This is a critique of an article on the Cambridge Somerville Youth Study. It is noted that although the idea of a 30-year follow-up is good, the experimenter's variables are not strong enough to justify the conclusions drawn. (Author/AM)

A follow-up study at a mean age of 8.3 years of 38 children who had attended a preschool language unit found that 84 percent were within the mainstream of education, but a slight continuing language difficulty was apparent on standardized tests. Results suggested preschool language intervention helped to prevent later educational failure. (DB)

Reports a follow-up of the religious attitudes of freshwomen from 1979-1980 reported by McAllister (1981). Results suggest that students of the 1980s are more religious than those of previous years, and that there is a decrease in religious behavior during the college years although not in religious attitudes or theological beliefs. (Author/BL)

Provided a five-year follow-up of obese children who participated in a family-based behavioral weight control program targeting and reinforcing children and parents for weight loss. Children in the parent-plus-child group showed significantly greater weight reductions after five years than did children in control groups. (Author/ABB)

Reports follow-up evaluations of effectiveness of cognitive-behavior modification (CBM) and cognitive-behavior modification plus assertion training (CBM/AT) treatments in reducing Type A behavior among university faculty. CBM and CBM/AT groups continued to report significantly less Type A behavior, less speed and impatience. No differences were…

Results of a follow-up of inmates assigned to a group therapy or a control condition failed to find any significant differences in institutional behavior. There were nonsignificant trends for better adjusted follow-up subjects to have been from the control group, to have had fewer psychotherapy contacts, and to have had poorer institutional…

Explored the posttreatment phase of unipolar depression in a 12-month follow-up of 424 depressed persons who received treatment and a comparable follow-up of demographically matched, nondepressed controls. Patients whose symptoms remitted reported improvement in other aspects of their adjustment as well as in personal resources such as self-esteem…

Correlational analysis was undertaken between occupational success and 46 visual, biographical, psychological, and educational parameters in 169 visually handicapped Ss. Small but statistically significant correlations were obtained for sex and the academic qualifications, one measure of distance visual acuity, and attitudes to visual impairment…

Specifically language-impaired (SLI) children (N=35) were compared with a matched group of 36 non-SLI Ss on tests of speech perception and language ability. Follow-up results indicated that perceptual development occurred in both groups of children. (Author/CL)

Long-term job maintenance problems among graduates of a vocational placement program fell largely into three categories: (1) declining vocational performance due to scarcity of performance feedback; (2) deficits in social and/or life skills; and (3) emergence of job threatening problems after completion of agency intervention. Findings suggest a…

Children with visual impairments who participated in a 10-year survey were compared with peers on measures of intelligence, reading, mathematics, and sporting ability. Results are consistent with earlier findings of increased intelligence among Ss with myopia and slightly reduced intelligence among Ss with amblyopia. It was concluded that the…

A review of research focuses on the history of the syndrome of hyperactivity (including challenges to the disorder's existence) and describes findings from 16 follow-up studies. It is concluded that no study has been able to convincingly discredit hyperactivity as the syndrome is currently diagnosed. (CL)

A retrospective follow-up investigated 70 behaviorally disordered youths and identified factors associated with successful completion of comprehensive residential and day treatment programs. Results suggest that attendance, day or residential status, and prior adjudication were related to treatment outcomes. For a subset of 34 Ss, measures of…

A five-year retest of 69 pairs of reading disabled children (7-12 years old) and matched controls revealed the persistent nature of reading disability. Despite substantial differences in reading performance and symbol processing speed, both groups exhibited similar rates of change in reading performance. (CL)

Examined factors influencing the decisions of 251 battered women to leave their partners. Results showed women who left had had shorter relationships and were more likely employed and non-White. Women who stayed with their assailants cited love, economic hardship, and belief the abuser would change as reasons. (JAC)