and last menstrual period. Found that the distributions of perceived probability of pregnancy were nearly identical for both…

Surveyed 485 undergraduate students to determine on which developmental tasks they believed they were currently working. Results indicated students were simultaneously engaged in developmental tasks associated with middle childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, although they identified themselves as being in early adulthood. Results supported…

Examined the interrelationships among coping statements, a self-report measure of anxiety, and maladaptive overt behavior in a dental situation. Subjects were 23 adolescents. Found that as disruptive "in-chair" overt behavior increased, so did the percentage of coping statements; as self-report levels of anxiety increased, the percentage of coping…

Reviews the literature to show how bibliotherapy was used in the past by professionals in medicine, psychology, counseling, social work, and education, and how it is currently employed to implement and facilitate self-identification and to enhance self-perception. Finds researchers concur that providing pupils with carefully monitored literature…

A total of 284 fifth- through eighth-grade children evaluated themselves, their mothers, fathers and families. Children from "happy" families evaluated themselves and their parents significantly more favorably than those from "unhappy" families. Children from intact families evaluated their parents significantly more favorably than those from…

Measures of body- and self-attitudes were assessed among 152 undergraduate students of both sexes. Subjects' self-rated physical attractiveness, physical effectiveness and self-esteem were measured at the initiation and end of their physical education classes. Results indicated no significant differences in stability of body attitudes and…

Examined relationship between self-concept and feedback in high school seniors. Students evaluated themselves on 10 traits and asked five significant others to evaluate them on same traits. After reviewing average feedback scores, students again evaluated themselves. Results indicated strong relationship between feedback and self-concept for all…

Compared 30 adolescents with psychiatric diagnosis and 28 adolescents without psychiatric diagnosis on parent-completed Revised Behavior Problem Checklist and self-completed Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, Children's Depression Inventory, and Revised Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R). Two groups of adolescents were significantly…

College students (n=150) completed Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire and self-report inventories of depression, hopelessness, social desirability, and anxiety. Found significant correlations between self-report instruments and suicidal behaviors. Findings may be a result of the fact that anxiety and depression are often found together in clinical…

Tested the validity of self-reports of socially undesirable adolescent behavior using a bogus pipeline procedure with students (N=291) in grades seven through nine. In the context of a school-based study in which confidentiality was assured, adolescents' self-reports of alcohol use and misuse were not significantly affected by a bogus pipeline…

Examined self-reported depressive symptoms of inner-city adolescents (n=966) coming to health center for routine care. Thirty-eight percent indicated never being depressed. Of 573 who reported some depression, 78% reported infrequent symptoms, and 22% reported symptoms at least weekly. Explored relationships between frequently feeling depressed…

Presents methodology designed to evaluate validity of retrospective self-report inventories. Applied technique to college student, twin, and sibling data to demonstrate reliability and validity of retrospective self-report questionnaire on timing of pubertal onset. Support provided by four main findings is discussed. (Author/NB)