Characteristics of pregnant students attending the Family Center, an alternative educational program in Arlington County, Virginia, are described. Investigated are variables such as family configuration and relationships, substance use, special problems, and outcome of pregnancy. (CJ)

A total of 193 basically healthy working-class and middle-class mothers and their infants participated in a four-year longitudinal study. The study focused on the relative potency of several clusters of variables for predicting intellectual and language outcomes during the preschool years. (Author/RH)

Tested the influence of a supportive family on 142 women employed in or studying for nontraditional careers. Results showed the importance of emotional support by parents, siblings, peers and teachers. Suggests counselors encourage women to locate role models and mentors if preparing for nontraditional careers. (Author/JAC)

Compared adults who came from disrupted families with those who lived with biological parents (at age 16). Little difference was found and those effects noted were positive. Results suggest that under certain circumstances a family disruption and associated stress may eventually turn to the individual's advantage. (Author/JAC)

Discusses research design errors including: (1) poor control over extraneous natural covariates of family type, particularly socioeconomic status; (2) unrepresentative samples; and (3) invalid dependent measures. Reports on conceptual blind spots, which include equation of conventional with healthy behavior and failure to anticipate either…

Attributes much of "illiteracy" and "learning disability" in Canadian schools to factors such as parents' social class, definitions of literacy, and validity of readability measures. Iceland's tradition of family responsibility for early childhood education, status for national authors, and home exposure to reading might be…

Explored the values stressed by India- and Pakistan-born immigrant parents in the process of socialization in a city in western Canada and the reaction of their children to these values. Collected interview and participation-observation data on immigrant families (N=50). Data indicated that immigrant families have resisted alterations in core…

Extensive data on twins, nontwin siblings, siblings separated by adoption, and parent-child similarity indicate that the heritability of intelligence is closer to .50 than to .70. Differences could be due to environmental or genetic changes in the population, or to methodology. (Author/CP)

In a series of seven questions and answers, the author explores some aspects in the identification of speech language handicaps (as opposed to speech language differences) in prekindergarten children, using 94 kindergarten children as the basis for the research. (PHR)

Identifies personal-social factors women perceive as being those that prevent them from entering occupations usually held by men. Factors included conceptions of male-dominated work environments, self-concept, stereotyped views held by family, attitudes of friends, security in traditional jobs, fear of failure, and money training. (CT)

Guidance counselors and teachers involved in career counseling must be aware of the importance of family influence on occupational choice. The guidance counselor may be able to design career planning groups with parents to illustrate the Occupational Family Tree and other methods for assisting their children in occupational development. (Author)

Black women and White reentry students completed a questionnaire that assessed educational goals, career goals, sex-role attitudes, and demographic traits. The results indicate that religious upbringing, mothers' educational attainment, and birth order significantly predict students' sex-role related goals and attitudes. (Author)

Marriage, achievement need, children and self-definition predicted negative career persistence and career activity patterns in some family situations. Self-definition was associated with professional career activity among unconstrained women, but with freelance activity among married mothers. Personality variables may predict behavior within broad…

Evaluates two models of generational political research: the lineage model in which generations are defined in terms of biological succession within family units, and the cohort model, in which generations are defined in terms of the common and unique life experiences (and socialization) of individuals born and raised in a particular time period.…

This article briefly discusses a basis for counselor consultation as a strategy to help teachers aid parents communicate effectively. It also discusses some obstacles to successful teacher-parent communication and delineates a model for providing teachers with effective communication training. (Author)