Subjects rated blacks the same as other people (whites) but those willing to make trait attributions to blacks made them in a negative, unfavorable manner, pointing out that contact between groups is no guarantee of more favorable intergroup attitudes. (Author)

The intertribal relationships of Native Americans in federal boarding schools led to this study of attitudes and cultural differences. (Author/JB)

Examines the effect of similarity of attitudes, race, and goal facilitation or frustration upon attraction toward a stranger, in order to clarify what is an effective approach to increasing attraction between blacks and whites. (DM)

The author Concludes from the discussion that; (a) war is not yet absolute; (b) violence against persons is understandable when other channels for conflict are closed; (c) neurosis and war possess positive as well as negative pulls; and (d) normality and law and order may be verbalized goals that are rejected as achieved. (Author)

Seeks to provide a descriptive survey of some aspects of the integration and school attainment of immigrant children or children of immigrants in secondary schools. Also investigated possible social factors that could cause differences between students of different ethnicities and between these and student members of the Australian host society.…

With the aid of sociometric techniques social choice is correlated with nationality. Results are based on data from sixth and seventh grade students in Adelaide, Australia. (RB)

This study of white, black, and international students at the University of Tennessee showed white and international students to be more global and amorphous in their concerns about ethnic needs and goals than black students; the latter were more humanistic and concerned with specific issues. (KG)

Briefly explores pro's and con's of extra group contacts, and suggests modification of traditionally opposed view because: (1) in a small college setting, chances of accidental outside meetings are great; and (2) such contacts provide opportunity to use newly learned behaviors with people who will provide honest and interested feedback. (CJ)

Components of an integrated physical education program, which consists of handicapped and nonhandicapped students, include: (1) activities that promote interaction among all students; (2) strategies that place handicapped and nonhandicapped students together; and (3) reinforcement of cooperative behavior. (CJ)

Music's most important function in African societies is to provide occasions for individual and organized group interactions. Modes of communication and interaction include sonic materials, the verbal texts to which sonic materials are set, and the dance through which basic structures in music are articulated. (AM)

Using video to communicate between two opposing groups lets each side work through the issue's emotional aspects and outlines possible solutions. (Author/JOW)

Reviews recent trends in suicide among young Blacks and discusses three inadequate causal theories (urban stress, status integration, and Black family deficit). Presents an alternative explanatory paradigm which focuses on weakened communal and family ties as a result of upward mobility. (MK)