Experimental group consisted of learning disabled children in regular classes with resource room interventions. Control group consisted of non-learning disabled children stratified by sex and classrooms. The resource based program did not result in significant changes in either self-concept or peer acceptance after one year for the LD group.…

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scale scores from two samples of students were analyzed to determine their usefulness in moderating the prediction of college attrition. Scales that functioned as moderator variables were sample-specific and did not replicate. (Author)

Functioning as developmental instructors, student personnel workers designed, taught, and evaluated a combined English-psychology course using Kohlberg's work on moral development as a frame of reference. (Author)

Data from interviews with 160 elderly Native Americans living in a reservation setting indicate that levels of objective need are uniformly high, but especially so for elderly persons living alone. Family structure appears to be an important factor in the provision of services to elderly Native Americans. (Author)

Experimenter modeled affectionate physical contact in group of preschool children who imitated the behavior. This induced significant increase of affectionate behavior during free-play period. A group which imitated "neutral" physical contact and another that had imitated "warm" verbal contact did not show significant increase in affectionate…

Groups of 15 left-, 15 mixed-, and 39 right-handed college students were tested with J. Rotter's Locus of Control Scale. (Author)

In this study, the results of a survey of educational training programs in Indiana are summarized and compared with the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education survey of programs throughout the United States. These surveys indicate considerable disparity in courses and programs among universities across the nation. (Author)

Interviews with 253 women in process of divorce suggest women who hold nontraditional sex role attitudes or whose attitudes become more nontraditional during divorce process experience less distress, more well-being and personal growth, higher self-esteem, and greater sense of personal effectiveness than women who maintain traditional sex role…

This study examined the association between the child's psychosocial adjustment and the amount of time and activity lost with each parent after the parental separation. The sample consisted of 30 families (51 children) all of whom had experienced a parental separation within 12 months prior to the research interview. (Author)

This study examined late divorce occurring after 20 years or more of marriage. Divorce was rated the highest in stress for any major life event. Even though divorce resulted in much social readjustment and stress, it also resulted in positive feelings, personal independence, and relief. Subjects were 427 Quebec residents. (Author)

This study, based on a survey of Milwaukee area adults, assigns the occupation of housewife a NORC prestige score of 70, one in the middle prestige range. Men and older raters evaluate it higher; working women and younger raters evaluate it lower. Housewife's social standing varies according to husband's occupation. (Author)

Utilizing data from 1970 National Fertility Survey, this paper compares levels of marital homogamy--in age, education and religious identification--of women in their first marriages and women in second marriages, also in previous marriages of twice-wed women. Twice-wed women experience low homogamy in current and first marriages. (Author)

A questionnaire was mailed to all 1,203 two-year institutions of higher education requesting data on current status and future expectations of employed counselors. The 35 percent return rate includes salary ranges and a rating by directors of counseling of the importance of counselor responsibilities now and in the future. (Author)

Independent study is at least as effective as traditional teaching methods, according to this report of a three-year project to evaluate self-study modules, called "minicourses," in a new nursing curriculum. (MF)

The aim of this study was to investigate several aspects of daily thinking among delinquents and nondelinquents while adequately controlling institutionalization. Noninstitutionalized subjects demonstrate a higher degree of activity in their daily thinking than their institutionalized counterparts. (Author)