Research regarding the direct and indirect effect of exercise on cancer risk is reviewed. (MT)

Examines the concept of vocation and demonstrates that vocation is the organizing, existential principle of the concept of work. Presents a critical examination of Green's (1968) delineation of job and work and asserts that vocation as the quest for authentic existence is the unifying concept that gives grounding to Green's notion of work. (NB)

Four leisure counseling approaches are presented: leisure counseling as a selected life-style process; leisure lack as a force to be considered in the guidance enabling process; leisure counseling as an opportunity to minimize the frequency of default leisure activities in the triangulation leisure counseling model; and leisure counseling as a…

A low cost needs assessment model was developed to guide the health education-risk reduction programming of a lifestyle inventories project in Florida. The five-step model is discussed. (DF)

Reports on a poll assessing the status of teenagers in the United States, including such findings as the fact that 22 percent of teenagers live in poverty and that more than one million teenagers become pregnant each year. (DF)

Draws parallels between increasing simplicity in the author's writing and a similar simplicity in his life. (HTH)

The relationship of driver licensure rate to 16-year-old lifestyles was assessed in three states: Michigan (where 56% of 16-year-olds are licensed), New York (14% licensure), and New Jersey (2% licensure). For the most part, the differences in 16-year-old licensure and mobility were not reflected in lifestyle differences. (KH)

Used data from the 1980 Current Population Survey to contrast married and unmarried couples living together. Profiles social and economic characteristics of couples, as well as the joint age, racial, educational, employment, and marital-status characteristics of married and unmarried partners. (Author/JAC)

Cluster analysis of social environment variables for 115 families with children (average age 12 years) in trainable mentally retarded classes revealed five distinctive patterns: cohesive; harmonious; control oriented, somewhat unharmonious; low disclosure, unharmonious; child oriented, expressive; and disadvantaged, low morale. Comparisons and…

Describes the archaeological reconstruction of domestic life in Grasshopper, Arizona, a mogollon pueblo community which began around 1300 A.D. Categories of space and domestic activities are discussed. An analysis of variations in the patterns of household types within the pueblo is included. (AM)

Speculates on the effects of introducing robots into American society. Robotization will be used increasingly to reduce labor costs in business and industry. The impact of robotization on leisure time use and education are discussed. (AM)

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)