Students in a New York City inner city junior high school were surveyed in 1976. Findings imply that substance abuse prevention programs will be enhanced by a focus on life-style commitment, rather than on such things as drug use per se. (Author)

Social and Psychological frameworks used to explain adaptation are examined. Findings from a study of three ethnic groups (Irish, Italian, and Polish Americans), aged 40 to 80, are presented to test the effects of life stage, social surround, and personality on adaptation. (Author)

The final leaving examination grades were significantly correlated with some personality characteristics of the male counselors. They were not significantly related, however, to any female personality variable or any other criterion rating for male or female students. (Author)

This study tests the accuracy of current consensus that physical and economic consequences of crime are greater for the elderly than for other age groups. Crime problem of the elderly may not be an age-related problem but rather a condition-related problem, the condition being one of low income. (Author)

A study investigating the relative success of different methods of outreach was conducted with a sample of 210 low-income elderly. The results significantly demonstrate that a home visit is a more effective method of initial contact than personal letter or telephone call. (Author)

Touhey has suggested that an influx of women into high-status, male-dominated professions will result in declining prestige and desirability for those professions. The present study attempts both a replication and an extension to examine results of changing sex ratios in low-status and female-dominated occupations. (Author)

Modified version of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test was anonymously given to 245 college students on two Midwestern university campuses. Cutoff score for suspected drug abuse was set at five points. The percent of students scoring five or more points was 25 and 22 from campuses A and B respectively. (Author)

Group therapy participation and religious conversion have been cited as sources of personal growth by a number of formerly abusive parents. The parallels in the dynamics of change for the two kinds of experiences are discussed in the context of the factors thought to lead to abuse. (Author)

This study investigated differences between students living in expanded-occupancy quarters (three per room) and in normal-occupancy conditions (two per room) in regard to their satisfaction with residence hall life and grade point average. Satisfaction responses revealed no significant differences. (Author/JEL)

This HEW study finds that only about eight percent of all school administrators report serious problems. Most administrators believe that problems of violence and vandalism, which increased during the sixties and seventies, have leveled off during the last five years. (Author)

Authors hypothesized client's self-perception of improvement in therapy is partially a function of situational cues in contrast to internal mechanisms. Undergraduate Ss (N=65) self-disclosed on a problem for 10 minutes and were then assigned to one of four "interpersonal cue" conditions, or to a "discharge cue" condition. (Author)

Estimates and fiscal data were gathered from three public institutions for the developmentally disabled to estimate technician replacement costs in the residential service delivery system of a southeastern state. (Author/SBH)

A recent study indicated the types of problems encountered by community residences (halfway-house) staff in the development and maintenance of community-based programs for persons with developmental disabilities. (Author)

Thirty elderly subjects (mean age 70 years) were matched with 30 young Ss (mean age 20 years) and tested on a kinesthetic short-term memory task which required the replication of criterion moves after a variable retention interval under conditions of either rest, differing interpolated movement tasks, or mental activity. (Author/CL)

Discusses basic economic factors including resources, labor, and capital and discusses the flows that link them together in a recognizable geographical pattern. Suggests that geographers can contribute to better understanding of the spatial economy by undertaking research with scholars from other disciplines. (Author/DB)