The authors propose that theoretical confusion and clinical inadequacy regarding child abuse is due, in part, from medical and legal ambiguity concerning child abuse and from dilemmas surrounding social policy and the professional response toward families and children. The dilemmas of social policy (family autonomy versus coercive intervention)…

Studies which have investigated males' and females' attitudes and behavior in organizations have yielded apparently contradictory results. In some studies, individuals have followed traditional sex-role stereotypes; in others, they have not. A proposed explanation for these inconsistencies is that sex-role identification is a more important…

This handbook serves as a guide to counselors in helping them reinforce and/or change the image of the school counselor. It suggests the necessity for the counselor's becoming an active member in the negotiating unit of his school district's Teacher's Association, and lists many activities which will make the school and community aware of the…

This document lists 189 educational, instructional, and documentary films treating women's roles, problems, and communication strategies. The films are classified by substance and topics: beauty ethic: presentations and examinations; birth control, unwanted pregnancy, and abortion; coping with a male oriented society; dating and marriage;…

An instrument for future planning and policy formation for adult basic education (ABE) staff development at national/regional levels, the assessment determined which current objectives, processes, and products proved most effective and offered the greatest potential. The basic evaluation design was established by the Center for Resource…

The perception of what are considered acceptable occupations for women has changed considerably over the last century, just as the role of women in American homelife has changed. This thesis researches the changing role of American women and the effects of this changed role on occupations outside the home. The emphasis is on the long-term effects…

Three potentially useful perspectives for the scientific development of human communication theory are the law model, the systems approach, and the rules paradigm. It is the purpose of this paper to indicate the utility of the systems approach. The first section of this paper provides a brief account of the systems view of the world. Outlined in…

The book is devoted to an exploratory and descriptive study of the physician's assistant (PA). Chapter 2 describes the research methodology and the questionnaires constructed for data collection. The 1970 national survey questionnaire was sent to 33 operative (79 percent return) and 10 planned (50 percent return) PA training programs in the United…

This bibliobraphy is comprised of annotations of 142 selected research articles and reports, on topics relating to factors which influence teachers' perception and fulfillment of their professional role, which have appeared in the literature from 1968 to 1972. Items relating to factors such as organizational climate, curriculum, job satisfaction,…

A content analysis of women's roles in "McCalls Magazine" in 1964 and 1974 revealed two profiles of a publication that has been dispensing advice and entertainment for wives and mothers since 1876. The recent women's movement first attracted media coverage around 1968, and a study of "McCalls" before and after this time showed…

The purpose of this paper was to increase awareness of some of the ways that we, as individuals and as a society, are encouraging the crime of rape. The paper examines our ideals about sexuality, appropriate sexual roles for women and men, the relationship between sex and aggression and how these contribute to rape. Laws, court procedures and…

This research examined Mintzberg's-dimensional model of the managerial job. Two questions were asked: (1) What effect do the job incumbent's career goals and activity preferences have on perceived importanceof the roles; (2) How does perceived importance of the roles affect job performance? One hundred seventy principals responded to a…

Male and female college students were given a questionnaire containing descriptions of four stimulus persons, with gender of stimulus person varied between groups. Subjects selected any of eight occupations for which the stimulus persons might be suited, and they rated the potential of such persons to be good parents. Traditional "masculinity" of…

Beginning librarians and their supervisors on the eight campuses of the University of California were surveyed concerning the work expected of professional librarians. Information was gathered by the use of interviews, job descriptions, and a checklist of duties performed. It was found that there was a lack of clarity in defining the proper role…

Now that the enrollment increases of the 1960's have levelled off, community colleges have the opportunity to develop institutional coherence--to develop harmonious interrelationships among the multiple purposes and programs adopted by the college at various times in response to divergent community needs and pressures, and to communicate an…