A case study was conducted using a sample of 271 women selected from a state college by a stratified random cluster technique that approximates proportional representation of women in all four classes and all college majors. The data source was an extensive questionnaire designed to measure the attitudes and behavior of interest. The major…

A personal evaluation is expressed on the changing role of women in the United States as a result of current social attitudes and of recent legislation regarding medical, economic, and educational matters. It is hypothesized that the United States is currently experiencing an extreme and growing right-wing political movement whose targets include…

Sex differences in the content and authorship of articles published in major educational, women's and minority journals from 1973-1977 were examined. In that five-year period, research related to women in education accounted for approximately 10% of the research published in four major educational research journals (American Educational Research…

The ways single mothers and their adolescent children attempt to influence each other as compared with the patterns observed in two-parent families were studied in order to add to the conceptual understanding of the similarities and differences between single- and two-parent families. Verbal interaction of 60 parent-adolescent dyads was observed.…

Attitudinal factors that hinder the economic and social advancement of women were investigated. Graduate students between the ages of 20 and 50 and enrolled in two southern institutions of higher learning were administered the Dolly-Bell Sex Discrimination Scale: Social and Economic Factors. Results indicate that sex discrimination is determined…

An evaluative report is given on the Anxiety Management Training and Sex Role Workshops of the "New Career Options for Women through Mathematics" summer institute. The overall purpose was to help remedy the problems of low utilization of the scientific and technical academic and work potential of Arkansas women, and their resulting conditions of…

A study was conducted primarily to determine the impact of low-cost, replicable procedures for increasing exploration of and preference for careers in science and technology on the part of high school females with potential for such careers. Three-hundred and ninty ninth-grade females with above average academic ability were randomly assigned to…

The psychological profiles of leaving and persisting students at a small rural community college in Utah were investigated. Subjects were 316 freshmen students, 41.1% of the Fall 1976 class, who were administered the Bipolar Psychological Inventory. Profiles of students leaving the college during the following year were compared to the profiles of…

To provide a definitive and updated view of the woman communicator, specifically in the fields of organizational communication, business communication, and public relations, an analysis was made of data from the 1979 International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) survey. Data for that survey were obtained from the responses of some…

In a study on cognitive style, reflectivity-impulsivity in response to task uncertainty was investigaged. At 44 months of age, 23 boys and 25 girls were tested on a matching-figures test. Correlations were made between number of errors, response time, intelligence, and sex. Results indicated that there were significant sex differences in preschool…

An attempt was made to determine relationships between certain elements of adult educatio n participation and social change in the economic regions of Canada (Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, Ontario, Prarie Provinces, and British Columbia). The five regions were measured for participation rates, for rates of change in urbanization, population growth,…

The study examined changes that have taken place between 1968 and 1976 in terms of adolescent-parent relationships as defined by the interest in and control over adolescents by parents. Also, a comparison was made of the different ways in which young girls and boys are socialized. Questionnaire responses from 7,810 adolescents in 46 high schools…

This is a summary and statistical analysis of nationwide data on women holding elective office in the United States during 1974 and 1975. It is intended to increase knowledge about women's participation in American politics and government. In response to a mailed questionnaire, women incumbents in the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, county…

Effects of response mode, response format, perceived response style, sex, and anonymity on raw scale scores and extreme response tendencies for two distinct measures of affective behavior were investigated. The two measures were a self-acceptance scale developed by J.R. Phillips and the Machiavellianism IV scale. Where (response mode) and how…

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the HEW implementing regulations cover two major areas: sex discrimination in school courses, athletics, extracurricular activities, employment, and counseling, and sex descrimination in hiring, promotions, and benefits for school personnel. The author of this review examines the progress (and lack…