A model was proposed to explain variations in alcohol use among nonmarried, full-time undergraduate students. Sociocultural, familial characteristics, and age at onset of student drinking as predictor variables were analyzed. Findings indicated that the extent of adolescent alcohol consumption was the strongest overall predictor of undergraduate…

Assesses the effects of gestational age, race, and sex on neurobehavorial responses of 510 singleton infants who were evaluated at term conceptual age using a modified Prechtl Neurologic Examination. Results suggest that gestational age at birth is the most influential variable; race is also important, but gender has minimum impact. (Author/CB)

To determine if interviewers utilize confirmatory information seeking strategies, 170 subjects rated applicant suitability after reading resumes, posing questions, and receiving written answers. Seventy-three percent of the variance in applicant ratings was accounted for by the content of applicants' responses; no clear-cut confirmatory…

Examined social support and cognitive and active coping responses of 80 Black and White urban elderly women to the stressful event of a medical problem. Findings revealed these women were similar, although racial differences were found in level of social support, use of prayer in coping, and use of nonprescription drugs. (Author/NRB)

It is hypothesized that the readers of an essay respond to a variable in terms of its context with other variables. Sex, race, reader expectation, and quality of handwriting were crossed to study their interaction effects. Results showed complex interactions of expectations, writing, and sex within race. (Author/LMO)

The choice between genetic and environmental explanations is most properly based on "jointly genetic/environmental designs," which control for both genetic and environmental differences in a behavior genetic framework. (Author/GC)

Examines 1975-76 and 1980-81 baccalaureate degree attainment by major field for both male and female Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites. Data were derived from Higher Education General Information Surveys of Earned Degrees. (Author/RH)

Examined the reliability, construct validity, and predictive validity of the Non-Cognitive Questionnaire (NCQ) for different racial groups, using a sample of 1,975 Black and White college students. Results showed the NCQ significantly predicted persistence for Black students and predicted grades for both groups. (JAC)

Examined the influence of race, age, sex, and vocational preference on attitudes toward older workers in a study of 125 business students. Results showed Blacks rated a younger worker more favorably and an older worker less favorably than Whites on three of four work-related dimensions. (JAC)

Examines the proposition that objective conditions of inequality, aspirations, media use, gender consciousness, class and race consciousness, and symbolic and social participation in the women's movement affect Black and White female adolescents' commitment to class action for women. Reports on research in three high schools in Waterloo, Iowa.…

Examined annual official national statistics for specific methods of suicide by sex and racial group from 1923 to 1978. Shifts were found in suicide methods employed, most notably for women and Asian Americans. Generally, firearm use increased among nearly all ethnic/racial-sex groups while the use of poisons declined. (JAC)

During 1981, directors of admissions at 1,065 colleges and universities completed a salary survey. The salaries of two comparable admissions officers differed by about $495 if one is minority and the other nonminority. The salaries differed by another $1,600 if one is a man and the other a woman. (BW)

This study investigated differences between black and white college students' values concerning mate selection. The relative importance of 12 desired traits in a potential mate, divided equally into instrumental and expressive traits, is examined. Results are discussed. (Author)

Examines whether black children learn a categorized list in the same way as they learn an uncategorized list and white children learn each list by a different strategy. Sixty fourth grade children, randomly selected by race and class group from a pool of 123 children, approximately one-third of whom were lower class white, lower class black, and…

Concludes that the disproportionately high rates of mental illness among females cannot be accounted for by marital status and its incumbent stresses and suggests that other explanations need to be explored. (Author/AM)