Most female theologians agree that the patriarchial symbolism of Western religions functions to oppress and exploit women and has to be transformed to incorporate all humanity. Hopefully female theologians will contribute to a revitalized sense of human worth which will enhance the quality of life for men and women. (SR)

Home economists can help families meet the challenge of inflation and recession by applying principles integral to the field: knowledge and skills of economical living, consumerism, child care, home management, and relationships among individuals, families, and societies. (SK)

Technological advancements affect the quality of our lives positively and negatively. Home economists must develop those skills needed to distinguish value judgments from factual claims, to understand different kinds of value judgments, to understand the structure of value reasoning, and to test the adequacy of value principles. (JOW)

The author presents a conception of aesthetic education grounded in an aesthetic motivation and suggests that an important function of art is to occasion high levels of aesthetic experience, satisfying the universal human instinct for dramatic order. (Paper presented at the Aesthetic Education Conference, London, September 1980.) (Author/SJL)

The quality of life can be maintained in later years if attention is paid throughout life to physical and mental health, social well-being, and satisfactory leisure pursuits. (SK)

Examines the characteristics of the Hispanic movement and the changes in its orientation as a result of economic, social, and political influences since 1960. Emphasizes self-renewal rather than survival and retrenchment as a strategy for solving current social problems. (JCD)

Analyzed attitudes of 614 Protestant and Catholic Cleveland clergy toward terminal illness and euthanasia. Clergy responses revealed that, although eager to prolong life, terminally ill patients feared prolonged illness more than death. The controversial nature of euthanasia became more apparent with clergy who had more training in death…

Studied (N=120) terminally ill cancer patients over several months on quality of life variables, functional status and survival. Counseled patients changed significantly more than controls by three months. Overall, response to counseling was similar in young and old patients, with both improving. (Author/JAC)

Describes children in foster care as lacking the sense of permanence that is essential for their growth. These children and their families need comprehensive services that will prevent or quickly terminate this uncertainty. Discusses the different problems faced by these children and suggests some innovative approaches. (Author)

Describes the individual consequences of family transitions. Suggests transitions, especially transitions out of marriage, are experienced as challenging and perhaps unpleasant. Widowhood was less consequential than expected. Changes in parental status had only trivial effects. Family transitions were found to affect individual evaluations of…

Results provide qualified support for the multidimensional approach to life satisfaction and for the independence of each dimension. Problems with activity theory and attendent measures may be responsible for this qualification. (BEF)

Rather than establishing the necessity of denying death, Becker and Choron accentuate human vulnerability. Recognition of this vulnerability challenges their assumptions by provoking a deep appreciation of the values of equality and community, which provide the critical support needed for an acceptance of human mortality. (Author)

Briefly reviews the papers in this journal issue, which focuses on the application of a social psychological perspective to the study of urban life. (Author/GC)

A descriptive study of the reasons given for highest and lowest ratings in life satisfaction for childhood/adolescence, the first, and the second decade after high school. (CM)

Results of studying married couples spanning a wide range of income and prestige levels cast doubt upon the generalization that high levels of dollars and prestige earned in the occupational marketplace are readily transformed into reciprocal exchanges of instrumental and expressive rewards and role performances in the marital dyad. (Author/BEF)