Describes how West Germans conserve energy without lowering their standard of living. Ways that energy is saved in the field of transportation, in homes, and in restaurants are discussed. (AM)

Identifies 10 predictable stages that most students go through when facing the experience of a freshman year at college. Stages include midsummer anxiety, late summer panic, honeymoon upon arrival at college, end of the honeymoon a few weeks into the semester, belief that transferring will solve all/most problems, primitive coping behavior,…

Stress is created in dual-career families due to the changing roles and expectations of the husband and wife. This article discusses the sources of this type of stress, tensions that can develop, special challenges that must be faced, the advantages of this type of life-style, and stress management. (CT)

Uses discriminant analysis to investigate the relationship between television non-viewing and a set of variables reflecting "life style." This study agrees with previous ones in finding that the nonviewer is not easy to categorize. (MER)

The option of the child-free life should be offered to every young person contemplating marriage or approaching childbearing age. (Authors)

Presents data and discussion comparing life-cycle measures of divorced women with those of women who had never divorced. Findings indicate that differences do exist in the timing of life-cycle events according to marital history, race, and education but that birth cohort association represents an overriding source of differential timing. (Author)

Integrates the counseling theories of Individual Psychology and Interpersonal Theory. This integration provides a social/interpersonal approach to conceptualize clients' problems and address them in counseling. The integrated approach presents a structure for assessment of clients' developmental experiences as well as a counseling approach that…

Data from the Canadian Time Use Pilot Study were analyzed for 311 adults aged 65 and older. Of the independent variables (age, sex, marital status, education, and whether the individual lives alone) and the dependent variable (daily activity patterns), only age was significant across all comparisons. (SK)

A study of the leisure behavior among Black Americans in the post-civil rights era revealed that the number of full-time employed adults in the household accurately predicts participation across activities, but that social class and regionality are also important variables. (JD)

The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) includes a three-vector model of personality based on orientation toward people, orientation toward societal values, and ego integration. Scores categorize people into one of four lifestyles with seven possible levels of integration. CPI scores provide helpful information for understanding career…

Provided 57 college students with tools that enhance academic learning strategies (knowledge maps, scripted peer cooperation, and conceptual matrices) as means of improving personal management strategies. Students who felt they had control of whatever happened to them, and those who perceived problems as impactful and had strong desires to change…

Provides an overview of materialism including concerns related to conceptualizations and measures of materialism, new developments in practice, and future prospects. (JOW)

Examines whether the human world is threatened by a decline in respect for life, questioning some of the convictions and assumptions which underlie this diagnosis and the concomitant demand for an education in the value of life. The paper discusses the meaning of life, human existence, the sacredness of life, and the question of meaning and…

The "Millennial Generation" has grown up with prosperity, working parents, the Internet, divorce, and Columbine. They are fundamentally different in outlook and ambition from preceding generations and have their own ideas about how they want to live and work. (JOW)

Seeks to determine if adolescents who drink, or have intentions to drink, find image advertisements for alcohol more appealing than product advertisements. Results indicate that image advertising was preferred to product advertising, particularly by younger adolescents. Evidence of an association between preference for image advertisements and…