Meta-research study examined ongoing research projects of personal autonomy initiative of Retirement Research Foundation. Developed guidelines emphasizing appropriate setting and context of review for research in long term care, clinical assessment of decisional capacity, and institutional arrangements to minimize conflict of interest. (Author)

The usual model of action learning includes within its framework the role and function of the set adviser. This article provides an account, by its members, of an action learning set operating with no set adviser. The development of procedures and processes within the group is reviewed, together with an assessment of outcomes. (Author)

Everyday choices and choice-making opportunities of 24 mentally retarded persons living in community group homes were compared to choices of 42 nonretarded adults. Retarded adults had significantly fewer opportunities to make decisions on such matters as what to eat or wear, how to spend free time, and with whom to live. (Author/DB)

Assessed derived identity and depression in adult women (N=564) classified into six marital-employment groups. Married women reported more derived identity and depression than similarly aged single women. Employment was related to autonomy. No difference in depression by employment groups was found. Derived identity and depression were correlated…

Summer is the perfect time for a child to develop the resourcefulness, responsibility, and reliability necessary for independence. Suggestions are made for organizing the household, establishing routines, encouraging interests, doing chores, and enhancing reading during the summer. (MT)

Infants whose mothers were supportive of their autonomy displayed greater task-oriented persistence and competence during play than did infants of more controlling mothers; securely attached and avoidant infants tended to exhibit greater persistence at tasks than anxious-ambivalent babies, and ambivalent babies were the most negative in affect.…

Measured children's anxiety and restrictiveness in parent-child relations in samples from three countries. Found that within nations, relationships between anxiety and restrictiveness varied greatly. Also, in Mexico, anxiety was associated with low restrictiveness, while in Norway it was associated with high restrictiveness. Few significant…

Discussing Piaget's theory of developmental stages, the author presents the theory of autonomy. He feels that, if applied by educators as a fundamental reexamination of educational objectives, it could revolutionize education. (MD)

This paper examines narratives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered youth who have not been silenced or disenfranchised and who have not felt powerless in the face of society's resentment and understanding of their lifestyle. Elements in school, at home, with the extended family networks, among peers, and particular interpersonal dynamics…

Explores cultural shifts in values that aggravate the plight of homeless children in both developed and developing countries. Describes a program for homeless children that places housing and recreation facilities where these children congregate and invites children for social activities and for shelter, bringing the children through stages of…

Examines negotiation of children's construction of autonomy and the personal domain within the context of parent-child and teacher-child interaction. Provides a model for examining the emergence of autonomy out of adult-child negotiation. Describes several studies documenting how adults negotiate with children over personal issues about which a…

Life review interviews with 54 midlife and older women discussed their volunteer activities. In general, highly public activities were associated with formal volunteering and low-agency/private activities with informal volunteering. Even formal activities with limited public exposure helped network people who would otherwise not have made contact.…

Describes how peekaboo games were used with a toddler at home and in a parent-toddler play group setting to support the toddler's developmental need for autonomy, to help her gain control over separation from her mother, assist the play group leader to build a relationship with the toddler, and thereby enable the toddler to make the transition…

The effects of choosing academic assignments on the undesirable behaviors manifested by a second-grade student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were analyzed. The student was in a general education classroom. A reversal design showed that undesirable behaviors decreased when the student was given a choice of academic assignments.…

Explores the topics of power and authority, teaching style and method, intention, and the personhood of participants. Concludes that, if power is misused or the teaching-learning relationship is inauthentic, then teaching can symbolically violate the autonomy of the individual. (SK)