Proposed and tested vocational identity prediction model based on assumption that vocational identity development problems result from student anxiety and academic difficulties caused by insufficient support/influence of existing family context. Found model would predict significant variance in vocational identity and that each component…

A case study approach is used to describe 15 disadvantaged gifted adolescents and the importance of their families as a source of encouragement and support. Also discussed are other influences including schools, teachers, peers, community, economic circumstances, and interpersonal influences. (JDD)

Examines research and theory relative to the process of moral judgment development within the family environment. Analyzes the family's unique contribution to the development of moral judgment, the role of modeling by family members, and the ideal familial environment. Implications for moral education are addressed. (KO)

Explored role of adolescent's perception of family environment and its relationship to underachievement. Normal ability underachievers and matched group of achievers completed Family Environment Scale. Identified four variables that distinguished between achievers and underachievers: moral-religious emphasis, achievement orientation, family…

Creative writers (n=20) were interviewed to explore relationships between creativity and the creator's life as a parent and/or spouse. The experience of confronting family-related gender expectations influenced many writers. Writers reported benefits from the family's social support alongside restrictions on the solitude and time necessary for…

Studied 165 lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths, 15 to 21 years old, to determine the impact of verbal abuse, threat of attacks, and assault on their mental health. Found a direct effect of victimization on mental health, whereas family support and self-acceptance in concert mediated this victimization and mental health relation. (MDM)

Since schools reflect society, rethinking American education demands rethinking other dimensions of society (government organization, business involvement, and the American family). The article discusses the need to confront many societal and institutional decisions that must precede decisions about the future of American education. The focus is…

Proposes that the impact of adolescents' reactions to antidrug messages is contingent upon the extent of adolescent rebelliousness. Studied 51 adolescents who saw 6 antidrug Public Service Advertisements (PSAs). Rebellious adolescents from the more authoritarian, conformity-oriented families who were shown antidrug PSAs considered the messages…

Evaluated the development of 44 children adopted from Romanian orphanages. Adoptive parents described their children twice, using the Revised Denver Prescreening Developmental questionnaire when they first met the children, and again at approximately 11 months postadoption. Showed that progress was equal across areas, and that, on average,…

An identification and treatment model differentiating transient mutism from persistent selective mutism is proposed. The case study of a six-year-old girl is presented, who was treated with a multimodal approach combining behavioral techniques with play therapy and family involvement. At posttreatment and follow-up, she was talking in a manner…

Examined the predictive relationship between family adjustment and emotional adjustment during early adolescence and the influence of adolescents' levels of self-worth, peer support, and coping abilities. Found that family adjustment and emotional adjustment are reciprocally related and that high levels of self-worth, peer support, and coping…

Presents an ecological model for examining the educational and familial contexts that influence the educational achievement of language minority students. The framework outlines conceptual and philosophical bases to serve as guiding principles for urban school reform efforts committed to developing multicultural, pluralistic environments where all…

In February 1995, a group of six teachers from various countries met at East Carolina University to discuss school safety and discipline issues. Although school environments differ, all teachers agreed that gaining the student's heart was a more effective classroom-management technique than fear or intimidation. All prized laughter and disliked…

Suggests classroom activities related to language, social studies, and music and movement that can help beginning teachers to experience the difference that authentic multiculturalism makes in the classroom. (BB)

Explores meanings attached to literacy within a generation of African Americans, noting implications of intergenerational beliefs and traditions for African-American students. Data from discussions with 25 elderly adults examine how beliefs shaping educational legacies are often enacted through interpretations and translations of literacy within…