Three experimental peer rating forms were developed for use in research in prediction of the aviation training performance criterion--completion/attrition--from the training program for Aviation Warrant Officer Candidates at the U.S. Army Helicopter School. This paper describes the construction of the ratings, the "Potential Aviator…

Results showed that the failure to find convergent validity for the Smith Test of Sensitivity (TOS) should be considered before employing this instrument for the measurement of sensitivity. Data showed that sensitivity was not meaningfully described as a unified personality trait or the TOS doesn't adequately tap the trait. (Author/DEP)

Describing the research methodology used by a female researcher studying feminism among her own peer group, this article discusses several experiences of the anthropologist-as-insider and offers some solutions to the resultant research problems. (JC)

The peer support group represents a promising means of meeting the need to facilitate professional development among school psychologists. A case example of peer support for this professional position is presented to illustrate goals, structure, composition, activities, and outcomes of peer support. (TJH)

This bulletin provides an overview of the problems that youth gangs pose. It pinpoints the differences between youth gangs and adult criminal organizations and examines the risk factors that lead to youth gang membership. Some promising strategies being used to curb youth gang involvement are reviewed. The proliferation of youth gangs since 1980…

A three-dimensional model of adolescent groups is presented in which two interacting group dimensions are related to the degree of cultural discontinuity of the normative socialization. (PS)

Overall, the results suggested that the clergymen Ss were more similar to counselors rated low in competence by their peers than to counselors rated high in competence. (Authors)

The data collected on 144 lower-middle income male and female subjects suggests that as the age of the child increases, either the need for social approval must decrease or the expectancy of success through nonconforming responses must increase. (Author/WY)

Extensive observations of spontaneous prosocial behavior were conducted during summer bicycle trips in order to document the prosocial interactions of adolescent females and males as they occur within the peer group. Results indicated that while males displayed more physical assistance behaviors, females performed more verbal support behavior.…

Surveys 100 younger adults' satisfying/dissatisfying experiences with elders, comparing them with peers. Finds positivity of experiences and contact increased from nonfamily to family elders and to peers. (PA)

This investigation examined gender differences in communication with parents, peer group selection, and academic motivation as related to drug use among adolescents (290 girls, 237 boys; age range = 12-19 years). For girls, increased self-expression with parents was associated with greater academic motivation, more academically motivated friends,…

Since friendship and peer relationships are particularly important to teenagers, students with passive aggressive behaviors frequently and intentionally "set up" more aggressive peers to get them to react and to lose control, guaranteeing a behavioral consequence. As a result, the victim of being set up or "manipulated" also ends up being…