The Cross-Cultural Experiences program for immigrant adolescents assumes that these adolescents are not different from their American-born contemporaries in ego development, moral reasoning, and identity development. The experimental curriculum stimulates psychological development. (Author/BEF)

Factors for fathers in value development are discussed: the model of masculine behavior; the communicator (listening and problem solving); the moral model (striving to live between the absolutist and the complete relativist); and the fallible reinforcing agent. (Author)

A five-step model is presented for conducting groups that enhance students' knowledge, self-awareness, and interpersonal skills. Differences between educational growth group model and other forms of group work are outlined. Goals and potential benefits for counselors are listed, along with examples of counselors' applications of the model. (Author)

Confirms that leadership variables are the most potent determinants of group effectiveness. Anglo female leaders are most effective although sex is not the basic determinant. Language is an influential variable. Group effectiveness is not dependent on cultural matching of members and leaders. (Author/BEF)

The article discusses a study of the effects of adolescence on gifted students, in which 500 adolescents were surveyed on self-awareness of internal changes and behavior. (PHR)

The increasing emphasis on winning for winning's sake, even on the youngest level of competition, has serious ramifications for all sports personnel, as well as for players, spectators, and the American society in general. (LH)

The author describes her difficulties as an adult learner at age 37 in a dance class and relates her experience to the unrealized potential of adult education as an alternative to therapy and to her own work as a professor of adult education. (MF)

Questions are raised regarding the appropriateness of testing children for school readiness from both a conceptual standpoint and in terms of the negative reactions created in both children and parents. (JD)

Eight teachers who consistently and successfully implement individualized, personalized learning in their classrooms were interviewed for the study summarized in this article. (Author/MLF)

Ego identity development in the areas of occupational choice, religion, and political ideology was studied using Marcia's categorization system. The findings are clearly consistent with Erikson's theory of psychosocial development during youth. (RC)

Adolescents with strong attitudes for and against the sex role ideology of the Women's Movement were administered a Q-sort to study flexibility-rigidity and independence-dependence. The results showed that beliefs in equalitarian sex role behaviors are significantly related to aspects of identity formation in white middle class adolescent boys and…

The problems and opportunities presented when child care personnel are young, often only one developmental stage above those in their care, are reviewed and analyzed with case examples. (MS)

The authors describe their assertive training workshops and seminars which they began as directors of Applied Potential, a counseling service for women. Assertive training is presented as a confidence-building technique for adult clients. (Author/HLM)

The author describes four phases of consciousness which individuals progress through in a developmental sense as their awareness of death and dying increases. The role of the counselor in this process is presented. (Author/HLM)

Argues that the middle school years are the most critical period for the individual to synthesize a rational, positive, personal value system and offers psychological insights that have implications for school organization, curriculum design, and staff preparation. (Author/JG)