This teacher resource focuses on athletic (track and field) skills. It includes various skills and activities that are designed to promote learning opportunities and motivate Alberta (Canada) students to run, jump, and throw. It emphasizes the physical skills that form the basis of the track and field events in the 8th IAAF World Championships in…

This report presents a working model of how future images influence women's career decisions in science. Based on interviews with college women (n=18) who invested at least two years in college science, the nature and source of women's conflicting future images, or clash of future selves, when considering science careers is described. Women…

Studied the work and leisure attitudes of college students (N=516), who took the Work Orientation Scale and Leisure Orientation Scale. Found that leisure orientation was stronger than work orientation. Recreation majors had the highest leisure orientation, while undecided majors had the lowest work orientation, raising implications for career…

Surveyed 186 college students to determine their views of the key indicators of having left home. Data suggested that the most important indicator of parent-adolescent separation was establishing more personal control. Economic independence and other modes of home leaving were rated similarly by males and females. (JAC)

Trends toward cutting physical education programs in the schools are documented. Children need school programs to teach them the importance of physical fitness and the effectes of lifestyle on health. Parents can help mobilize interest in this area. (PP)

Investigated the relationship between shift time and use of leisure time, nonwork satisfaction, and mental and physical health among rank-and-file workers and nurses. Found employees working on fixed shift had higher job performance, motivation, and patients' care skill, and probably enjoyed better physical and emotional health. (Author/JAC)

Examines the variety of impacts associated with the demographic shift of older Americans to predominately rural areas. Presents a conceptual model of the rural retirement community. Model includes the general impact of demographic, psychosocial, and community factors that contribute to older persons' satisfaction and adjustment when migrating.…

Discusses several indirect benefits of clinical biofeedback training and their role in the therapeutic process. Suggests these secondary benefits may give biofeedback a distinctive advantage over other therapeutic interventions. Argues that these benefits are as important to the client's long-term emotional and physical health as is symptom…

Health counseling focuses on the development of skills and resources for optimal psychophysiological functioning. This emerging specialization, however, lacks the formal recognition required to advance within the developing interdisciplinary field of behavioral medicine. The authors address the problem and promise of professional recognition for…

Risks are greater for infants born to mothers who drink, smoke, use drugs, have poor nutrition, lack adequate prenatal care, or who are in adolescence. Parenting education and promoting healthy lifestyles among expectant parents is an essential component of education for responsible sexuality. (JN)

Health risk appraisal tools, combined with an undergraduate health education course, appear to assist students in developing positive health behaviors. (CJ)

New approaches to teaching aerobic life-styles in secondary schools are suggested, focusing on three components: (1) the psychological benefits of aerobic activity; (2) alternative aerobic programs at nonschool locations; and (3) the development of an aerobics curriculum to help maintain an active life-style after graduation. (JN)

As women engage more actively in sports, they develop skills necessary for successful achievements in other areas of life. Areas of concern to women participating in sports are: (1) sport boundaries; (2) sex-specific sport behavior; (3) definition and designation of sport roles; (4) recognition of injustice; and (5) resistance to exploitation. (JN)

Investigated the correlates of career salience for members of 127 dual-career families, developing a psychological model. High amounts of variance were explained for both men and women, though the explained variance was higher for men. The mean career salience scores for men and women were not significantly different. (Author)

Studied the trend since the 1960s to delay parenthood. Proposes the decreased risk of unwanted conception and birth has made it easier. Suggests increased education and labor-force participation of women had an effect. Timing of first births affects fertility rates, family economics, and relations among generations. (Author)