Adolescents from one inner-city, two suburban, and one private school were tested using the Washington University Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development. Both test-retest correlations and change scores supported the hypothesized sequence of ego development. Significant correlation between ego level and intelligence occurred in two schools.…

Data from national surveys are used to estimate the effects of producing offspring on the global happiness, and five dimensions of satisfaction of persons age 50 and older. Evidence shows that overall important psychological rewards are derived from the later stages of parenthood. (Author)

Throughout the educational history of American society, the entrance of a new group was extremely threatening to the established traditionalists already in power at educational institutions. An analysis is done of the advent of various groups onto the American educational scene. Implications are made for modern comparisons. (JN)

Greene County, which in 1972 became the only biracial political entity in the U.S. to be completely Black-governed provided the research environment for this study which outlined the transfer of political power to Blacks and assessed the gains to Black citizens as a result of political control. (Author/DS)

The six subtests comprising the Metropolitan Readiness Tests were factor analyzed separately for White females, White males, Black females, and Black males. A single factor best described the structure of the test for each group. The factor structure was essentially invariant with regard to race and sex variables. (Author/CTM)

Utilizes a simple differential equation model to examine various elements of inequality within the work force: entry level and potential status and wages; effects of human capital, family of origin, and family of procreation variables on reward levels; and the speed at which potential status and wages are approached. (Author/GC)

In Study 1, upper-division university students took the Witkin Group Embedded Figures Test. Neither race nor sex differences were found. In Study 2, Black and Euro-American freshmen completed that test, a modified Kohs Black Design Test, and the WAIS Picture Completion Test. Racial differences on embedded figures appeared. (Author/SJL)

A study on the attitudes of adults related to the voluntary termination of life showed that those persons with favorable attitudes toward suicide were also favorable toward euthanasia. Religiosity was negatively associated with pro-euthanasia attitudes. Whites and males were more favorable toward euthanasia than Blacks and females. (Author)

The essay discusses efforts carried out by a community action agency to examine the issues of school discipline and student suspensions during the desegregation of the Milwaukee Public Schools. (Author/RLV)

This study sought to determine if there is a shift with age in affection (1) from parents to friends, (2) from one parent to the other, and (3) from same-sex to opposite-sex friends. Subjects, eighth graders and eleventh graders, completed the Measurement of Family Affective Structure. (Author)

The Student Problem Areas Survey was administered to Black and White students attending a predominantly White university and Black students attending a Black university. Data showed differences on specific problem areas but none between Blacks attending universities with different racial make-ups nor between groups on variables that suggest…

Assessed test bias on the Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and Bender-Gestalt. On the Bender, evidence of bias was infrequent and irregular. On the WISC-R, group differences were most discernible for age, sex, family structure, and race. Consistent patterns of bias were not apparent among comparison groups. (Author)

A picture-rating study showed that Black and White third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade children were aware of de facto race and sex differences in American society. (Author/SS)

The Draw-A-Person Test was administered to an adolescent sample of Blacks and Whites. The findings generally supported those of Schofield, and the racial identity and preference literature as a whole, in revealing Blacks to be less accepting of their racial identity than Whites. (Author/GDC)

The occupational status attainments of Black women are significantly lower than those of White women and Black and White men. However, their achievement orientations are not noticeably different. (Author/MC)