While debates over the heritability of IQ and the potential for culture bias in measuring instruments have generated much research and public comment, it is also possible to investigate the significance of interracial differences in mean IQ by ignoring both the foregoing issues and instead examining the social psychology of the test situation…

A death anxiety scale developed in 1973 by Nehrke was administered to 655 adult subjects. Their responses were differentiated according to age, sex, race, and level of education. Data were also analyzed using the varimax rotated factor matrix procedure to determine significant factors that the scale was, in fact, measuring. Loadings on four…

Clinical effects of anxiety and depression were measured for older persons. Results indicated statistically significant differences for the anxiety scale analysis on age and marital status; for the depression scale analysis on age, sex, and marital status; and for the hostility scale analysis on age, race, and marital status. (Author/RC)

Greater death acceptance and anxiety were observed among rural as compared to urban-dwelling participants. Responses by a life-threatened geriatric subsample revealed differences in death fears related to type of medical disorder. Previous findings of no difference in the death fears of heart and cancer patients were replicated. (Author)

Given the facilitating conditions and the characteristic qualities of worry, the elderly seem to be particularly susceptible to the experience of worry. The Worry Scale was developed in response to the concerns expressed about life events measures and as an attempt to address the needs of elderly people directly. Older adults (N=94) from 11 senior…

Investigates the frequency and structure of boredom, as well as the various ways and means of escaping it. Subjects were 694 male and female Senegalese secondary school students who responded to an open-ended questionnaire about boredom. (Author/CM)

When 197 disadvantaged older medical patients completed the Beck Anxiety Inventory, the instrument demonstrated high internal consistency and no significant differences by sex or race, suggesting that it is appropriate for use with diverse populations. Total instrument scores correlated negatively with age. (SLD)

The Adolescent Coping Scale was administered to 749 gifted students attending two different summer enrichment programs. Results indicate little evidence of gender or grade differences but found racial differences on the Seek Spiritual Support scale (African and Hispanic students had the highest scores), the Self-Blame scale, and the Worry scale.…

Examines the relationship between age and mental health in a sample of persons 55 years and older (N=2,051). Presents data on three self-report measures of symptomatology; anxiety, depression, and a global measure of psychological well-being. (LLL)

Examined the influence of sex and age on death anxiety in 165 male and 95 female homosexuals who completed the Death Anxiety Scale. Results showed gay males and females had almost identical DAS scores. No relationship was found between age and death anxiety. (JAC)

Anxiety ratings were analyzed for 858 Israeli children. Lower socioeconomic level children were rated significantly more anxious than higher socioeconomic level children, and girls were higher than boys on both anxiety and lie scales. Results were discussed in terms of child rearing patterns, teacher expectations, and characteristics of the…

The conflicting direction of anxiety changes in students new to their particular school building makes it difficult to attribute the change to something inherent within a school system's organization of grades. (Authors)

First, fourth, and seventh graders (N=291) completed a medical fears questionnaire. Girls expressed significantly more frequent and more intense medical fears than boys. Fourth and seventh graders reported more medical fears than first graders. Previous hospitalization experience had no effect on frequency or intensity of fears. (Author/CL)

Measured anxiety and autonomy in kibbutz father-orphaned (n=28) and nonorphaned (n=42) adolescents. Found no significant differences on levels of manifest anxiety and autonomy. When groups were broken down according to gender and age, found that older father-orphan girls manifested significantly greater anxiety than any group and significantly…

Examined Rotter's Internal-External locus of control concept in relation to life satisfaction and death anxiety in aged population (N=122). Found strong gender and locus of control effect for life satisfaction. For death anxiety, found strong gender effect and significant interaction between locus of control and age. Suggests need for life span…