A noted author of children's fiction explains the role of memory in her writing, particularly the memory of stories told by her family members. (AEA)

Describes a project conducted to infuse career development into the regular academic program of high school youth and to utilize community resources to increase the students' perceptions of ways to break out of the migrant labor cycle. Describes ways to become resource people within their own families. (CT)

Discusses a study examining the relationship between geographic mobility, kinship ties and social status for a sample of Mexican immigrants who were interviewed upon entry to the United States and reinterviewed three years later. Attempts to determine whether and how maintenance of kinship ties influences the integration of immigrants. (Author/MK)

Deals with the relative influence of four groups of significant others on adolescents' drinking. Adolescents' friends exert a stronger, more pervasive influence on their drinking than any other group of significant others examined, while adults exert a relatively strong influence on the quantity of alcohol adolescents consume. (Author)

Examined family influences on vocational interest development. Hypothesized that parents with similar interests were more likely to have adolescents who also developed those interests than were parents whose interests were very divergent. To "unconfound" genetic and environmental influences, parent-child interest difference scores were compared…

An analysis of the written compositions of a national sample of 520 British school children was carried out using two measures: (1) writing productivity as measured by the composition length in words and (2) the mean minimal terminable unit (T-unit) length in words, a measure of syntactic maturity. (Editor)

Administered smoking behavior questionnaire to 3,786 college students during 1963-64 school year and to 863 college students in 1986-87. Results indicated variables which increased smoking probability in 1963-64 did not increase probability in 1986-87 and characteristics of family members had significantly less influence on smoking behavior of…

A study of 92 men and 92 women who were members of dual-earner marriages found that personal and family variables are important for understanding the work commitment of both genders. Most important discriminating variables were marital adjustment for women and organization in the family environment for men. (JOW)

Examined possible transmission of psychopathology from Jewish Holocaust survivors to their children and grandchildren. Adult children of Holocaust survivors obtained significantly higher scores on self-report measures of psychopathology than did control Jewish participants. Grandchildren received significantly higher psychopathology ratings from…

Presents excerpts from interviews with members of family in which four generations of women had been adolescent mothers. Most material presented came from Leticia, 20-year-old mother. Other materials are from Leticia's 39-year-old mother, 63-year-old grandmother, and 83-year-old great-grandmother. Explores psychological difficulties each…

Shares the authors' impressions about the education of young children with special needs in Poland, Russia, and the former Czechoslovakia. Describes the region's history of early childhood education, emphasis on family, specific preschool experiences, and teacher training. (HTH)

Family is a major influence on career development. A framework matching developmental stages of children and families is useful in planning and implementing career services for persons with disabilities. (SK)

Computers have the potential to link home and school, increase family involvement in education, and change the teacher-dominated classroom model. Possible impediments to home use of computers are cost, software quality, gender bias, and family background. (SK)

Analysis of pedigrees from parents of 69 preschool children who stuttered revealed that more male than female relatives ever stuttered but that female subjects who stuttered had more female relatives who ever stuttered than did male subjects. Segregation analyses suggest that transmission of a single major genetic locus increases the liability to…

Includes "Teaching as the Art of Living" (Bauer, Vannici); "My Metaphoric Journey" (Berman); "Sailing: Educating and Celebrating Self" (Hunkins); "The Primacy of Voice: Reflections of a Teacher" (Roderick); and "Roaming through a Life-Space" (Miel). (SK)