This paper addresses moderate- to long-term psychological effects of child abuse. It begins by discussing characteristics of effective and ineffective parenting to provide a background of potential contributors to child abuse within the family system. Belsky's (1984) developmental model of determinants of parenting behavior is explained and his…

By "self-esteem" is meant more than an innate sense of self-worth that presumably is a human birthright. Self-esteem is individuals' experience that they are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life. More specifically, self-esteem is confidence in the ability to think; confidence in the ability to cope with the challenges of life; and…

Children's use of defenses to maintain or enhance self-esteem was investigated. Attention was given to four questions: Do children with different levels of self-esteem differ in (1) the frequency with which they employ defenses? (2) kinds of emotions they defend against? (3) the kinds of social situations which elicit their defensive responses?…

Pornography is widely available and inevitably linked to crime and abnormal behavior. Social scientists must be concerned with the long-term effects on consenting adults and children and adolescents of exposure to pornography and human mutilation. An experiment in which a treatment group is exposed to pornography and a control group is exposed…

The death-related professional, often fatalistic in his own views of his own death, must live up to the social expectations for his role performance whil simultaneously being a functioning human being who must encounter death at a personal level and a businessman who must earn his living from working with death-related concerns. (Author)

Results do not offer consistent support for the body-image hypothesis as related to self-esteem in the Draw-A-Person-Test. (RB)

Sources of stress are multidimensional. Socio-demographic antecedent variables are much more highly correlated with stress than are others. Feelings of stress are positively related to possible consequences of stress. (Author/KE)

Basing hypotheses on interpretations of 12 personality factors most replicated in 10 past researches with children, this experiment sets up about eight subtests as specific markers for each. (Editor)

The study was designed to assess the relationships between certain expressions of anxiety and preferences for defense mechanisms. (Author)

SPHERICAL MODELS OF PARENT BEHAVIOR AND OF SELF-REPORTED PERSONALITY ADJUSTMENT WERE CONSTRUCTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXAMINE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF THE VARIABLES OF THOSE DOMAINS. THE THREE MAJOR DIMENSIONS OF PARENT BEHAVIOR ARE DESCRIBED AND EMPLOYED--(1) ACCEPTANCE VS. REJECTION, (2) PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTROL, AND (3) LAX VS. FIRM CONTROL. THE THREE…

The linear relationship between intellectual commitment to running and psychobiological dependence upon running is examined. A sample of 540 regular runners (running frequency greater than three days per week for the past year for the majority) was surveyed with a questionnaire. Measures of commitment and dependence on running, as well as…

KNOWLEDGE OF PSYCHOANALYTIC EGO PSYCHOLOGY CAN BE USED BY EDUCATORS TO PROMOTE MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF CHILDREN IN THE GROUP SETTING OF THE CLASSROOM. THIS THEORY WAS THE BASIS OF THE TEACHERS TRAINING PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE CHICAGO INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS. THE PROGRAM INVOLVED FIVE SEMINARS AT WHICH TEACHERS PRESENTED CASE SUMMARIES…

The responses of a laboratory subject (S) to a counselor-accomplice and to the psychological treatment situation are examined by manipulating experimentally interpersonal attraction and communication discrepancy. Four treatment conditions were set up: (1) topic similarity and positive attraction for counselor, (2) topic discrepancy and positive…

The author examines the loneliness of dying for the person facing death and for his or her loved ones. He also discusses the agony of grieving, be it for the death of a loved one, the loss of a marriage, or even the termination of a life-fulfilling position. (Author)

The author examines the psychological effects of winning and losing on children and discusses ways to reduce the emphasis on winning in youth sports programs. (MJB)