Examined the spiritual and religious concerns of 114 hospitalized adolescents using the Spiritual and Religous Concerns questionnaire. Results showed the majority believed in God, and half the seriously ill patients experienced a marked change in spiritual concerns. Sex, race, religion, and type of school were other variables. (BH)

Aesthetic, economic, social, political, religious, and theoretical values of 120 Black and White elementary school students were examined. Results showed significant differences between Blacks and Whites only in social and religious values. Social class and sex did not appear to be determinants of values. (GC)

Throughout the educational history of American society, the entrance of a new group was extremely threatening to the established traditionalists already in power at educational institutions. An analysis is done of the advent of various groups onto the American educational scene. Implications are made for modern comparisons. (JN)

Kohlberg's moral dilemmas were used to determine levels of moral reasoning among 115 adolescents representing urban middle class and lower class, kibbutz-born and Youth Aliyah (disadvantaged urban youth educated in the kibbutz), Moslem and Christian groups in Israel. (Author/DB)

Literature and the education process, if carefully selected, can give students a more realistic view of themselves, their history, their families, their peers, and others unlike themselves. The teacher should be able to select reading materials that will better acquaint students with similarities and dissemilarities in the lives of different…

This study examined freshman college students' attitudes about date rape and how such attitudes changed over the course of their college experience. It is based on a subset of data from the 1990 annual national survey of freshmen and a follow-up study in 1994 collected by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) survey, namely 10,155…

This study investigated the influences of sex, occupation, race, and religion on child and adult values. The research is part of the Home and School Values Project which seeks to identify value statements and to compare such statements to the values actually espoused by different groups presumed to differ in their acceptance of cultural values.…

A study of the acculturation process of 146 adolescents whose parents migrated from the Indian subcontinent to England indicates that girls show more positive attitudes to the adoption of English norms than the boys and that Hindu and Sikh young people become acculturated faster than Muslims. (JOW)

This paper examines the racial attitudes of 5,770 black and white Georgia high school students, comparing the attitudes of students in desegregated and segregated schools. It was found that generally positive racial attitudes exist among all groups of students. On all but one question used in the racial attitudes scale at least 60 percent of the…

Surveyed 553 Jewish, Moslem, and Christian teachers concerning their perceptions of alcoholism. Found differences in perception of alcoholism among teachers of different religions, educational levels, gender, and drinking practices. Found no differences among teachers of different ages or among those working in different types of schools.…

A questionnaire which explored children's beliefs about war and the Vietnam conflict was administered in 1971 to 2,677 children in grades three through eight. The study of these responses examines four aspects of socialization to international strife: (1) how and when children acquire attitudes toward war, (2) what attitudes children have about…

Examination of data from four General Social Surveys (1976, 1977, 1980, 1982) focuses on questions related to intellectual freedom, especially library censorship. Responses are analyzed together with selected demographic variables to determine which broad segments of society give majority support to censorship and which do not. (7 references) (EJS)

Although mothers have been entering the labor force in increasing numbers, little is known about the characteristics of those who hold varying attitudes toward maternal employment. A study was conducted to identify demographic predictors of attitudes toward working mothers. The Attitudes Toward Working Mothers Scale and a biographical…

This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, 1974, and is a partial report of a sweeping investigation of attitude differences across three generations. (Author/KC)

Medical students (N=341) completed questionnaire on drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, and involvement in sensation-seeking sports and activities. Results indicated minimal tobacco use, moderately low drug use, and extensive alcohol use. Increased alcohol use was strongly correlated with heavy drinking patterns in parents and male students while…