Background: Smoking is popular among Korean male high school adolescents, with the prevalence of 20.7% differing markedly with the type of school, being 16.3% and 27.6% in academic and vocational technical high schools, respectively. The purpose of this study was to identify significant variables that predict stages of smoking cessation among…

The organizational context of charter schools may facilitate the formation of a strong teacher community. In particular, a focused school mission and increased control over teacher hiring may lead to stronger teacher professional communities. This paper uses the 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey to compare the level of teacher community in…

Research has established that a variety of factors predict educators' perceptions of students' performance; however, no studies have looked at the impact of educators' political views. The present experiment investigated the effect of educators' political biases on their grading of student essays. Participants included 122 volunteers who were…

This study examined how parents influence sex differences in young children's physical risk taking behaviors. Eighty three- and four-year old, mostly middle class and Caucasian children climbed across a five-foot high catwalk and walked across a three-foot high beam under their mother or father's supervision. Based on average preschooler gross…

Describes the policies, operation, and some decisions of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research instituted to study the ethical aspects of scientific research. (MLH)

This paper discussed the behavioral science perspective on human development, scientific perspective as it relates to the global area of social structure, and intentional communities as a microcosmic example of the application of behavioral science to the child rearing component necessary in any vital society. (Author/RK)

Some principles of attribution theory, as well as a logical analysis, are employed to criticize a 1973 report by Rosenhan contending that "we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in mental hospitals." (Editor)

In this article the author attempted to understand the relationship between John B. Watson's personal conflicts with the fundamentalist religious culture in which he was reared and his development of a particular psychological paradigm and experimental practice, the theory and research of behaviorism. (Author/RK)

This article, exploring the degree of our freedom to act, was based on some intriguing hypotheses relating behavior to brain function. (Author/RK)

Article concerned the use of the process of videotape techniques to enable participants to relive and describe their interpersonal encounters in depth and detail as a teaching tool for the training of students in the helping professions. (Editor/RK)

Presents a description of a neonatal monitoring system and the studies used in its validation. (SDH)

Independent treatments concentrating upon the subjective versus behavioral dimensions of speech anxiety were investigated with a view toward assessing the existence of independent, generalized, or synergistic effects. Theoretical and practical implications of the apparent synergistic effect of the independent treatments are considered. (Author)

Power of counseling research is discussed with respect to alpha levels, sample size, and size of effect. Four years of counselor education research are reviewed and analyzed according to the criteria of statistical power. Recommendations for increasing the power of research in counselor education are made. (Author)

The question of whether clinical faculty members at the Southern College of Optometry treat students differently on the basis of gender was investigated. Of the 21 full-time faculty members, 14 completed a survey using short scenarios to evaluate gender bias. Findings indicate that the respondents appeared to provide equal and unbiased treatment…

The first objective of a small exploratory study was to explore the speculation that adults do not resist change, but what they do resist are expected losses that may arise in association with the change. The second objective was to acquire some preliminary findings about the types of losses that adults may expect when facing change. Thirty…