Surveyed 704 couples to test a model in which role enactment and role consensus were intervening variables between age at marriage and marital satisfaction. Findings showed age at marriage was not significant, but quality of spouse role enactment and role consensus had a strong, positive association with marital satisfaction. (JAC)

A content analysis of the best adolescent literature of the Twentieth Century was undertaken to determine the types, extent, and importance of older characters. The findings indicated that older persons were not underrepresented but were under underdeveloped and peripheral to the major action of the books. (Author)

Full-time homemakers (N=55) and 63 full- or part-time outside job holders completed a questionnaire which assessed their level of satisfaction overall and with specific aspects of the homemaker work role or job. It was found that both full-time homemakers and job holders were quite satisfied with the homemaker work role. (Author)

In the second of a two-part article, the role of the social worker in serving disabled children and their families is described. (SB)

For many years, librarians have been bothered by negative portrayals of librarians in the media. Unattractive, non-professional old maids have been the dominant images of librarians in the movies. In 1989, the American Library Association issued a campaign designed to promote a more accurate, positive image of the librarian in an attempt to change…

The authors, drawing on their own experiences, describe the changes in attitudes and behaviors necessary for this new partnership. They also present a model for nurse-physician interaction. (Author)

Screening, maintenance of the chronically ill, and improving traditional nursing care were the three key concepts in developing this nurse practitioner's role. (Author)

Considers the comments of young people twelve and under in a survey about sex role perceptions during the 1970s, emphasizing the responses of girls. (RB)

Presents an annotated list of fifteen books for adolescent females in the elementary grades. (RB)

The American adult male tends to reject individual and group counseling, seeing counseling as a sign of weakness. To improve himself and his reactions to stress and tension, he must forget his traditional masculine role. The counselor should understand that adult male neees are the same as those of other adults. (SC)

Investigates the influence on ego's attitudes toward his familial roles of husband and father and his nonfamilial role of student by the validation of those roles by his significant others. (Author)

The author discusses the results of a seminar for middle-aged women who intend to return to college. The focus is on problems of readjustment. (RWP)

This article describes the transition of delivery of school psychological services from primarily a clinical model to one of consultation. It identifies existing conditions facilitating change, analyzes problems, and suggests solutions. New Services arising from the changed perception of how a psychologist functions are discussed. (Author)

Patterned variations in the rates of mental illness among men and women have been described suggesting that the ordering of these rates is a reflection of the position of men and women in society, with womens roles contributing to their higher incidence of illness. (Author/JB)