This study uses the most recent data from the Current Population Survey to examine socioeconomic standing (mainly educational attainment and labor force participation) of Southeast Asian (SEA) immigrants. The study focuses on what progress SEA immigrants and refugees have made after 2 decades of resettlement, whether second generation children…

Results are contrary to the expectation that father absence affects overt masculine behavior. (Authors)

Subjects who reported that their parents used more punishing- and controlling-type behaviors were found to have greater expectations of control by powerful others, while subjects who viewed their parents as using unpredictable standards had stronger chance orientations. (ST)

Father's occupations were compared in terms of the probability of the sons and daughters having attained various types of achievements. Results indicated that sons and daughters excel in particular skills the father uses in his occupations. (Author)

Revision of paper read at the American Sociological Association Meeting, Denver, Colorado, August 1971. (NQ)

Describes three cases where parent counseling helped bring about an increase in personality development and individual achievement proportional to the degree the counseling advice was followed. (AN)

The author explores the ideal role of the father and offers alternatives if this vital link with the child is weak or broken. (Editor)

Self esteem was shown to be associated more closely to high sex role orientation for boys and low sex role adoption for girls; while father identification, for boys only, was related to moderate levels of sex role orientation and sex role preference. Bibliography. (Author)

Revision of paper presented to Midwest Sociological Society (Omaha, Nebraska, April 1968).

Data on reading-disabled and control probands (pairs matched for sex, age, and school district) and their families were subjected to a comprehensive longitudinal-familial path analysis. Covariance matrices were constructed from composite scores for reading performance and for coding and symbol processing speed, and maximum likelihood estimates of…

Comparison of language patterns of parents of 10 autistic and 10 normal young children indicated few significant differences other than that the parents of autistic Ss used more nonlanguage oriented language and spoke more often. Mothers' and fathers' language patterns differed in several ways, including that mothers took more active roles.…

Studied families where mothers were (1) full time homemakers, (2) employed because of economic necessity, and (3) employed for personal and professional fulfillment. Found significant relationships between mothers' and daughters' attitudes toward marriage, children, and careers, but not self-concepts. (Author/GC)

Based on data collected in a longitudinal study of teenage mothers, the involvement of the father was traced during the early years of parenthood. Children given patronyms were more likely to receive support from and to have contact with their fathers during the first five years of their life. (Author)

Irreverently examines Rudolph Flesch's theories for teaching a child to read "properly." Alternatives to Flesch's method are also given. (HTH)