Whether the race of elementary school teachers in black schools was associated with teachers' expectations for student achievement and perceptions of effort was investigated. Evidence suggested that teacher race was associated only with expectations for college success. (Author/GK)

This study attempts to explain differences in Black and White earnings as of 1975 and changes in earnings between 1967 and 1975. Variables include schooling, years of experience in the labor market, personal characteristics (marital status, health), and area of residence. (CT)

Examined the effect of social background and educational experiences on the occupational prestige expectations of Black college students. Overall, college experiences proved more important than social background and high school experiences in predicting long-range occupational prestige expectations. Both ascriptive and achievement factors were…

Investigated demographic and psychological factors related to reactions to legal abortions in 62 females in an urban southern community. Results suggest that the social context and the degree of support from a series of significant persons rather than demographic variables were most predictive of a positive reaction. (Author)

Investigated the relationship of racial differences to incidence of vocational unrealism when both ability and socioeconomic status are assessed. Results showed most students were unrealistic and Black students were no more unrealistic than White students. Black students attributed more importance to and felt more confidence in obtaining choices.…

Presents a profile of children and adolescents living apart from their parents. Indicates that in 1980 3.7 percent of all unmarried, noninstitutionalized children were not living with either parent. A large majority were living with relatives, and a minority were living in group quarters, such as boarding schools. (Author)

Reviews some better known Piagetian scales; analyzes and compares Piagetian-based and conventional intelligence measures. Reviews research comparing the two methods and examines whether racial groups' performance differs on Piagetian measures. Discusses the implications of Piagetian assessment procedures for school psychologists. (Author/RC)

Examined differences in job orientation between Black and White male and female business college graduates. Significant race differences were found. Factor analysis indicates that Blacks value long-range career objectives and structure considerably more than do Whites, while their preference for intrinsic and extrinsic factors was less pronounced.…

Describes age patterning of White and non-White suicide rates which reveal a consistent divergence: White suicide rates increase with age while non-White suicides peak in youthful years. Analyzes six explanatory hypotheses including: (1) differential life expectancy; (2) screening out of the violence prone; (3) role and status; and (4) values.…

Though no significant sex and race differences were found between victims and nonvictims of crime in K-8 schools, in junior highs, Whites and males were most likely to be victimized. Social psychological consequences of victimization included lowered self-esteem and perception of anonymity, especially among victims in White junior highs.…

Effects of children on their parents' marital happiness were estimated, with data from six U.S. national surveys conducted from 1973-1978 using various subpopulations. No evidence for distinctly positive mean effects was found for any subpopulation. Supports findings that, on the average, children adversely affect marital quality. (Author/RC)

This paper presents a chi square method for assessing bias in test items. In this procedure an unbiased item is defined as an item for which the probability of a correct response is the same for any person of a given ability level regardless of that person's ethnic group. (Author/CTM)

While Virginia leaders and university administrators portrayed Blacks as satisfied with their educational opportunities and preferring voluntary racial separation, the findings of the study described here indicated that Black students were strongly dissatisfied, perceived widespread racism, and favored further desegregation of the state's colleges…

Reports a comparison of depressed and nondepressed subjects undertaken to identify aspects of the early parent child relationship that may be associated with depressive illness in adult life. Results show maternal rejection was found more closely associated with depression in female children; the effect was essentially the same among Black and…

In six multi-agency social service departments, an analysis of centrality (access to interpersonal interaction, communications and professional exchange) found that white men were consistently able to position themselves in organizations to make better use of their professional networks than non-whites or women. Education, age, and formal rank…