Burden of unemployment shifted from male household heads to female and teenage family members during the 1962-71 period. (MF)

Special issue dedicated to Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. (DS)

It was hypothesized that the more equalitarian the conjugal power structure in a noncrisis situation, the more likely the relative marital power will change during a crisis. This was tested using an observational experimental method, and the hypothesis was supported. (Author/CG)

Survey data were collected from a sample of 180 married men, employed as senior civil servants, in government institutions in Accra between 1967 and 1968. A syncratic power relationship was found most common among couples similar in education and age and jointly providing for household needs. A more traditional autonomic pattern was most common…

A multidisciplinary program designed for secondary prevention of child abuse and neglect provided services to 60 families assessed to be at risk for poor parenting. Families were rated on function and type. Results suggested that the services may be differentially effective, depending upon the family's patterns. (CL)

Explores the rural alcoholic woman's feelings of self-esteem and her relationship with her family, finding attitudes and behaviors similar to those found in prior research conducted on urban alcoholic women--low self-esteem and low satisfaction in interpersonal relationships. Discusses implications for treatment. (Author/AH)

Discusses a study that showed that factors related to contact with children and retirement status affect consideration of moving by older rural men. Proposes a two-phase process of housing adjustment. (Availability: CHEA National Office, 151 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H3) (JOW)

Examined why a particular adolescent in a family is referred for psychotherapy, using a systems approach. Results showed differences between the distance-sensitive family and the consensus-sensitive family regarding the function of the symptom and the process of selecting of the sibling as the index patient. (WAS)

Truants living in a depressed urban area were compared with other absentees from school living in the same area. Results, discussed in reference to research differentiating truants and school refusers, showed few differences in the social and financial circumstances of the two groups, but reflected considerable differences in the children's…

Compared Moos Family Environment Scale scores from 15 physically abusive families with scores from 15 nonabusive families. Results showed that abusive families were less supportive of one another and less free to express their wants and desires, more independent, more likely to express anger and aggression, and more rigid. (JAC)

Compared assaultive adolescents (N=17) and nonassaultive (N=12) adolescents on a measure of family structure, assessing family perceptions of the authority hierarchy and amount of closeness and distance between family members. Results demonstrated that the experimental group significantly more often perceived a reversal in the generational…

Explores the relationship between intimacy, conflict and disputing styles in familial and nonfamilial relationships. Results supported the hypothesis that disputing styles tend to be more extreme in more intimate relationships. Intimacy differences do not account for a great deal of the variation in disputing styles. (JAC)

The coping patterns of developing self-reliance, accepting the demands of the profession, building social support, and maintaining family intergration, reported by 42 wives, were associated with specific dimensions of family functioning--interpersonal relationships, personal growth, and system maintenance. (Author)

The article discusses the effects of the deaf blind child on the family, and particularly on the siblings; calls for more research; and identifies questions on which future research should focus. (DLS)