Results of a replication study of equal-status contact between Black and White junior high school boys indicate that equal status is achieved when expectations of both Blacks and Whites are treated in advance of the interaction, or when Black expectations alone are given a particularly powerful treatment. (Author/MH)

The client was taught to gradually substitute nonobscene phrases whenever she felt the urge to vocalize an obscenity. The rate of coprolalia quickly diminished. The client was taught relaxation and positive imagery as self-control techniques. Follow-up indicated maintenance of therapeutic gains. (Author)

This study was based on intensive interviews with former runaways, nonrunaway siblings, parents, and other relatives. Differences in outcome were found between: (1) runaways and siblings; (2) runaway repeaters and nonrepeaters; and (3) runaways from working-class and middle-class backgrounds. (Author)

Results indicate that continued posttreatment therapist contact led to significantly better maintenance of smoking reduction at six-month follow-up. After one year, however, superior maintenance was not demonstrated. (Author)

Students entering Kansas State University as freshmen in 1974 were tracked through nine consecutive semesters to learn about their graduation rate, migration between colleges of the university, retention patterns, and relationships among graduation and ACT scores and first semester grade point averages. Results are presented and discussed. (MSE)

Among the findings were that female survivors, if not totally handicapped, were nearly all married; whereas surviving males who were not totally handicapped more often remained single. Journal availability: J. B. Lippincott Co., E. Washington Sq., Philadelphia, PA 19105. (Author/DLS)

A review of the current status of children who were placed in foster care in New York City as infants or as preschool children. Emphasizes the need to stress plans for permanency. A supplement on data from upstate New York is appended. (BD)

This followup study used data from a previous study to examine gender differences in risk factors that increase the probability of suicidal behavior among 3,461 students in grades 7 through 12. There were significant gender differences in that more aggressive behaviors increased the likelihood of males reporting suicidal behavior. (SLD)

Investigates whether introductory college chemistry students today differ from those a generation ago in terms of Piagetian cognitive functioning, aptitude, and achievement, and whether the gender differences in Piagetian cognitive development functioning found in 1981 are still evident today. Suggests that today's students are different in a…

Children with Down syndrome and their families who participated in an early intervention program between 1974 and 1977 were interviewed 25 years later. Parents reported challenges such as medical complications, teasing or ostracism, and lack of adequate services and supports as children reached adulthood. Parents also described joys and…

Reports on the evaluation of the Earlscourt Girls Connection, a program for young girls with conduct problems. Analyses of behavioral change according to primary caregivers' ratings were conducted comparing admission scores with 6-month and 12-month follow-up. At follow-up, the girls were rated as lower on the total score for externalizing…

A follow-up study analyzed 64 gifted individuals of 123 children originally identified by educator and psychologist Leta Hollingworth. The data that were gathered and analyzed concern personal/family status, education, vocational-professional status, avocational interests, achievements, and adjustment/fulfillment. (DB)

Reports on political attitudes and behavior of 85 1960s college students, previously surveyed in 1971. Finds that, while former student activists, student government leaders, and noninvolved students had all become more conservative in the 1980s, attitudinal differences among groups had not diminished. Contains 20 references. (SV)

The follow-up study of 16 nonretarded autistic children as adults found that, though most were functioning poorly in terms of occupational-social outcome and psychiatric symptoms, four had essentially recovered. Severity of early autistic behavior was a poor predictor of outcome, but neuropsychologic measures of nonverbal problem solving were…

Administered follow-up questionnaire and Ramak Interest Inventory to 260 Israeli men and women who had first completed the interest inventory as high school seniors 19 years earlier. Found vocational interests to be moderately stable, but unrelated to satisfaction at follow-up. Suggests counseling toward appropriate within-occupation specialties.…