This study was conducted to examine the moderating effects of attributions on the relationship between marital satisfaction and marital violence. It was predicted that distressed spouses who made more maladaptive attributions for partner behavior would be more likely to engage in marital violence than would distressed spouses who offered fewer…

The family has been identified as one of the primary potential support systems, with marriage as the key relationship within the family system. Multi-generational research has pointed out the central importance of the middle generation in maintaining the complex family system functioning. This study was designed to enhance understanding of…

The study examined the 2-year stability and validity of playroom observations of behaviors associated with hyperactivity in 48 boys who were evaluated originally as outpatients in a child psychiatry clinic, and seen again approximately 2 years later at follow-up. At both evaluations, the boys participated in two 15-minute playroom procedures: a…

Research has shown that females gaze more than males while speaking and listening regardless of the sex of their partner. To determine if these differences are due to biological sex or sex role, 24 dyads, in which subjects were matched on sex and sex role, conversed for 10 minutes while patterns of speech and gaze were recorded by two judges.…

Contends that the way in which language is used is symptomatic of conflicts of interest, and thus of secondary importance in explaining irrational and unprogressive behavior. (RB)

A model for inferential accuracy in clinical judgments was proposed in which two major processes, sensitivity and threshold, was hypothesized. (Editor/RK)

The present article discusses the possibility that behavioral recovery following brain damage is not dependent on the functional reorganization of neural tissue but is rather the result of the continued normal operation of spared neural mechanisms. (Editor)

Provides support for the hypothesis that a causal relationship exists between exposure to television violence and aggressive behavior in children. (MH)

By implanting wires in the brain and stimulating it electrically, a Madrid scientist is hoping to perfect a means for therapeutic control of aberrant human behavior. (Editor)

Suggests that more research needs to be done on the relationship between psycholinguistic theory and psychodynamic theory as they concern pupil-teacher interaction in solving reading problems. (RB)

Indicates that elementary school students are influenced by the books they read. (RB)

Studied the effect of the presence of an adult on the responses of a racially mixed group of elementary school children to curiosity-arousing objects. Results showed that the children exhibited more curiosity when they were left alone. A significant interaction was also found for age x sex x race. (MLH)

Concludes that after treatment using a taxonomy of comprehension skills adolescents more accurately perceived the distinctions between positive and negative authority figures. (RB)