Reports a study to investigate instructor anxiety in teaching content which is likely to arouse strong reations in college students. Sixty instructors of psychology, personal adjustment, or family life constituted the sample. Almost all the interviewees reported anxiety; the most frequent source was in perceiving students as critical, powerful,…

Four workshop sessions for adults on peace education and family life are described. The workshops deal with: (1) the history of the family; (2) violence inside and outside the home; (3) daily life and social values; and (4) questions about the larger meaning of life. (PP)

This article, a commentary on a piece by Kimberly Huselid Glass (Teachers College Record, Fall 1982), calls for clearer identification of peace values and recognition and cultivation of behavior which exemplifies them. Values traditionally associated with family life may provide models. (PP)

Notes that the most significant minority group in schools today--one that is increasing in number and achieving below average--is that of children from one-parent homes. Discusses the major contributing factors to this phenomenon. (FL)

Young adults evaluated their parents, themselves, and their families. Self-concepts varied significantly as a function of perceived family happiness. It is suggested that threats to basic needs result in reduced opportunities to personal growth, and manifestation of lowered self-concept. (Author/GK)

Describes computer assisted instruction in social history to teach college students to use the resources and methods of the quantitative historian. Using commercially available prepared data sets, students analyze empirical data such as parish records, census data, and other civil records on the European family. (RM)

Argues that current social pressures make it imperative to learn what history teaches about positive aspects of child rearing. Guidelines for effective parenting include information on fostering children's self-control, self-fulfillment, and self-concepts. (Author/DB)

Discusses the legal rights of the ancient Roman paterfamilies (head of the household) and how these rights were exercised in actual practice as dictated by the conventions of Roman society. (Author/CK)

Examines relationships between children's self-concepts and their evaluations of parents in families where father loss had occurred either through divorce or death. Subjects were 120 fifth- through eighth-grade children. (Author/MP)

Factors identified from normative interaction, resource theory, and family development theory were related to female, shared, and male household task responsibilities of wives and husbands. Employed wives tended to reduce their responsibility for female household tasks with little or no change in the responsibility of the husband. (Author/CT)

Investigates the nature of verbal interaction and interpersonal influence operating within families as they select television programs for group viewing in their homes. Interaction structure, ability to express a preference, preference consensus, and perceptions of influence reveal differential success in gaining access to favored programs. (JMF)

This article reviews recent literature dealing with child sexual abuse and identifies the role health educators can play in combating this problem. (JD)

According to two small experimental studies of flexible working hours, federal workers with young children choose to arrive at and depart from work earlier, allowing them to increase the time spent with their families and to engage in recreational, educational, and household activities. (Author/SK)

Application of Kohlberg's principles of moral development meets the needs of family life educators in presenting diverse, value-laden subject matters. Strategies for adapting these principles to marriage and family life courses are offered: a values clarification procedure and a presentational model aimed at enhancing assertive self-awareness.…

Consumer and homemaking education is a valuable preventive measure for society because it prepares individuals for their roles as adults and community members. (JOW)