Clients (N=408) reported receiving the most help on medical and vocational problems from doctors and rehabilitation counselors respectively, and the most help with personal, social, and family problems from family and friends. These results and the potential use of nonprofessionals or lay persons in the rehabilitation process are discussed.…

Examined the longitudinal influences of such factors as somatype, biological risk, social risk, sex, race, family problems, home environment, and parental occupations on the vocabulary scores of five-year-olds on the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI). (JMB)

In assessing how relationships with parents, husbands, male musicians, and society at large can work to limit a Black woman's musical expression, it is possible that the most crucial factor in whether her musical potential is nurtured or negated is the family. (Author/WI)

The results of this study suggest that the impact of the family on delinquency varies directly with the quality of the environment. (Author)

Socioeconomic differences were controlled for an examination of longitudinal data on established critical factors in career salience of female college graduates. Details about mother's employment history, respondent's recollection of the attitudes of family members concerning that employment, and indicators of daughter's sex role ideology were…

The character of education offered by the school and the education acquired by the child are a function of the communities in which the school and the child are embedded. (MM)

Families (N = 86) of delinquents were randomly assigned to one of four treatment conditions. Results indicated that only 20 percent of families in the treatment condition had subsequent court contacts for siblings, compared to a 40 percent rate for no-treatment controls and 59 percent and 63 percent rates for the alternative treatment conditions.…

Presents an interview with W. Willard Wirtz, chairman of the College Entrance Examination Board panel investigating the decline in Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. (IRT)

Peer cluster theory suggests that the socialization factors that accompany adolescent development interact to produce peer clusters that encourage or discourage drug involvement. Correlations of socialization variables, strength of the family, family sanctions against drug use, religious identification, and school adjustment with drug use confirm…

This study examined the extent of variation in national certificate examinations results among all secondary pupils, schools, and Educational Authorities (EAs) in Scotland. Results showed significant differences among the 16 EAs even after controlling for the effects of pupils' family backgrounds. Socio-economic status also influenced the…

A survey of administrators in six Scottish secondary schools found that home-based factors are viewed as probable causes of disruptive behavior, but school-based strategies are considered likely reduction mechanisms. Individual staffs differed significantly in the extent to which they believed that the problem can be controlled by the schools.…

Compared with respect to their susceptibility to peer pressure to engage in deviant activity were fifth-, sixth-, eighth-, and ninth-graders from intact, single parent, and stepparent families. Youngsters living with both natural parents were less susceptible to pressure than those living in other family environments. (Author/RH)

The cultural distinction between Western and Middle Eastern Jews in Israel is a product of underlying cultural differences in mediating familial factors such as interdependence, size, and delegation of authority, as well as peer exposure. Middle Easterners were more cooperative than Westerners in rural settings, but not in urban areas. (Author/LHW)

Summarizes Blumberg's theory of gender stratification, which emphasizes relative male/female control of economic resources as a main predictor of multiple gender stratification consequences. Reviews evidence from Third World countries that men and women spend income differently, such that, when women lose control of income, family well-being and…