Adolescents' religious behavior, measured according to frequency of church attendance, Bible reading, and saying grace at mealtime, generally declined between 1964 and 1974 in the Texas community studied. In 1979, the trend continued among females but reversed among males. The gap between the sexes seems to have narrowed since 1974. (Author/MJL)

Examines the credibility of inferences based on cross-group comparisons of regression coefficients using Black-White differences in the educational attainment process as an example. Shows that reanalyses of data from previous studies fail to produce consistent results even when major differences in samples, models, and methods are held constant.…

Compared male and female Chicano, Black, and White community college students' responses to a questionnaire regarding their counseling histories. Results revealed complex patterns of counseling usage with significant relationships among ethnic background, sex, and utilization of college counseling services. Discusses implications. (RC)

Challenges Jensen's arguments (set forth in the book "Bias in Mental Testing") that intelligence tests are scientifically unbiased and that IQ and other mental tests measure something called "intelligence" by refuting Jensen's reading of the psychometric research literature. (EF)

Explored effects of race, racial self-designation, sex, and previous counseling experience on preferences of disadvantaged students. Results indicated a slight preference in all disadvantaged groups for a helper of the same sex, age, and race. There was a definite preference for a helper of the same social class background. (Author)

The effects of increasing the test time to reduce the speediness of verbal and quantitative experimental sections of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test were investigated. Results show that extension of testing time so as to reduce intergroup differences is not indicated. (Author/GK)

Clinical effects of anxiety and depression were measured for older persons. Results indicated statistically significant differences for the anxiety scale analysis on age and marital status; for the depression scale analysis on age, sex, and marital status; and for the hostility scale analysis on age, race, and marital status. (Author/RC)

Explores parents' ability to convey educational goals to their adolescent children. Concludes that Blacks of both sexes agree with perceived maternal goals somewhat less that Whites, and Black females agree with perceived paternal goals somewhat less than Black males or Whites of either sex. (Author/GC)

Examined race and sex differences in personality profile among nursing students. The Self Directed Search was administered to students entering baccalaureate nursing programs. Results generally supported Holland's typology. Race and sex differences in SDS codes were not significant. Some differences were found in socioeconomic characteristics.…

The interaction patterns of 64 well-adjusted family triads, divided into eight equal groups by race, social class, and sex of adolescent, were assessed across observational and self-report measures of family affect, conflict, and dominance. Results provide little evidence of consistent race or social class differences in family interaction.…

An examination of Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) scores in relation to graduate grade-point average (GPA) practicum supervisor rating and appropriate/inappropriate employment found GRE scores do not predict either GGPA or other selected variables for rehabilitation counseling students. (Author)

The hypothesis that Black English-speaking children of low socioeconomic status would match spoken and written words when final spoken consonants were deleted, was not supported. Decoding errors revealed that race and social class influenced word strategy. (Author/CP)

Black teachers, more often than Whites, choose service as their career motivation. Study results reveal no racial differences for means of school assignment or subject area taught. Blacks had the same career commitment as Whites but believed they had less opportunity for advancement. (JAC)

Investigated the relationships between a measure of career maturity, self-concept, socioeconomic status, race, sex, place of residence, and age in sixth-grade students (N=300). Results indicated a positive but low correlation between total scores on the Career Maturity Inventory-Attitude Scale and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale.…

Used longitudinal data to examine the relations between husbands' perceived attitudes toward wives' working and early employment attitudes and behaviors of wives. Revisions in husband's perceived attitudes to conform with wives' employment attitudes and behaviors during early years of marriage were found. (Author)