The purpose of the present study was to examine the efficacy of two social skills interventions, coaching and peer reinforcement, as treatments to enhance the social interactive skills in socially isolated preschool children. Ten preschool children were selected to participate in this study. Four of the participants were socially isolated children…

Over the past few years, computer applications such as games and the Internet have increased in popularity and children and teens are spending significant amounts of time interacting with them. In order to understand the growing impact of these interactive technologies on youth, this paper briefly reviews previous research on the impact of…

Author feels more consideration should be given to unfamiliar settings where youth can meet and truly express itself. (GB)

Interview data from 800 middle-aged and elderly urban residents reveal that while only a minority report cross-sex friends, they constitute a significant segment of the interpersonal resources of a number of adults. (Author)

Of the factors examined, only grade level was significant, with conformity to peer pressure highest in the second and third grades. (DP)

This article presents Camus' resolution to the issue of man's need and search for a meaningful and continuing personal identity as well as implications for the educative process. (Author)

The author stresses the need for more liberal arts in the educational curriculum so as to develop the imagination needed to cope with the needs of individuals in the super-industrial" society of the future. (AN)

Differences between the men and women were found in the proportion of homosexual marriages, the number of homosexual partners, and expressed satisfaction with the homosexual role. (Author)

Two basic postulates, (1) ego stage progression with increasing age, and (2) development of the ego as it meets the different crisis elements of the ego stages, were tested on a sample of 120 5-, 8-, and 11-year-old boys, using a projective instrument and a coding system. The first postulate found preliminary confirmation; the validity of the…

Describes a pilot project designed to develop a textbook to help teach sixth graders develop positive attitudes towards the law, the community, and themselves. (RB)

A study of the determinants of women marrying early average and late. Charts. Bibliography. (AF)

Two decades from mow, marriage will be very different from what it is today, a sociologist believes. Romantic love will have largely disappeared; there will be several kinds of marriage to choose from, and prospective parents will have to obtain licenses and undergo intensive training. (Author)