Although many people fail in their attempts at health change, there is strong evidence that many others can modify negative health practices with or without the aid of therapy or formal intervention programs. Cultural norms, help-seeking and help-giving behaviors, and personal values have all been studied as factors in successful lifestyle…

The fact that few researchers have studied loneliness in widowhood may be related to the concept itself which spans intellectual perspectives, incorporating elements of affect, cognition, and social structure. To examine loneliness among elderly widowers, 24 adult males (participants in a more comprehensive study of widowed men, aged 63 to 93…

This book consists of brief biographies of people who have contributed to the field of leisure and recreation. The 26 pioneers chronicled span over two thousand years and cross many cultures. Some are theorists, others are practitioners, but all of them left their imprint on the leisure and recreation field. Arranged sequentially by dates, the…

Teachers can create an interest in the founding period of U.S. history and present students with an authentic view of this time period through the presentation of this play. The dramatic pretense of the play is that the audience, by their presence, is part of the drama. The audience plays the part of travelers visiting a Philadelphia home in the…

A companion to the booklet, "A Teacher Manual on Native Americans: The Wabanakis," the semi-annotated bibliography consisting of 235 citations may be used by people who wish to have access to information and research (1890-1982) done about the tribes on the New England and Maritime shores, including the Wabanaki Confederacy composed of…

Although the Type A behavior pattern has been linked to serious health disorders, recent evidence suggests that the Type A style only produces negative health consequences when its fit with the environment is poor. A study was undertaken to determine whether there was a difference between Type A and Type B persons in general lifestyle pace…

The Ethnic Studies Oral History Project of the University of Hawaii recorded and preserved interviews with 250 older Hawaiian working people and selected the 12 most representative life narratives to make up this book. According to an introduction, the 12 were chosen for their portrayal of everyday life and work, their articulation of attitudes…

Argues that the twin "adversities" of being both female and black have produced a group of women determined to succeed in societies which practice the most blatant form of oppression and in which it is assumed that the black female presides over a family structure which is undergoing progressive deterioration. (Author/JM)

This paper examines the process of conversion in sex-roles classes by contrasting the context of testimonies in sex-roles classes with that found in evangelical Christian churches. Data are drawn from students' journals and participation-observation. Pedagogical suggestions for handling classroom conversion problems are provided. (Author)

Analysis of responses to a series of stories obtained from a sample of midwestern college women showed that freshmen women were more traditional and less secular in orientation toward the role of women than were upperclass and PhD students. (Author)

A 4 dimensional typology of views of minority group life styles is discussed, with reference to the Mexican American life style. (NQ)

The study explored the maximum growth and feasibility rankings of 10 types of family forms by 128 subjects. Nonuniversity students (university affiliation being the most important variable) chose more traditional forms in the maximum growth ranking. Subjects' feasibility rankings of alternative forms were more traditional than their growth…

Communities, defined as either physical or sociocultural entities, vary widely in reported levels of resident satisfaction. Dimensions of community characteristics were studied to assess their relative importance to resident community satisfaction. A questionnaire about various community characteristics such as social life, physical…

The following pointers are made for agencies providing opportunities for risk-taking recreation: (1) there are individual differences and distinct motivations for various levels of risk expression; (2) actual (objective) risk should be finely calculated; (3) agencies need not necessarily provide actual high-risk activities to satisfy a desire for…

In this report, an ethnographic study of the aged population of 12 hotels in downtown San Diego is described. The life styles and support groups of residents of "single room occupancy" (SRO) hotels are compared to skid-row hotels and middle class retirement hotels in the immediate neighborhood. Methodology in the study consisted of…