Explored ways adult children (N=29) respond to role transitions in the lives of their aging parents and the preferences of these adult children for educational activities that would enhance their abilities to respond to future parental transitions. Adult children identified the need for information in communication skills, normal and abnormal…

A modeling experiment, conducted to determine if children benefit from observing speech not addressed to them in discovering the use of first and second pronouns, suggested that children even less than two years of age can attend to and learn from speech not addressed to them. (Author/CB)

Speech and language consultation services are presented as a viable form of service delivery in the public schools. Expert and process models are discussed and the roles and responsibilities of the speech-language pathologist are highlighted for each model. Consultation services are seen as a supplement to individual or small group direct therapy.…

A test of paralinguistic features of English that can be observed by listening is recommended for testing listening comprehension, especially at the advanced level, in students of English as a second language. (MSE)

The causes of complementary patterns of passive-aggressive behavior in the classroom are the illusions that both the student and the instructor have developed about themselves and their respective academic roles. These illusions have created stressful environments for both. (MLW)

Examined parent-adolescent communication and dimensions of parent-adolescent interaction that predict parents' self-esteem. Showed that adolescents and parents had similar but distinct perceptions of their relationships; self-perceptions of these relationships, especially self-judgments of communication, were predictive of self-esteem for both…

Compared husband's role in single- and dual-earner families on perceptions of the ideal role of husband by both spouses, decision-making roles, and division of domestic labor. Except in decision-making, the wife's employment made little difference to either perception or performance of the husband's role. (Author/KS).

Examined data from 96 college students and applicants who applied for career counseling. Found that the predictions of the hierarchical model for the structure of occupations regarding the relative proximity between occupational fields were more adequate than were those of the circular model. (NB)

Recent work on the development of the perceptual information-seeking function of the hand in relation to its motor-executive function is reviewed. (PCB)

Examined effects of husbands' and wives' (N=85 couples) social cognitive processes toward one another on their marital adjustment and conjugal power. Results confirmed that spouses who perceived each other as unique individuals rather than undifferentiated role occupants experienced significantly greater marital adjustment than did spouses who…

Three theories account for individuals' perceptions of sexual harassment: (1) men and women view and define sexual harassment differently; (2) differential sexual experiences at work account for different perceptions; and (3) gender role "spillover" accounts for perceptual differences. A sample of 1,232 working men and women supports these…

Data are organized according to age, race, gender, marital status, and geographic region of the country. The research also makes recommendations for vocational education curriculum and instruction to foster effective futuristic thinking skills and develops a methodology to be used to investigate further how individuals perceive the future.…

Because visual short-term memory deficits are common in children with reading problems, a series of experiments were reviewed which examined the role of phonological processes in short-term memory. Results suggest that both developmental and individual differences in verbal memory span are related to efficient phonological processes. (Author/DB)

In preparation for a national survey of clinical nurse researchers (CNR), important issues from the literature were identified and used in designing a telephone interview guide. Thirty-four CNRs and their respective chief nurse executives were interviewed. The results were compared with the issues identified in the literature. (Author/MLW)

Outlines ideas used by two reading teachers to make their school aware of their services, help students lose their fear of the reading room, and enhance their overall image. (FL)