Examines the effect of age and sex on hand preference and hand skill in two studies using six samples of children and a reanalysis of adult data. Results included findings that left- handers have an advantage over right-handers in visuo-motor speed. There was no evidence of increased dextrality with age. (JAC)

Compared the performance of institutionalized and noninstitutionalized older adults in five negative transfer studies. Results showed that, in general, the performance of institutionalized old people resembled that of brain-damaged amnesic patients tested under similar conditions; old people living at home generally behaved more like normal, young…

Compared the personal and social resources and psychological well-being of 438 elderly parents and 103 childless people. Results showed both groups reported similar resources; children did not assure life satisfaction, less loneliness, or greater acceptance of death. The atypical status of the childless did not affect well-being. (WAS)

Utilizing suicide data collected 1925-1979, analyzed suicides among persons aged 10-24 to determine sociodemographic and presuicide behaviors which discriminate between male and female suicides, suicides of different ages, or explain the increase in suicide rates. Compared adolescent suicide rates in Sacramento County with national findings.…

Showed that Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scores for adolescent and adult victims of rheumatic fever (N=162) were generally lower than Mayo Clinic norms. Significant age effects confirm findings that adolescents score higher on the MMPI. Found patients without carditis scored higher than carditis patients, contrary to…

In a study of sex typing of children's household chores, older women were more likely to reject sex typing in 1953 but less likely to do so than younger women in 1971 and 1976. The pattern of changes reflects a model which predicts generational fluctuations in group behavior. (Author/MJL)

Tests Myrdal's predictions about racial attitude change, using responses to questions on school desegregation from 16 surveys. Finds that, although there has been a 30 percent increase in tolerance of school desegregation since 1954, cohort and education subgroups maintain consistent differences among themselves, and regional differences dissipate…

The Life Complexity Inventory was designed and administered to 140 adults in order to investigate those variables present in their day to day experience that might relate either to stability or decline of intellectual ability. Results suggest that individuals with similar life styles display similar ability patterns over time. (Author/GC)

Using statistical models, discusses educational stratification with respect to socioeconomic origins. Describes the effects of social background on grade progression change across cohorts born during the 20th century and the consequences of these changes. (JW)

Elderly women volunteers were given a pretest battery of conservation tasks. Conservation scores were the highest yet recorded by elderly participants; consequently, training was not implemented. Results suggest that advanced chronological age does not guarantee poor conservation performance. (Author)

Veterans Administration domiciliary residents in three age groups over age 50 completed measures of life satisfaction, locus of control and self-concept. Older veterans had resolved ego integrity v despair crisis more adequately than younger veterans. An institutional environment that facilitates self-esteem and satisfaction of elderly residents…

Examines subcultural variations in primary social isolation in older persons in Albany. Seven hypothetical subcultures contain enough respondents to be numerically important. Two subcultures have above-average rates of primary social isolation. Three subcultures have below-average rates. Results indicate that primary social isolation is a group…

The long term effects of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) program on elementary school grade equivalent reading achievement scores were investigated using cohort analysis in four elementary schools. Results indicated that local attributes affected reading scores more than the IGE program. (JKS)

When the Behavior Analysis Model of Project Follow Through was used with children from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, 65 percent of the cohorts scored at or above grade level in mathematics. (FL)

Accelerated longitudinal analyses of 7 cohorts of Dutch children over a 10-year period were used to determine whether longitudinal data on children in 1 cohort could predict outcomes of psychopathology in another. Results support accelerated longitudinal analysis to combine short-term longitudinal studies of behavioral-emotional problems into a…