Even if the Vietnam War ends, the student revolt will go on as "the dominant instrument of social change rooted in history, a power base on campus, and recruiting ground among students and ghetto youth. (Author)

Developmental group counseling emphasizes not that each child needs counseling, but that each child should have access to a counselor if necessary. The developmental group provides an opportunity for exploration and examination, a reality situation in which group members have the opportunity to learn appropriate patterns of coping with and…

Analysis determined which individual variable employed contributed maximally to the differences between two polar groups of undergraduates and faculty within Duke University--those with sympathetic or those with unsympathetic attitudes toward a protest incident and its handling. (DM)

The main finding is that last born girls tend to visit with friends more frequently than first and in between children. Theoretically, this relatively high participation with friends may reflect the beginning of change in the functions of the family. (Author)

Both Mexican- and Anglo-American Head Start pupils were significantly higher in their level of aspiration as compared to their level of achievement. However, the Mexican-American group's achievement level was considerably nearer to their level of aspiration and they consistently set more realistic goals in a risk-taking situation. (Author/WY)

A summary of the adolescents' perspective of government, individual rights, crime, and power through his middle years" of development. Concepts range from a utopian ideology to complete naivity and vague misconceptions. Characteristic attitudes reflecting nationalism are found among young citizens of Britain, Germany, U.S. (JB)

Suggests that the popularity of television programing is due to its catering to the public's reluctance to cope with "the other and resistance to change in interpersonal behavior. (RW)

According to the data the association between specific socialization practices and students' educational plans is very small in comparison to the independent, positive association between mothers' educational plans for their children and students' own plans. Perhaps specific socialization practices are not as important as has been thought in…

The kinds and extent of sex information available in these magazines are directly connected to interest in the socialization process. Most people receive most of their sex information from two main sources, peer associations, and the mass media. (Author)

Notes that previous research has shown that ordinary citizens are generally incapable of acting on the basis of beliefs about policy. It is suggested that the linkage between beliefs and attitudes can only be understood by looking at the purposes pursued by political activity. If political activity is viewed as serving symbolic ends, it is argued…

An analysis of the association of six independent family variables with parent child attitude congruence indicated significant association of measures of family political climate with attitude congruence for all dyads except "mother/son" with "father/son" dyads showing the greatest association. Reasons for the apparent discrepancies were…