One of the primary roles of physical education teachers is to incorporate health-related fitness and lifetime physical activity into their programs. It is also important for physical educators to stay current on evolving fitness trends that may benefit their students. For example, strength training, once thought to be detrimental to children, has…

Research on fear of crime has evolved to suggest the existence of a complex relationship between individual, lifestyle, and contextual factors. Past work generally focuses on predominantly heterosexual populations; this study examines correlates of fear of crime and perceptions of risk among a sample of 272 self-identified lesbians and gay men.…

Past research has largely ignored the influence of material resources on teenage parents' life outcomes. A lack of resources such as housing, child care, and financial support is hypothesized to explain the negative effect of teenage parenthood on educational attainment. Regression analyses use nationally representative data from the 1988 2000…

Increasingly, young American women are engaged in multiple roles, combining job and family responsibilities. To investigate the links between role groups (employment, marriage, parenthood), and pressures, satisfactions, and physical health among young women, a subsample of 162 white women, aged 18 to 34, drawn from the 1978 Health in Detroit…

While most lifespan developmental theories of personality predict age-related changes in coping, little direct evidence exists for determining whether age differences in coping style are due to intrinsic developmental processes or to age differences in the kinds of stresses encountered. To evaluate age differences in coping strategies and whether…

The aggregate economic value of additional education or schooling is an important research question with major policy impact. Labor market based estimates are only a portion of the total effects of education which are valued by citizens. The remaining portion consists of some additional marketed effects of education and a large number of valuable…

After a three-week tour in Moscow, the author discusses and compares various aspects of Russian home economics: general school home economics, home economics after school, Moscow housing, home furnishings, dining out in Moscow, and consumer economics. (Author/BP)

The research investigated relational and analytic cognitive styles among 11 adult learners. Thirteen hypotheses were formulated and an instrument was developed to collect data on both styles. Predictions about learning environment preference were given reasonable support. (Author/EC)

Many mature women reach a decision-making point where a desire to change the direction of their lives is quite evident, but how to implement that change is unclear. Presented is a five part guidance model which provides steps useful in working with the mature woman in her mid-life role change. (Author)

A Columbia University economist takes a look at bicentennial America and asks: Can the United States survive another 200 years? He finds that the country must come to grips with the fact that the "Age of Plenty" is about over. (Author/BT)

This article describes "Family Synergy" which is a non-profit organization for people interested in or exploring nontraditional marriage and family forms. It acts as a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas and also provides a supportive community for people actually exploring these new lifestyles. (Author)

This study, which used a sample of freshmen and upperclassmen living in residence halls to find their attitudes over time toward themselves and toward others, occurred at a time when living styles for residence halls had been liberalized. Shifts in attitudes of various groups within the different environments were reviewed. (Author)

Proposes a new research technique for assessing student preferences through naturalistic data sampling, that is, employing the exact words that students include in their descriptions. Utilizing this technique, this study attempts to compile descriptions of residence hall environments that can be used in follow-up questionnaires and checklists for…

Describes how social issues arise and are formulated, reviews the scientific methodology that controls the formulation of problem areas, suggests definitions of environmental education, classifies the problems into four major areas and suggests three basic causes of environmental problems. (BR)

In China, older people are very much a part of society, playing a responsible role in planning and fulfilling the aims of the school, factory, commune, or street committee. Retired Workers' Centers and rural communes provide for the social, physical, and educational needs of the elderly. (MW)