A total of 606 grade school children were asked to check 15 of 48 adjectives on multiple copies of the Personal Attribute Inventory for Children which they considered descriptive of themselves, their mothers and their fathers. Among the results, concordance scores between self and mother were consistently high regardless of the family's…

Age-related change in manifest dream content was assessed in dreams recalled from REM sleep by (N=58) men aged (27-64), and in dreams recalled from sleep at home. Evidence indicated a small age-related decline in dream distortion and family-related content. (Author)

The relationships among preferred handedness, family history of sinistrality, sex of subject, and spatial visualization were examined in college students. Males outperformed females at all levels of handedness when measured as a continuous variable. Extreme handedness was associated with poorest performance. Decreased hemispheric specialization…

Considered motivations of Black college students and the influence on student behavior. Of the 161-person sample, 62 freshmen said their mother was the most influential person in their life. Results indicated a wide disparity between high school grades achieved and college grades expected. (Author)

This essay reviews the political socialization literature and the assumptions underlying the theory that political socialization, formal and informal, is sponsored by the state to reinforce its stability and social order. The author argues that family influence and enlightened self-interest are strong, independent factors in personal political…

Results of a survey of undergraduate students on interest in gerontology revealed strong direct influence on academic interest in gerontology for career interest in working with the elderly and weak direct influence for attitude toward the elderly. Indirect effects were found for respondents' sex and family experience with the elderly. (Author)

Questions child welfare policy of maintaining a child with natural parents at all costs. Research on the moral development of children in group homes indicated that placement in stable, democratic, and caring group homes was preferable to leaving the child in a severely disturbed family. (Author/DB)

Very close age spacing was an obstacle to high academic performance for later borns. In family relations and self-esteem, first borns scored better and performed in school as well as their potentially much more able younger siblings, regardless of age spacing. (Author)

Size of family of origin is more strongly related to wife's than husband's life chances. The mediating effect of allocation preferences on the number of siblings/life chances relationship carries through to the number of siblings/number of live-births relationship. (Author)

Changes in the mental development as assessed with the Griffiths Mental Development Scales, of 37 Down's syndrome infants (mean age 8.9 months at outset of study) over a 6-month period were correlated with scores obtained on the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory. (Author/PHR)

Hawaiian children are most likely to become chronic runaways, perhaps due to an available family network for shelter. Caucasians and those from single parent families were least likely to become chronic runaways. There were no sex differences. (JAC)

Home, socioeconomic, and process characteristics obtained from a single interview with mothers of high, average, and low achieving third-grade children accounted for a large percentage of the low achievers' scores in arithmetic computation and reading comprehension. (JD)

Women medical students indicated that wanting to serve others, independence, and interest in science were strong motivations for entering medicine. Women, more often than men, cited the challenge of a medical career and high occupational prestige; they were also more likely to have been discouraged from entering medicine. (Author)

Results of a study to determine the effects of strong family orientation on elderly Chicanos' knowledge of and participation in government work-training programs suggest that familism is a critical component of Chicano culture and that it limits the elderly Chicanos' awareness of, but not enthusiasm for, government programs. (Author/SB)

Reviews the use of family therapy in dealing with illnesses such as childhood diabetes, asthma, pain, and anorexia nervosa. Marital and family therapy may be effective in treating some psychosomatic problems. Family assessment is helpful in the management of all psychosomatic problems. (Author/JAC)