Investigates the relationship of women's current role choices, role satisfaction, and self-esteem to their perceptions of the earlier relationship with their mothers and to their perceptions of their mothers' role choices and role satisfaction. (Author/ABB)

Compared the extent to which relative deprivation, based on general social comparisons and perceptions of equity/inequity derived from specific comparisons in an intimate relationship, influenced the psychological well-being of 130 couples in one-job families and 135 couples in two-job families. Relative deprivation and inequity were associated…

Administered questionnaire to 480 Israeli adolescents. Found that adolescents who had steady dates were perceived by peers as possessing higher self-esteem, self-perception of higher self-esteem, higher correspondence to their gender's identity, and self-perception of higher correspondence to their gender's identity. Results suggest positive link…

Argues that there are relationships among perceived public relations role, formal research, and organization type. Presents two lines of research, the studies of public relations roles focusing on the individual, and the approach emphasizing the organization as the principle unit of analysis; Describes three research hypotheses are and presents a…

Tested specific hypotheses regarding apprenticeship socialization strategy, using sample of new insurance company employees. Found perceived quality of intern-assignment manager work relationship to have important direct and moderating effect on intern work outcomes. Quality of work relationship was significantly positively related to intern met…

Through a feminist perspective of caring, this article examines the differences between masculine and feminine views on good and evil. Argues that analysis and articulation of the feminine view may contribute significantly to an understanding of moral issues and a reformulation of educational practices. (Author/DH)

Explored ways adult children (N=29) respond to role transitions in the lives of their aging parents and the preferences of these adult children for educational activities that would enhance their abilities to respond to future parental transitions. Adult children identified the need for information in communication skills, normal and abnormal…

Speech and language consultation services are presented as a viable form of service delivery in the public schools. Expert and process models are discussed and the roles and responsibilities of the speech-language pathologist are highlighted for each model. Consultation services are seen as a supplement to individual or small group direct therapy.…

The causes of complementary patterns of passive-aggressive behavior in the classroom are the illusions that both the student and the instructor have developed about themselves and their respective academic roles. These illusions have created stressful environments for both. (MLW)

Compared husband's role in single- and dual-earner families on perceptions of the ideal role of husband by both spouses, decision-making roles, and division of domestic labor. Except in decision-making, the wife's employment made little difference to either perception or performance of the husband's role. (Author/KS).

Examined effects of husbands' and wives' (N=85 couples) social cognitive processes toward one another on their marital adjustment and conjugal power. Results confirmed that spouses who perceived each other as unique individuals rather than undifferentiated role occupants experienced significantly greater marital adjustment than did spouses who…

Three theories account for individuals' perceptions of sexual harassment: (1) men and women view and define sexual harassment differently; (2) differential sexual experiences at work account for different perceptions; and (3) gender role "spillover" accounts for perceptual differences. A sample of 1,232 working men and women supports these…

Data are organized according to age, race, gender, marital status, and geographic region of the country. The research also makes recommendations for vocational education curriculum and instruction to foster effective futuristic thinking skills and develops a methodology to be used to investigate further how individuals perceive the future.…

In preparation for a national survey of clinical nurse researchers (CNR), important issues from the literature were identified and used in designing a telephone interview guide. Thirty-four CNRs and their respective chief nurse executives were interviewed. The results were compared with the issues identified in the literature. (Author/MLW)

Illustrating that their roles are as diverse as non-farm women, four short articles give new perspectives on farm women: the numbers and types of farms run by women, an historical review of women on the farm, the non-farm jobs many work at, and the specific farm activities they are responsible for. (NEC)