Following the assumptions of ecological socialization research, adequate analysis of socialization conditions must take into account the multilevel and multivariate structure of social factors that impact on human development. This statement implies that complex models of family configurations or of socialization factors are needed to explain the…

In today's world, technology, bureaucracy, and budgetary matters often create an impersonal, stressful situation for career practitioners. Practitioners wonder if there is ever enough time to establish the empathetic, congruent relationship that is necessary to be helpful with clients. This paper suggests adding a level of interpretative analysis…

This paper proposes that schools can participate with communities to partially alleviate the concerns about a steady blood supply. A review of the literature reveals the effective use of social learning models to encourage high school students to participate in blood drives. Combining an educational approach with a psychological approach to obtain…

This book is comprised of 14 papers developed for the New Faculty Project, a career development project for college faculty. Papers are grouped into sections which address orientation and settling in of new faculty; how faculty members get established within the institution; and how faculty build institutional supports. The papers are: (1) "Being…

In 1956, Dr. Albert Ellis presented his seminal work on Rational Therapy, subsequently renamed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in 1993. This paper explores the origins, theoretical foundations, applications, and implications of REBT and provides a look at the empirical research available in support of the approach's efficacy. REBT is…

Article consists of an examination of the political controversy which arose in the state of Maharashtra when a plan for "educational development" was put forward for public consideration by the state cabinet in April 1968. (Author)

Emphasizes neglected problems in the study of mass communication and socialization and suggests some new lines of theorizing and research. (TO)

The hypothesis of this paper inferred that there is a relation between students' cognitive reorganization of the meaning of certain social work concepts and the formal socialization process that they experience in a graduate school of social work. (Editor)

Discusses sex-role research and important factors to be considered in relation to a child's sex-role development. (ST)

Presented is an annotated bibliography of books, reports, and articles on adolescence, divided into subject areas treating psychology and socialization and the part played by schools and youth in social and economic development. The introduction describes subject content and research methods and trends reflected by the entries. (Author/JH)

Children's perception of their mother as a disciplinary agent, their susceptibility to social influence and their other-centeredness were examined in this study. (ST)

In a study of attachment behavior 10-month-old infants were observed under three conditions: with the mother, with an adult female stranger, and when both were present. Infants directed more social responses to the mother, but the stranger evoked more exploration behavior than distress. (ST)

Argues that the key question in psychotherapy and rehabilitation is not can we change a person's personality, but rather what behaviors can and should; and how do we maintain the behavior that we have changed. Several behavior innovation programs are examined. (Author/JM)

As an important part of the plan to record and systematically deal with all observable behavioral events that constitute an infant's waking life, all social encounters between the baby and other persons that occurred during weekly observations of two infants in their everyday milieu were recorded. (Author/CB)

A short-term camping program promoted significant gains in behavior and in academic adjustment for children with social and school problems. Followup work was found essential to sustain the progress. (ST)