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)

An overview of Jung's theory of psychological type, a problem-solving model, types of students in different college majors, predictions about teaching problem solving to students, practical applications of the theory to the teaching of problem solving, and strategies that develop skills in perception and judgment are presented. (MLW)

Attempts to determine whether broadened linguistic experience facilitates cross-language phonetic sensitivity to a novel speech contrast. Multilingual adults and monolingual English speaking adults were compared on their ability to make phonetic distinctions not found in their respective native languages. Broad, nonspecific linguistic experience…

Four books about college presidential spouses and the evolving dilemmas of their roles are reviewed, and the growing discussion about this role is examined. (MSE)

Questionnaire responses of women students indicated that 41 percent considered themselves abused physically, verbally, or both. Many admitted abusing their friends. Abused students were four times as likely to have seen or heard abuse between their parents. Dating abuse was reciprocal, but certain nonabused women abused boyfriends and girlfriends.…

Questionnaires to compare faculty self-perceptions with dental students' perceptions of the role they desired to achieve are described. Results indicated a minimal relationship between the self-perceptions of faculty and the students' identification of their desired future role in the dental profession. (Author/MLW)