A family doll placement technique was used in this study to investigate psychological distance within families with a disturbed and a nondisturbed boy. (Author)

Chicanos intend to act now to see that they can continue to function in a land that has become sociologically diseased and technologically polluted. (DM)

Describes the characteristics and ideosyncracies, hopes, and struggle for survival of the Northeastern Spanish community. (DM)

Author shares experiences and insights, acquired while working in education in Kenya, which might help teachers who want their classes to have an exciting study of the country. (Author)

Article exerpted from the author's forthcoming book, The Most Distressful Nation: The Taming of the American Irish," to be published in May, 1972 by Quadrangle books. (RJ)

Focuses on some extremist separatist models proposed in regard to black-white adjustment, first by examining the historical background, then by reanalyzing recent survey data to assess the extent to which rank-and-file white and black Americans support separatist solutions. (RJ)

Sources of variation in two measures of ethnic-group cohension are explored. The general model of the breakdown of ethnic-group cohension suggested by an older literature is not supported. A relatively simple model develops in which formal education plays a dominant role." (Author)

Assessed the relationship between self-disclosure and perceived closeness in two training groups of counseling students (N=20) in order to describe the development of group process. Findings indicated increases in amount and quality of self-disclosure and decreases in perceived interpersonal distance, supporting participant development in a small…

A study analyzed team cohesion perceptions of 515 male varsity basketball players (10 to 22 years of age) to determine if factors influencing team cohesion were a function of competitive intensity or of the importance of individual players to their team. Players with the most game playing time were more satisfied than those with less playing time.…

Organizational scholars have consistently noted that organizations in Japan generally possess more effective systems of communication than U.S. firms. This article explains how the Japanese approach to management encourages and facilitates the exchange of information between organizational members. (PD)

Study examined the influence of 141 fifth graders of two sociometric variables, mutual selection of playing partners and membership in a cohesive group, on learning from classroom simulation games. Although cognitive learning evidence existed, no effects of sociometric grouping were apparent. (CMV)

A study to determine whether a relationship existed between team size and various attitudinal and performance variables in simulation games played by undergraduate business students indicated that group size had no impact on the group's performance, but that it was strongly related to the amount of dissension in the group. (LLS)