An analysis of the association of six independent family variables with parent child attitude congruence indicated significant association of measures of family political climate with attitude congruence for all dyads except "mother/son" with "father/son" dyads showing the greatest association. Reasons for the apparent discrepancies were…

Personal account of the forces and influences on the author's life which led him to develop creative and well-documented black studies. (DM)

The home environment of a hearing impaired child should be viewed in terms of six variables: academic aspirations and expectations, language use and development, stimulation to explore and discuss ideas and events, academic guidance and support, family's work habits, and parental integration of the hearing impairment into the home. (CL)

A follow-up study of the same sample of families examined size and cohesiveness of the wider kinship network. Results suggest that both social constructions and the character of the wider network play a role in shaping families' ties to their kin. (Author/RC)

Discusses research and instances of children learning to read and or write in the home without formal instruction, tracing the development of such natural literacy. Argues that literacy is primarily a social process, involving both teaching and learning. (HTH)

Presents a typology of family environments based on multidimensional assessments of a representative sample of community families. Identified seven family types. Found family differences in environmental stressors and coping resources affected family members' levels of functioning. Discusses clinical and research applications of the typology.…

This article discusses the concept of spouse support, problems in its definition, its impact upon an educational/vocational decision, and its relationship to family systems theory. (CT)

The authors address the need for involvement of parents of gifted children in their child's education. It is suggested that P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) provisions be extended to include the gifted. (SW)

This review draws from diverse literatures to synthesize what is known about the relationships between family variables and creativity in children. Family background and the effects of parental attitudes and behaviors on children's creativity are explored. (Author/BEF)

Twin children were videotaped hitting an inflated clown figure. Three behaviors (number of hits, intensity of hits, and number of quadrants hit) showed adequate response characteristics, rater reliability, and test-retest reliability. Twin analyses of the three behavioral ratings yielded no evidence of hereditary influence. (Author)

Factors identified from normative interaction, resource theory, and family development theory were related to female, shared, and male household task responsibilities of wives and husbands. Employed wives tended to reduce their responsibility for female household tasks with little or no change in the responsibility of the husband. (Author/CT)

Explores the impact of teenage pregnancy and childbearing on the families of the adolescents and examines the amount and type of support extended by the family of origin to the pregnant teenager. (Author/GC)

Directs the reader to sibling gender relationships. Patterns of intimacy in brother-brother and brother-sister relationships are identified. Masculine gender role patterns were expressed more frequently than classic sibling rivalry. Sisters, not mothers, were discovered to be the primary socializing agent for some of men's intimate relationships…

The confluence model for explaining the influence of birth order on intelligence was applied to a sample of 56 Black and 52 White students. The confluence model and parental occupation were deemed insufficient in accounting for racial differences in intelligence scores. (Author/JKS)