Education on an Indian reservation is discussed. (CK)

Measures of general cognitive ability in one- and two-year-old adopted and nonadopted infants and their parents were subjected to path analysis to estimate the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to short-term stability of mental ability. (Author/RH)

The family operates as an economic socialization agent through the provision of (1) economic information networks, (2) grants and exchanges of resources, (3) economic role models, and (4) an environment for the development of individual human resource attributes. (SK)

The matrix of pre- and perinatal biological and sociocultural correlates are reviewed in relation to infants who are subsequently identified as gifted. (Author/CL)

Eighteen studies on the correlation of home environment and learning were selected, and their results synthesized. The analyses suggest that ability and achievement are more closely linked to the socio-psychological environment and intellectual stimulation in the home than they are to parental socioeconomic status indicators. (Author/BW)

Discusses how familial cultural, linguistic, and social traditions are perpetuated through continuing observance and repetition over the years. (AN)

Discusses faith in the context of Catholic education as a way of knowing. Describes James Fowler's developmental theories showing the presence of a sequence in the way individuals experience intellectual growth. Presents six short theoretical characterizations showing a family in six stages of faith development. (DMM)

Describes a study in which selected employers and personnel directors were interviewed concerning the effects of employees' home lives on work. Areas explored included employee behaviors affected by their home lives; company policies created because of employees' home lives; and the effects of different family life stages on work. (CT)

Reasons proposed by researchers to account for the underutilization of public mental clinics by Mexican Americans are summarized and then tested using data from a survey of 666 Mexican Americans in three Southern California communities. It is suggested that ethnic perceptions of emotional problems are most important in determining mental health…

Discusses various aspects of stress: benefits, adverse effects, how individuals respond to stress, management of stress, how normal development and family living produce stress in adolescents, and skills needed to cope with stress. (CT)

A longitudinal study that measures oral language at successive age-points shows a positive correlation with later educational attainment. Results indicate that familiarity with more abstract and less context-dependent uses of language, such as those associated with written text, are of greater importance. (Author/KC)

This discussion of the importance of the use of public libraries by families argues that such knowledge prepares children for effective adult life and it is the responsibility of parents to encourage their offspring to use libraries. Fifteen references are cited. (LLS)

A questionnaire was administered to measure the religious beliefs, religious practices, religiosity, and definition of religion held by members of a conservative Jewish youth group. Independent variables included Hebrew School attendance, sex, and parental practices. Only parental practices significantly accounted for any of the variance in the…