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Download full textMoore, Sylvia F. – 1979
A research study was conducted to measure (1) the extent to which a young woman is financially disadvantaged by the loss of her husband's income, (2) the ways in which she seeks to alleviate this loss, and (3) how successful she is in doing so. Data were collected from 519 young women, both white and black, who experienced a first disruption of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Divorce, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Angermeyer, Matthias C.; And Others – 1980
Sixty half-hour family discussions generated by the "revealed differences technique" were analyzed to determine the emotional intensity and quality (friendliness/attacking) of messages between individuals in families with schizophrenic and "normal" sons. Thirty families in each situation (schizophrenic/normal) were matched for comparison. Both…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis
FAGEN, STANLEY A.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE PATTERN OF PREDISPOSITIONAL AND MEDIATIONAL FACTORS RELATING TO DIFFERENTIAL MATERNAL SUCCESS IN COPING WITH THE CRISIS CREATED BY FATHER ABSENCE IN MILITARY FAMILIES WAS EXAMINED. MOTHERS IN 23 FAMILIES WHOSE HUSBANDS WERE ABSENT ON EXTENDED MILITARY TOURS, WERE ADMINISTERED AN EXTENSIVE BATTERY OF SOCIOMETRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS PRIOR TO…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Family Attitudes, Family Mobility
Corfman, Eunice, Ed. – 1979
Science Monographs, published by the National Institute of Mental Health, are book-length, integrative state-of-the-art reviews, critical evaluations of findings, or program assessments of current research on topics related to the NIMH mandate. This set of articles concentrate on mental illness in the family. "Depression and Low-Income,…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Autism, Depression (Psychology), Developmental Disabilities
White House Conference on Families, Washington, DC. – 1980
Prepared as an address to the White House Conference on Families, this addendum includes state by state summaries of recommendations for solving some of the key problems facing American families today. Included are recommendations from the following states: Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Economic Factors, Education
Child and Family Services, Buffalo, NY. – 1974
The Child Crisis Project on Buffalo's West Side was a demonstration opportunity financed for a three-year period by the Office of Child Development. The project was primarily a service delivery system designed to move into emergency situations and solve problems, so that the family could continue to function and provide child care. This report…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Care, Community Services, Conflict Resolution
Buder, Leonard; And Others – 1970
The contents of the Child Study Association's report of their Eightieth Anniversary Forum, on the topic of "Social Upheaval: Changing Institutions and the Impace on Families," include papers on "The Para-Institutional Society Technarchy of Life," and on "What Generation Gap?". Also discussed are "Sources of the…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Life, Family Problems, Family Role
Georgia State Dept. of Family and Children Services, Atlanta. – 1968
A series of workshops for foster parents in Georgia was held, using the facilities of the counties' continuing education programs. Most of the attendants were foster mothers, primarily because the sessions were held during daytime hours. Films and readings were used to stimulate discussion of child care and development, and of particular problems…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bibliographies, Child Care, Child Development
Thompson, David L.; Miles, Guy H. – 1972
In a nationwide study, data about attitudes, behavior, and socioeconomic and personal characteristics were collected from over 6000 low-income people. Both the welfare poor and the working poor were included in the study. This report covers only that part of the results that is relevant to family stability in the low-income population. The…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Women, Family Characteristics
Department of Health Education and Welfare, Washington, DC. Task Force on Parent Participation. – 1968
The Parent Participation Task Force appointed in December 1967 by the administrators of the Office of Education, Public Health Services, and the Social and Rehabilitation Service to study parent participation and suggest policy recommendations, has recommended that the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare sponsor and promote increased…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Career Development, Community Centers, Consumer Education
Hsu, Francis L. K. – 1971
This book examines the situation of the Chinese in the United States in terms of contact and conflict between two vastly different ways of life: how Chinese and white Americans conduct themselves under the circumstances; the effect of such contact and conflict on the behavior patterns of the individual; and, what future course Chinese-Americans…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Bias, Chinese Americans
Taft, Earl A. – 1973
The major research question in this report is the extent to which family membership disability affects the magnitude of internal family interaction. Other research foci addressed here are: the relationship that exists between parental-nonparental or husband-wife positional locations of disabled family members and the magnitude of internal family…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Characteristics, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedGelardo, Mark S.; Sanford, Esther E. – School Psychology Review, 1987
Research examining the epidemiology and etiology of child abuse, parent and child characteristics, and the effects of maltreatment is reviewed. Unemployment, lower social class status, marital discord, and health problems are more common among abusive families. Increased knowledge improves the clinician's ability to intervene, treat, and prevent…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedPatterson, Gerald R. – American Psychologist, 1986
Summarizes findings derived from three interlocking structural equation models. The models define a set of relationships between stress and family management skills, and between parental discipline and antisocial child behavior. (PS)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Child Development, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedSzapocznik, Jose; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1986
Compares efficacy of Bicultural Effectiveness Training (BET) and Structural Family Therapy (SFT) used with Cuban-American families in which adolescents manifested symptoms of conduct disorders and/or social maladjustment. Finds significant improvement as measured by family structure, acculturation/biculturalism levels, and adolescent behavior…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems
