This annotated bibliography focuses on the sex differences and similarities in two proxemic variables, physical distance and orientation of the body. The majority of the more than 90 titles, dating from 1965 to the present, are selected from the following sources: dissertation abstracts, social-psychology journals, communication journals, and…

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between expectations of first-time parenthood and ease of transition into the role of parent. Respondents voluntarily completed questionnaires during hospital pre-natal classes or natural childbirth classes; post-natal questionnaires were mailed to respondents six weeks after the birth of…

This document reports on a survey taken to identify if a concensus exists among college and university health educators as to the: (1) mission or goals of health education; (2) philosophical and research bases of health science; and (3) the relationship of health science to other academic disciplines. Subjects consisted of 603 college and…

Questionnaires were completed by 131 married couples to determine the role of dispositional jealousy on marital success. The total jealousy in the marriage was found to be negatively related to several indices of marital success. Further analyses indicated that marital outcomes were negatively associated with the husband's perception of the wife's…

This is a study of the on-site implementer role--a linking role between developers and users of educational innovations. Using individual personality characteristics as the independent variable, an investigation of interactions between role incumbent's personal role definitions and organizationally given role definitions was undertaken. Results…

The author provides a macroview of the educational linking agent from the perspective of the National Institute of Education (NIE) and discusses the learning emerging from the Research and Development Utilization (RDU) Program of NIE concerning the uses of linking agents. The growth of NIE interest in the linking agent role is discussed.…

This issue of the bi-yearly publication contains 11 articles grouped under three headings: Developmental Cognitive/ Perceptual Studies, Development of Assessment Tools Studies, and Effective Learning Studies. The research was carried out at the Lida Lee Tall Learning Resources Center on the campus of Towson (Md.) State University. This is a…

Seventy-nine members of several types of groups responded to questionnaires which detailed their goals and self-perceptions, and their expectations and perceptions of group leadership, norms, methods, and atmosphere. The questionnaires were administered near the beginning and again at the end (posttest N=69) of the group experience. The groups…

This report is one of a regular series on the status and progress of studies on the nature of speech, instrumentation for its investigation, and practical applications. The ten papers treat the following topics: speech synthesis as a tool for the study of speech production; the study of articulatory organization; phonetic perception; cardiac…

University students' attitudes toward women were significantly associated with the following variables: sex, church affiliation, major field, grade point average, years of college, size of home town, mother's employment status, race, loneliness during teen years, religiosity, mother's attitude toward homemaking, and (for married students) number…

Incomplete intersensory integration development in schizophrenic children appears to be an underlying source of symptom expression and formation which usually fails to improve with age. (SB)

Twenty-five dysfunctional (either autistic-like or with reading disorders) Ss ranging in age from 2 months to 25 years were studied to determine whether they respond to the same sound more than once. (Author/SB)

A 4 dimensional typology of views of minority group life styles is discussed, with reference to the Mexican American life style. (NQ)

On the assumption that at some stage of reading it is necessary to identify individual letters rapidly and accurately, the present study focused on the use of redundancy in single-letter identification as a function of reader ability. (Author)