Teachers rated the likelihood of mainstreaming success of a hypothetical disturbed child according to their tolerance for socially defiant behaviors. (Editor)

Reasons for excessive drinking among college students are discussed, and counseling approaches designed to resolve these underlying problems are suggested. (Editor)

Results of a survey of California public schools do not support the findings of recent reports of an increase in violence in American schools. (Author/RLV)

This study examined the relative impact of parent and peer reference groups on frequency of marijuana use in a nonrandom sample of university students. Ordinal type scales and tau-b provide a statistically strong degree of association between the type of reference group orientation and marijuana use. (Author/SJL)

Students of the Problem-Solving Project Group report on the results of a two-year study of how they solve problems. (BB)

Post-tests show that the value confrontation procedure resulted in significantly greater frequency of information seeking for internally controlled subjects when compared to the reinforcement counseling and control procedures. Examines two procedures designed to enhance the career planning attitudes and behavior of rural adolescent males.…

A summary of findings from a series of undergraduate class studies bearing on the similarities and differences between students using the counseling and/or psychiatric services amplifies an understanding both of student behavior and service functions. (MB)

Describes the purpose and tests used in a statewide study to assess the performance of Puerto Rican students in grades 7-12 on a series of learning goals deemed relevant to the needs of these students. (Author/IRT)

Nonpunitive approaches to discipline (changing the student, remediating learning problems, changing the school environment, and implementing alternative programs) can eventually reduce student misbehavior and should be considered as alternatives to punitive approaches for working with students who are discipline problems. (Author/IRT)

Discriminant analysis was separately employed for men and women in order to determine the independent personality dimensions that discriminate among the four Clark-Trow student types. Two significant discriminant functions placed the male vocational, nonconformist, academic, and collegiate types in positions that are essentially consistent with…

The relationship of unrealistic vocational choice to other unrealistic behavioral responses was examined by having subjects with judged realistic or unrealistic vocational choices estimate performance over trials on a visual pursuit task. Results did not confirmthe hypothesized relationship between unrealism in vocational choice behavior and…

Unless future investigations identify attitudes and explain the interactions of attitudes of teachers in each school system, pupil control ideology may be an inadequate descriptor of the school as a social system. (Author/IRT)

Investigates differences in three dating violence profiles. Analysis of participants surveyed (N=77) show that 66% of students reported mutual dating violence. Those in mutually violent relationships reported receiving and perpetrating significantly more violence than individuals involved in one-sided violent relationships as victims only or as…

Focuses on the challenge of learning what students know by doing a case study on one student. Recommends that knowing students is a domain worthy of development which promises increased understanding and consequently new challenges. (ASK)

Examines the relationships of 1,226 low-risk elementary and middle school children across a variety of relationship partners. Presents descriptive data on the profile of the children's patterns of relatedness with others. Looks at the ways that children's interpersonal relationships facilitate their readiness to learn and their active engagement…