Considers two American views of the individual's road to a better life: Edward Bellamy's utopia achieved through technology and Horatio Alger, Jr.'s utopia received through honesty and hard work. Deems both views as unrealistic solutions for nineteenth-century America. Lauds authors' vision for transforming society and the individual's economic…

Studies examine the validity of a desired control measure upon a survey of senior citizens to establish what contributes to their psychological adjustment. Desired control correlates with psychological adjustment, indicating that seniors who feel more in control of everyday events will be better adjusted. (Author)

Describes the relationship between education, career/job, aspirations, social group, and life styles in Danish society. Also examines a model constructed to ascertain the level of welfare of individuals in Denmark. (CT)

Describes a counseling model that integrates career and leisure through need-value theory and compensatory leisure theory. (RC)

Uses objective and subjective data to document the triumphs and tragedies of the environmental movement and environmental education during the 1970's. Proposes that members of the National Association for Environmental Education dedicate themselves to a decade of integrated environmental management education. (DC)

Examined the relationship between self-reported happiness and psychological well-being in marriage using survey data. Data from an Australian sample shows a relationship between features of marital type, reported happiness, and measured distress for wives. Supports Bernard's description but not her explanation. (RC)

A study of the literacy situation in the Asian region served as the basis for a Unesco regional conference. Findings of the study indicate that more than half of the world's illiterate population is in the Asia and Oceania regions. Factors contributing to successful literacy programs are presented. (LRA)

Described the development of the life experiences survey for the measurement of life changes. It was designed to eliminate shortcomings of previous life stress measures and to allow for separate assessment of positive and negative life experiences. Studies bearing on the usefulness of the life experiences survey are presented. (Author/BEF)

Elaborates on the problem of expanding human activity to the world's plant and animal species. Concludes that preserving an individual species is largely a waste of time and effort and that the best way to protect the most species of plants and animals is to save their environments over large tracts of land. (DB)

The importance of a liberal education in fostering knowledge and scholarship in prospective teachers is noted. (JD)

Indirect self-destructive behavior (ISDB) is associated with direct suicide potential, dissatisfaction with the treatment program and with life in general, confused reasoning and judgment, poor prognosis for discharge, the absence of religious commitment, and significant losses in the patient's life. ISDB is an alternative form of suicide. (Author)

Findings indicated that a sense of meaning in living is associated with a differential ability to make value judgments about the self but not about the external world, and with present and anticipated future satisfaction, but not with judged quality of past life. (Author)

The author compares the basic features traditionally ascribed to aesthetic experience with the basic features of humor. He suggests that humor is best understood as a kind of aesthetic experience and that it should be valued as such in life and included in education. (Author/SJL)

Maintains that adoption in and of itself puts the family at some degree of risk and suggests a conceptual framework of prevention with adoption workers acting as mental health counselors working with the families. (CM)

Several programs designed to meet the needs of mature women could be adapted to meet the special needs of the mature divorced woman. Career counseling for the divorced client must address the specific emotional factors involved in divorce, and aim toward total life planning, not simple adjustment to a life crisis and job placement. (Author)