This volume is an attempt to provide literature that will enhance through vicarious experience and emotional involvement the adult's understanding of the principles of child development. The selections are organized into categories and cross-indexed with most of the standard texts in child development and psychology. It is divided into ten major…

This study examines the relationship between family environment and children's language ability. Language is examined on the basis of a model which specifies that the following characteristics of family environments influence language development most: quality of language usage of the mother, opportunities for the enlargement and use of vocabulary…

Among results of a cross-cultural study of elementary age trainable mentally retarded children in Japan (N=103) and their families, and a similar sample in the United States (N=88) were that the relationship between affective and emotional aspects of parental behavior and children's emotional adjustment appeared to be culture-specific. (Author/JW)

Studies how family members' domestic lifestyles affect whether children achieve above, at, or below grade level in public schools. Family units in the same neighborhood can have widely disparate organizational structures, which produce qualitatively different talents, dispositions, and abilities in youngsters. (BJV)

Assessed the effects of age, sex, social class, and quality of family interaction on the future orientation of adolescents. Found the contents of future aims and fears closely related to developmental tasks. The extension of subjects' future orientation decreased, whereas their knowledge about the future increased, with age. Subjects from higher…

As part of continuing research into how individuals decide what to do with their lives, ninth graders in a small town high school were surveyed in 1967 and 1979. Focusing on group differences, results of questions on future time perspectives, career possibilities, interactions with people, family cohesiveness, and autonomy are discussed. (BS)

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised scoring patterns of 197 Native American children (ages 6-16, 90 girls and 107 boys) at a Northern Plains boarding school were explored to identify characteristic cognitive processing strengths. Findings indicated greater strength than among standardization population in relational, holistic, right…

Reviews achievements of Asian Americans in higher education, the importance of family in the drive to succeed, attitudes toward education, Asian American predominance in technical fields, and some stereotypes about Asian Americans. Also discusses comparative studies of Asian and American newborns and Asian and American childrearing. (CMG)

This study examined the importance of family and personal factors influencing a college female's perception of employment. Findings suggest that mothers are extremely important role models for their daughters. Mothers who worked in prestigious jobs and attained higher degrees of education seem more influential on a daughter's career directions…

Educated parents tend to have educated children. But is intergenerational transmission of human capital more nature, more nurture, or both? This paper uses household survey data from Rwanda that contains a large proportion of children living in households without their biological parents. The data should allow us to separate genetic from…

This book shows parents, clinicians, and policy-makers how the love relationship between parents and children is the workshop of the child's maturing personality, connecting everyday moments in family life to the growth of the child's sense of values and meaning. The book explains how children develop into fine, morally strong adults through their…

Using panel data from Peru, this paper investigates the determinants of the allocation of boys' and girls' time to schooling, housework, and income-generating activities. Specifically, it explores whether sickness, employment of adult women, infrastructure, and female headship have different impacts on the time use of boys and girls. Girls mostly…

The focus of this study was to determine the causal linkages among home environment, self-concepts, prior ability, and socioeconomic status on mathematics achievement and science achievement of gifted students. The Walberg Productivity Model (H. Walberg, 1984) served as a basis for analyzing the interconnections among the family processes.…

A study compared graduation and licensure examination pass rates of Mexican American nursing students who spoke English as a second language and students who spoke English as a first language. Mexican American students were surveyed or interviewed concerning the effect on graduation and licensure examination pass rates of English as a second…

This document discusses information pertaining to retention at Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC). Several studies have been conducted to gather information on students and discover what factors contribute to their decisions not to return to NVCC. Findings indicated that a large number of students do not return because of life…