Reviews literature regarding factors associated with children's initiation into smoking and examines efficacy of health education programs in preventing smoking in children. Though using peer leaders as health educators has been successful, parent-implemented health prevention programs aiming at children at younger ages may be more effective in…

Examined data on courtship violence among college students (N=289) for aggressors and victims and for males and females, distinguishing among three types of violence (abuse, violence, sexual aggression). Found that influences most proximate in time and place affected courtship aggression most strongly; subjects' experiences as victims and…

Control interactions between 87 well and affectively ill mothers and their young children were studied. Well mothers achieved compromise with their children, particularly daughters, more often than did affectively ill mothers. Affectively ill mothers, more often than well mothers, avoided confrontation with their children. (Author/JW)

Investigated the impact of parents' counseling groups on children's reading attitudes and achievement. Covers the areas of: feasibility of parental counseling and effects of parental counseling on low achieving children, children's self-concepts, and children with reading difficulties. (ABB)

This study of final-consonant repetitions in the speech of a young child supports the notion that some speech disfluencies may result from parental attempts to accelerate phonological development. An analysis of 12 half-hour-long observations over a year is presented and discussed in terms of the home environment. (Author/KM)

Black children as a whole had higher rates of homicide deaths than White children, but the difference fades when socioeconomic status is taken into consideration, especially for older children. For children under 5 the leading cause of death was battering; for those over 5 the leading cause was firearms. (Author/BJV)

This study, which uses the organizational perspective, synthesizes major contributions to the examination of symbolic development in abused children. Focuses on the interrelationship between and the impact of maltreatment on children's cognitive, socioemotional, and linguistic development. (RWB)

Investigated incidence of serious suicidal thoughts among 207 high school seniors and 901 college students. Those considering suicide were more likely to view: (1) their parents as having interpersonal conflicts; (2) their relationship with their father as poor; (3) at least one parent as angry or depressed; and (4) themselves as having a drinking…

It appears extremely advantageous for highly gifted children if their parents can work in close collaboration with education authorities. How an individualized education program for one child was devised, and comments on preschool and tertiary education are given. (MNS)

Data analysis of responses from 251 early adolescents on measures of cognitive development and perceived parental support revealed: (1) formal operations diminished adolescent egocentrism; and (2) perceived parental relations were predictive of self-consciousness. Contrary to posttheoretical assumptions, seventh graders at the concrete operations…

Examines mother-child and father-child play and the relationship between parents' fantasy play initiations and their children's receptive vocabulary skills. The sex of parent effects during play initiations and the influence on children's cooperativeness toward the parent behaviors were tested in a laboratory playroom setting. (DT)

Compares the reactions of mothers of 6- to 11-year-old conduct-disordered boys with those of mothers of normal boys, matched for age and education of mother, in situations whereby each mother interacted with her own child, with a child not her own of like classification, and with a child not her own of different classification. (HOD)

A survey examined the degree to which the attitudes of undergraduates diverge from those they impute to their parents and converge with those they impute to their friends. The results showed a surprising degree of agreement with parents, especially in relation to substance abuse and conventional morality. (KH)

Examines the relationship between the mother's presence in the nursery school and the child's interactions with peers and adults. Findings reveal that children spend significantly more time interacting with peers and less time with adults in the absence of the parents. (Author/AS)

Parent orientations, planned to better the parents' understanding of the freshman-year experience by providing a comprehensive view of campus life, are described. The orientations are aimed at assuring parents that their children have chosen their college wisely. (MLW)