Data indicates that the use of marijuana does not significantly increase sexual activity among youth. (Author)

The MMPI profile pattern, described here, entailed a behavior pattern that includes hostile-aggressive acting out. The frequency of this profile pattern and the social and psychological importance of the behavior pattern associated with it suggest that clinical investigators can profitably study this group of men. (Author)

Good God, It's Dope!", a unique questionnaire, is presented along with scoring information. It was developed to help school personnel cope successfully with one of the questions they face with regard to drug abuse, namely: How much and what kind of drug education shall we provide for students in our school? (Author/BY)

Will children eat their meal just as well if they eat dessert first?" A day care center staff planned and carried out a research project to answer this question. The project yielded the unplanned result of increased staff cooperation and understanding of children's behavior. (Editor)

Data from the California Psychological Inventory suggested that users were socially poised, open to experience, and concerned with the feelings of others. Conversely, they also seemed impulsive, pleasure seeking, and rebellious. Nonusers were responsible and rule abiding; however, they also tended to be inflexible, conventional, and narrow in…

Heroin addiction as a major social, legal and medical problem, should be viewed in the sexual aspect as it is," rather than through a mythological mist of half truths. (Author)

A behavior problem checklist was administered to the teachers of six to eight year old children. Eight factors were identified as Hyperactivity, Disciplinary Problems, Sluggishness, Paranoiac Tendencies, Social Withdrawal, Acting Out, Speech Problems; and Antisocial Tendencies. Three second order factors were identified as Neutroticism,…

A survey of parents of retarded children showed less than 3 per cent of the parents were shopping parents, defined as those who pursue a third professional evaluation after receiving at least two others on previous occasions. (KW)