This article is concerned with the interaction between children with an obvious handicap and their families and its result on them both, with a discussion of some parent oriented assistance programs. (Author)

In the following pages, author showed how familial structures and processes affected educational roles, and reversing the approach, showed how schooling liberated individuals from the constraints they experienced in the familial context. (Author/RK)

This paper is part of a research project designed to look at questions of giftedness and exceptional ability in the arts through a case study of three world-class artists. Examination of the childhood art of Picasso, Lautrec, and Klee reveals no common subject preferences nor any real anomalies in graphic development. This paper focuses on the…

Research shows that firstborn children tend to excel in academic pursuits in comparison to those born later in the family constellation. A disproportionately high number of firstborns are present at the college level, and they are also overrepresented in medical and graduate schools. Firstborns score higher than those born later on a variety of…

Since married women typically curtail their employment behavior to accommodate the needs of their family, it is often assumed that women have a relatively weak and unstable work commitment. However, it is erroneous to infer work commitment from behavior, since work behavior is motivated and constrained by a myriad of personal and social…

This study was designed to test Holland's hypothesis that parents encourage the development of their own personality types in their offspring. Results indicate that relationships exist between the personality types of fathers-sons fathers-daughters and mothers-daughters while no relationship was confirmed between mothers-sons. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of various attributes of the family in the structure and process of social influence during adolescence. (Author)

The aim of this research was to increase understanding of the relationship between family variables and measures of child welfare. Conclusions were that welfare status is not explained by the use of individual measures on their own. (Author)

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE FOLLOWING FOUR FACTORS, SIMULTANEOUSLY AND SEPARATELY, AFFECT THE RATES OF CHEATING AMONG 10TH GRADE STUDENTS--(1) INDIVIDUAL ROLE ADAPTATIONS, (2) PEER GROUP INFLUENCE, (3) SOCIAL CONTEXT, AND (4) FAMILY INFLUENCE. A PARADIGM (MERTON'S) THAT RELATES INDIVIDUAL ANOMIA, SOCIAL…

Adolescent coital activity and the attendant risk of pregnancy is a problem with far-reaching implications. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of family variables on adolescent sexual behavior and contraceptive practices. More specifically, the research question was: Could a set of parent-adolescent interpersonal variables be…

The average IQ score of young adult males rose 20 points from World War I to 1960. Among the various causes cited for the rise is the effect of the changing family environment. (JY)

Findings from a study of 380 gifted and talented high school students supported R. Zajonc's conclusion that there is an advantage for a child to be raised in a small family and to be first born if intellectual skills development is used as the sole criteria. (CL)

Research into the socializing of women into sports activities revealed that peers were most influential at all life-cycle stages, family was the most influential during childhood, and coaches and teachers during adolescence; in addition, males were the predominant role models during childhood, and females during adolescence and adult life. (MB)