Features reviews and summaries of more than 200 articles, organized within seven areas: (1) counselor-client relations; (2) business and industry; (3) university career centers; (4) career development theories; (5) gender differences; (6) work and family issues; and (7) cross-cultural issues. Goals were to identify articles relevant to clinicians…

In "Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environment," James Garbarino's nostalgic recollection of family, school, and neighborhood life in the 1950s becomes the utopian antecedent for a comparative bashing of contemporary times. Although racial stratification and social/economic marginality compromise 1990s families' child-raising…

Examines sex roles among five Native American groups: the Montagnais-Naskapis of eastern Labrador, Navajos, Eskimos, Iroquois, and Plains Indians. Discusses the economic and social influences on gender roles in these cultures, and the effects of postcolonial historical forces. Contains 49 references. (SV)

Includes an overview of perceived cultural changes in the role of fathers, the changing nature of parent education and family support programs, a theoretical perspective of paternal involvement, and strategies for home economists in family life and parent education programs. (SK)

Compares family life, child rearing, and education in the Soviet Union and the United States in the 1980s. (PCB)

Examined effects of functional marriage and family course on female undergraduates' masturbatory attitudes and behaviors. Subjects completed questionnaires during course and two years later. Control group also completed questionnaires. Course respondents became substantially more accepting of masturbation by acquaintances and were more likely to…

Examines the relationship between the gender role attitudes and the life expectations of 272 college undergraduates (80.1 percent female; 19.9 percent male). Findings point to a lack of awareness on the part of both sexes of the complexity of combining work and family responsibilities. (FMW)

A substantial minority of United States' children are exposed to criminal violence. The breakdown of the family structure is believed to be the root of this social problem. Offered are solutions to the current upsurge of child crime. (SI)

Presents comprehensive life-planning counseling model for assisting Black adolescents in setting career, educational, and marriage and family goals. Included are discussions of the background of the model; classroom-guidance, counseling, consultation, and coordination modules of the model; and evaluation of the model's effectiveness. (NB)

A sociolinguistic research project conducted in two adjacent Belgian villages with a Low Frankish-speaking population is reported. Questionnaire surveys measured the impact of the fixation of the linguistic frontier between the two villages on the local population's French/Dutch language behavior and attitudes. (Contains seven references.)…

Describes changes in the family and society between the modern (first half of the century) and the postmodern period (second half). Presents sentiments, values, and perceptions of the modern nuclear family and the postmodern permeable family, and how early childhood education has been defined by each. Discusses current disputes over what form of…

In response to calls for policies to strengthen families, this article examines policy roles for family professionals. The roles examined here include research for family policy, family evaluation research, family impact analysis, and family policy advocacy. A new role, family policy alternatives education, is illustrated with a case study.…

Uses social bonding theory to address the connection between violent family heritage and violence or nonviolence in adult intimate relationships. Findings show that, despite violent family histories, men who develop strong attachments and who perceive negative sanction threats from significant others, are more prone to nonviolence with female…

Contrasts Third World economic and business practices that support family life with their U.S. opposites. Explores changing workplace policies and changing family life of U.S. citizens with emphasis on African-American families. Considers the family basis for certain ethnic successes and links such successes with opportunity theory. (SV)

Conducted needs assessment with adolescents (n=599), mothers (n=43), and family life educators (n=106) regarding issues of sexuality, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and sexuality education. Results revealed that mothers and educators shared many similar ideas about timing and content of sexuality education. Suggests ways to strengthen…