Findings indicated that among children between 15 and 35 months observed in a series of play and clean-up tasks, there was a consistent developmental pattern in the extent to which they focused on producing outcomes, and monitored, corrected, and controlled activities, and in the frequency with which they reacted to their outcomes with positive…

Describes a personal growth group format involving ten weekly sessions for a maximum of ten people per group based on Adlerian premises. Assessment plus directions for further research are provided. (Author/BH)

The current upsurge of interest in the arts means that man is now looking to the poet, painter and musician for an answer to his needs and a deeper understanding of himself. (MF)

Students who develop a self-confident attitude through a sports officiating program will find the quality useful in all other aspects of life. (LH)

Contends the time has come for counseling and development to claim its space as a first-class profession in its own right, distinct from but incorporating important aspects of the related professional disciplines of counseling psychology, clinical psychology, and social work. Attempts to define counseling and development. (ABL)

Considers the contributions of Heinz Werner to developmental psychology and identifies the tensions between Werner's theory and the practices of contemporary developmental psychology. Core issues of Werner's psychology concern: (1) development as heuristic, rather than phenomenon; (2) developmental process analysis; and (3) conceptions of the…

Notes profound connection between personality and developmental psychology on one hand and counseling psychology on other although relationship has been ambivalence. Discusses reasons for this and suggests relationship is moving in direction of actualization. Explores four substantive areas in which personality and developmental psychology inform…

Tattooing and piercing have an almost magnetic appeal to many teens. While seen as adornment by adolescents, they can become a battleground with adults. In this article a psychiatrist examines the motivation and functions of body sculpting by contemporary adolescents. (Author/MKA)

This research study, undertaken across a department, presents the results of two focus groups in which twenty undergraduate students offer their views on participation assessment and its underlying goal of student engagement. Barriers to fairly assessing participation are discussed along with their solutions. Assessing participation, though, isn't…

This article provides an abbreviated description of a qualitative study of the Succeeding in School (SIS) program, an Internet-based intervention designed to help students reflect on key elements of academic and career success. The American School Counselor Association's National Standards call for school counselors to focus on the academic,…

When people travel from their own home culture to a different culture, they experience variations not only in terms of scenery and societal arrangements, but also in terms of daily routines, interpersonal interactions, and expectations. Many differences are based on the divergence in underlying values and concerns of the home versus the host…

Patterns of development of ToM-emotion abilities in intellectually disabled (ID) children and typically developing (TD) children matched on their developmental age were investigated. The links between cognition, language, social understanding and ToM-emotion abilities were examined. EDEI-R (Perron-Borelli, M. (1996). "Echelles Differentielles…