The ways that nonhandicapped students could become more integrally involved in the education of severely handicapped students are discussed. Four nonhandicapped peer intervention procedures are considered: peer modeling, social bids, peer reinforcement, and peer tutoring. (SEW)

Tested equity theory in a nonthreatening helping situation. College students (N=96) participated in a factorially designed experiment in which a confederate made positive or negative statements about their task. Results confirmed students in an equitable environment demonstrated more helping behavior. Norms of helping may be influential.…

A Survey of youth agencies examined and found evidence of adult leaders' influence on their youths' health practices. Mediating influences included formal and informal health programs and explicit policies regarding smoking and fitness for both leaders and youths. Identified significant gaps in the potential influence of such measures. (Author)

Surveyed 100 nondrinking adolescents utilizing a behavior analysis questionnaire designed to assess influences on learning not to drink. Results suggest that parents who did not drink had a strong influence. Effective modes of self-control were also discovered; teenagers revealed assertiveness skills in saying "no" to peer pressures. (Author/JAC)

This paper examines the place that mentorship has, and might potentially have, in the development of scholarliness in nursing. It argues that mentorship and sponsorship are essential for the scholarly development of nurses and for the integration of the scholarly role in the self. (CT)

The ways in which values are learned in youth sport activities are discussed and the development of positive attitudes and behaviors are examined. Values are learned through modeling or imitating behavior. Three types of reinforcement can furnish incentives to achieve desired behaviors. (JN)

Small business managers (N=430) were administered structured questionnaires through informal interviews to study the nature of the entrepreneur. Results indicated certain common characteristics, patterns of behavior, values and attitudes among entrepreneurs, and similarities in personality profiles. (RC)

Examined how a model's personal characteristics and disclosure characteristics affect White interviewees' self-disclosures. Validity of Jourard's Self-Disclosure Questionnaire was investigated. Results showed that the model's race did not affect his/her behavior or ratings of models. Self-Disclosure Questionnaire showed subjects would disclose as…

The providing of meaningful career education/counseling for handicapped youths should begin in the elementary grades and continue through high school. Special care should be excercised in advising handicapped individuals who are making decisions regarding college preparatory course work v vocational training. (Authors/RJG)

Describes one program for diverting troubled children from the juvenile justice system. Reports on a social work education and agency collaboration to conduct an evaluation of participants' satisfaction with the program. (RMH)

Results showed that rational-emotive therapy (RET), with the addition of rational role reversal, produced significantly better results than did relaxation training and support or no contact. This was the first study to demonstrate the efficacy of RET with multisymptomatic applicants to a community mental health center. (Author/BEF)

The violence in other areas of American culture and society is reflected in American sport and business through economic and media exploitation of violence and the omnipresent pressure to be best. (JN)

Discusses the classroom teacher as role model for children acquiring language. Cites the traditional teacher-oriented format as one reason children do not imitate teachers' speech. (HTH)

Children who had lost a family member were tested to determine the effect of a videotape about reactions to death. Those who viewed the tape were more able to discuss death in family therapy sessions than those who did not view the tape. (JAC)

Assessed the differential effects of single v multiple adult models on second- and third-grade children's expression of preferences when the modeled preferences are either consistent or divergent. (CM)