This monograph is designed to help scientists, decision makers, and service providers develop a deeper understanding of the role families and culture play in the prevention of alcohol and other drug abuse in Hispanic/Latino American populations. It also provides information on models of service delivery that are directed at strengthening families…

Early adolescent alcohol use and abuse has become a public health issue. Research studies indicate that early adolescent drinking may lead to emotional, social, and academic impairments, health and developmental problems, and even death. This study emphasized the need to better understand the predisposing triggers of adolescent alcohol use…

Adjusting to a new culture is a major transition that cuts across every aspect of an immigrant's life. This paper examines whether or not the use of a preventive, psychoeducational, counselor intervention affects the normative ethnic identity development process of Haitian adolescents. The study's independent variables were gender, dominant…

The Minority Research Initiation (MRI) awards are one-time grants for underrepresented minority investigators who have not previously received Federal research support as faculty members. This booklet highlights 105 minority investigators who graduated from the nation's top research universities. They are creative and productive contributors to…

This study examined the relationship among peer status, family status, and self-concept of 184 kindergarten children from 10 classes in a mid-sized mid-south city. Self-concept data was collected using the Woolner Preschool Self-Concept Picture Test, and popularity data was collected using a peer-nomination procedure. Teachers provided information…

Social capital creates or reinforces the mutual trust that binds people together. Some of the traditional human values in Asia and the cultural changes Asians face in order to survive in an era of globalization are presented in this collection of essays. The chapters emphasize the strong influence of values on education, the role of education in…

This book examines the role of the home in children's education and presents a program for parent involvement to improve children's school learning. Chapter 1 reviews evidence that underlines the key role of the home in children's educational development. Chapter 2 examines a variety of efforts being made around the world that attempt to build…

This study was designed to assess genetic influence on behavioral inhibition and its varying expression in 92 monozygotic and 86 dizygotic twin pairs. Infant behavior and mother-child interaction were observed and videotaped during structured play sessions at age 14, 20, 24, and 36 months. Analysis of the results suggests that most of the overlap…

Recognizing that classrooms are complex settings in which effective teaching cannot be the end result of merely following a list of rules and regulations, this monograph provides practicing reading teachers with appropriate information based on current teacher-effectiveness research so that they can be informed by the best of current thinking to…

This document looks at the college student who is an adult child from a dysfunctional family, applying Chickering's seven vectors of college-age student development to that student's experiences at college. Each of Chickering's seven vectors (developing competence, managing emotions, developing autonomy, establishing identity, freeing…

This ERIC Digest briefly reviews studies of maternal employment, child care settings, and links between children's development and family and child care influences. Studies of maternal employment suggest that infants' positive relationships with caregivers may compensate for insecure attachments with mothers. If future research supports this…

While data on the onset of cigarette smoking among younger adolescents has been investigated extensively, it is less clear whether the same social factors influence older adolescents. To examine these social factors, as well as the influence of personality and beliefs, 1,977 high school participants in an anti-smoking study completed a…

As Americans in the 1970s become more aware of the complexities and uncertainties surrounding social intervention, we may develop, as have ecologists, more respect for the interrelatedness of many unseen forces and more awareness of the likelihood that each well-intentioned intervention may have large and unanticipated consequences. (Author)

This report presents descriptive and correlational results from questionnaires administered to parents and tests administered to two groups equalling approximately 650 children from kindergarten, first, and second grade. The primary question addressed is, what is the relationship between what parents report that they do with their children in…

The author suggests three major factors which tend to influence stress on parents and potential marital problems associated with rearing a handicapped child: (1) Support received from family or significant others, (2) Periodic respite care, and (3) Counseling service sought early in the traumatic experience. Cited are studies showing parental…