Describes an intervention program for pregnant teenagers and teen mothers. Topics include program development and implementation, staffing, and content. Also discussed are adjustments that a mother must make in order to break the chain of poverty and welfare. (RJC)

Examines etiological factors associated with delinquent and nondelinquent strategic styles from a clinical sociological perspective. Describes intervention model for rebalancing the strategic styles of youth. Discusses diagnostic, prognostic, and prescriptive stages of intervention, utilizing case material. (Author/BH)

Investigated relationship between sex-role development and ego development in White and Mexican-American high school students. Results indicated no ethnic differences in relationship between ego identity and masculinity/femininity. Adolescents who were identity achieved on ideological identity formation had significantly higher levels of…

Reviews selected articles from medical and psychological literature that focus on special issues for diabetic woman during preadolescence, adolescence, and adulthood. Makes recommendations for behavioral interventions with diabetic women in regard to sick role adjustment, peer conformity pressures, eating disorders, sexuality, and pregnancy.…

Examines some theoretical arguments for teaching moral education in classroom. Investigates how use of fiction might enhance moral education. Presents specific strategy for teaching moral reasoning through fiction, using Mark Twain's novel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," as example. (Author/NB)

Demonstrates how collaboration among student development educators and university instructors can use content of academic courses to facilitate personal development in adolescent college students. Describes application of Chickering's seven vectors of human development to accomplish this in course entitled Drinking and Driving: Legal and Social…

Interviewed 1,708 East and West German adolescents to study similarities and differences in their psychosocial transitions. Found that females generally underwent transitions earlier than males. East German youths conceived of the transition to work and displayed autonomy earlier than West German youth, but the overall timetable of transitions…

Analyzed longitudinal data from 105 students when they were in junior high and high school to examine relationship between gender and identity development over time. Results indicated that patterns of change over time were similar for males and females; as students aged, they grew in psychosocial maturity regardless of gender. (Author/NB)

Uses statistical data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) to examine the effects of adolescent work experience on family relations, parental monitoring, and the use of earnings. The amount of time spent working was related to increased disagreement regarding independence, decreased monitoring, and increased requirements to…

Examined use of Bender Gestalt Visual-Motor Test with school-age adolescents over age 11. Mean error scores suggest that visual-motor development is not maturationally complete by age 11 years, 11 months. Suggests additional research focusing on extending normative sample or developing new scoring system for adolescents. (Author/NB)

In the slums of Medellin, Colombia, a program seeks to improve children's physical health, intellectual development, and self-concept through such activities as carpentry, breadmaking, and sports and literature clubs. These activities help develop ethical and moral values, planning and organizing skills, and a future orientation. (SK)

Examined relationship between levels of Piagetian formal reasoning ability and values preferences derived from Rokeach Value Survey. Findings from 448 secondary school students revealed that subjects with high scores on formal reasoning ranked terminal values representing abstract notions with long-term implications higher than those focusing on…

Developmental change in self-esteem was assessed from early adolescence through early adulthood. Found that males tended to increase and females to decrease in self-esteem over time and that there was rank order consistency in self-esteem over time. Within each gender, individuals' differences in developmental trajectories were related to…

Examined effectiveness of experiential suicide prevention program. Students in experimental group (n=215) participated in seven weekly meetings. Experimental subjects and controls (n=178) completed pre- and posttest questionnaires on suicidal tendencies, hopelessness, ego identity, and coping ability. Findings showed that experimental groups were…

Obtained data from 603 questionnaires and 60 interviews from male and female Italian adolescents on awareness of physical maturation, heterosexual relationships, motivation for early sexual experiences, and effects on personal identity. Found significant differences concerning sex and level of schooling with regard to elaboration of one's…