This paper attempts to explicate a model of child maltreatment as a problem of family asynchrony-i.e., as a mismatch of parent to child and of family to neighborhood and community. The problem is best understood as an issue in the study of the ecology of family life. (Author)

A comparison of Soviet time-budgets from the 1920's and the 1960's shows continuity in the extent to which employed Soviet women have far more housework and far less free time than their male counterparts. (Author)

Families pass on a heritage of dysfunctional constructs and roles to the next generation. Children learn to apply certain inadequate constructs to themselves. By reconstructing childhood through visual imagery, clients can learn to apply different constructs to themselves so that they can unlearn their dysfunctional roles. (Author)

Describes ways for developing visual imagery in the early childhood education program, preparing children for discrimination learning and reading instruction. (RL)

To explore the relationship of language use and speech adaptation to role and context, the spontaneous speech of a 5-year-old boy was recorded in three different situations: playing alone, playing with a friend of the same age, and playing with his mother. (Author/SW)

Provides empirical evidence supporting Erikson's postulation of two ego identity status groups (identity achievement and identity diffusion). Shows that persons high in ego identity development demonstrate higher levels of intrapersonal and interpersonal psychological adjustment than persons low in ego identity. (RL)

The mental health practitioner on a college campus should not determine basic institutional policies but should help to clarify the mental health consequences of these policies. (JD)

Outlines a procedure for measuring those components of the self-concept called role/indentities, conceptualized from a symbolic interaction framework and using the semantic differential and discriminant analysis. The method is illustrated by measuring the gender role/identity of a sample of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade school children.…

The author comments on a paper criticizing the function of school board members and their decision-making processes. (GW)

This review examines the literature on auditory skills for evidence regarding the relationship of the sound blending skill and reading achievement. Factors that might affect this relationship are discussed. (Author/MV)

Relationships between age at marriage, marital role performance, and marital satisfaction were investigated. Results show the existence of small positive associations between age at marriage and marital satisfaction, and performance. (Author)

Data on sex-role values of a sample of college women are examined to ascertain the effect of family structure, social class, and religion on sex-role values, and to support a structural theory of sex-role socialization. (Author)

Results of this investigation indicate that both male and female, nondelayed children receiving the Developmental Activities Program gained more significantly in motor skills than did children receiving the regular motor program; delayed children failed to demonstrate significant gains. (JD)