Interviewed heart attack victims (N=287) seven weeks and eight years after their attack. Explored interrelations among causal attributions for the attack, survivor morbidity, and heart attack recurrence. Found that patients who cited benefits from their misfortune seven weeks after the first attack were less likely to have another attack and had…

Examined the long-term outcome of broad-spectrum behavioral treatment for alcoholism and the relative effects of training controlled drinking skills. Showed no significant difference between groups on any dependent measure at the 5-6 year follow-up point. Analyzes the stability of drinking patterns and presents predictors of outcome at 5-6 years.…

Longitudinal data are presented from the Lighthouse Program for gifted students which features cluster grouping and a quota identification systems to ensure proportionate inclusion of minority students. (Author/CL)

Reports on a three-year study of youth released from correctional high schools. Only 1.6 percent of those released eventually finished high school after release. Recommends that correctional schools therefore teach life and work competencies rather than offer traditional high school classes. (CH)

Administered the Concepts About Print (CAP) test during kindergarten and first grade (N=56). Results showed the CAP to be highly correlated with various tests of school achievement obtained during the second through the fourth grades and to effectively predict those children who would later be retained in school. (JAC)

Setting up parent education programs to be implemented in the workplace is discussed. Steps include planning, scheduling, evaluation, and followup. (CT)

Over 500 men who attended an independent school for children with developmental dyslexia were followed up from one to 38 years after they left the school. Socioeconomic status and IQ were not predictive of adult outcome. Severity of reading problem upon entrance and academic and remedial progress while at school were predictive of adult…

Examines the continuity of behavioral adjustment from the preschool through elementary and junior high school years. Behavior checklist data were obtained from 541 children, ages 9 through 15, who had participated in a preschool epidemiological study. Analyses focused on the relationship between internalizing and externalizing behavior dimensions…

Follow-up of 16 infants hospitalized for nonorganic failure to thrive (half in foster care and half at home) showed lack of progress for both groups in mothers' emotional developmental status and in mother-child interaction. (CL)

A comprehensive analysis of the speech-sound production at ages two-three, five, and seven of two children with repaired bilateral cleft lip and palate. Results indicated individual differences in that one S's emerging phonological system was more characteristic of developmental delay while the other was more characteristic of structural…

Studied male smokers (N=182) at high risk of coronary heart disease to determine variables that discriminated between successful and nonsuccessful quitters. Analysis revealed that baseline level of smoking, life events, personal security, and selected group process variables were predictive of success or failure in the intervention program.…

Assessed the effectiveness of marathon counseling in producing lasting attitude changes in two groups of 28 imprisoned female drug users. Results showed both groups changed the attitudes of participants in positive ways, even though one group discussed unresolved issues of the past while the other discussed current conflicts. (JAC)

Results of a followup of preschool participants in the Retrieval and Acceleration of Promising Young Handicapped and Talented (RAPYHT) program, which stresses in-depth assessment, programing, and parent involvement, revealed that project Ss who had been diagnosed as handicapped during preschool were performing at or above grade level academically…

Examined were the effects on selected adjustment criterion measures of 1 year of maximum, moderate, or minimum rehabilitation treatment with 113 cerebral palsied adults (mean age =28) having a wide range of physical and intellectual abilities. (IM)

An experiment conducted to determine the effects of a changeover to paperback collections and browsing arrangement on cost of bookmobile service and use of materials. (KP)