The variable of permissiveness developed and measured by Ira Reiss in the form of a Guttman scale of premarital sexual permissiveness was subjected to critical analysis. Both conceptual analysis and testing of questions regarding methodology and interpretation of the scale were used. Several questions were raised about the Reiss scale including:…

The results of this study are interpreted as being incompatible with theories of sex and violence that stress a single physiological or instinctual factor. They support two-factor theories which give more emphasis to social learning principles than to physiological determinants. (Author)

Adolescents between 14 and 19 years were polled on self-esteem, sexual attitudes, and sexual behavior. A slightly negative correlation was found between sexual attitudes and premarital intercourse experience. The results are consistent with previous research although the sample consisted of slightly younger and more conservative teenagers than did…

Attempts to determine if permissiveness has resulted in campus unrest and other problems facing higher education. (DS)

Talk delivered at National Association of Independent Schools, March 1, 1969.

This article summarizes and discusses some of the studies which relate parental attributes to children's achievement orientations, that is, both achievement motivation and achievement behavior. The warmth-hostility dimension is one of two main parental dimensions which have continually arisen in factor analyses of child rearing patterns. The other…

The headmaster of a british school advises U.S. teachers to exercise a certain amount of skepticism and ask questions before accepting some of the exciting practices of the new British primary schools. (WY)

The approval of premarital sexual relations has increased and the differences between various groups in their approval of premarital sexual permissiveness have narrowed. The theoretical framework of premarital sexual permissiveness in view of declining influences of social class, sex, and race needs to be reformulated. (Author)

The author blames the decline of academic standards in higher education on permissive, client-centered theories which advocate coddling the student's emotions rather than requiring him/her to learn. (SJL)

Describes conflict between the expectations for college student behavior and the more permissive mores of society at large. Claims enforcement of discipline in relatively liberal and open atmosphere of a college campus creates instances of strain for faculty, administrators, and students alike. Offers suggestions for easing that conflict.…

The study of genotype-environment interaction (G x E) has been dominated by two competing hypotheses, one that heritability is greater in high-risk environments (diathesis-stress) and the other that heritability is greater in permissive environments. The current study examined relationships between verbal and nonverbal abilities and 10 measured…

Explores the extent to which state divorce laws have an independent effect on divorce rates. Two findings, using regression analysis, are (1) a strong relationship exists between permissiveness of divorce laws and divorce rates; (2) the relationship remains when effects of variations in economic development and social costs are controlled. (Author)

Reviews various Danish legislative actions leading up to the lifting of the ban on pornography, and discusses possible consequences of such liberalization by analyzing police statistics from a five year period. (MH)

Describes a path analytic approach to a model of extramarital sexual permissiveness. Variables include age, gender, education, religiosity, political liberalism, premarital sexual permissiveness, autonomy, marital happiness, and power. (JAC)