Reviews the stages of the refugee experience: perception of a threat; decision to flee; period of extreme danger and flight; reaching safety; camp behavior; repatriation; settlement or resettlement; adjustment and acculturation; and residual states and changes in behavior caused by the experience. (Author/MK)

Tested the hypothesis that distressed spouses are more reactive to immediate events than nondistressed couples. Couples recorded positive, negative and neutral events and satisfaction levels. Distressed couples reported lower rates of positive behavior and that marital satisfaction depended more on frequency of recent positive or negative events.…

Presents a factor analytic study of the nine New York Longitudinal Study's (NYLS) temperament variables in a sample of 160 Swedish children from six months to two years of age. Asserts that results corroborated some of the NYLS's findings as well as those of other studies. (Author/MJL)

The importance of good interpersonal communication skills is examined. The disadvantages of passive behavior, the importance of self-concept, and the use and evaluation of assertiveness scripts are discussed. (CT)

Contemporary studies of female suicidal behavior show that such women exhibit characteristics corresponding to the behavioral indices of impersonalism, submissiveness, passivity, and obedience producing the lack of individuation characteristic of Durkheim's altruistic/fatalistic suicide categories. The author suggests this supports the contention…

Examined couples' punctuation of their own interactions. Punctuation was defined as a way of grouping sequences of interactions. Results suggested that the nature of relatedness, as defined by degree of distress, was associated with the punctuation of interactions by the communicators. (Author)

Evaluated self-administered relaxation manuals and money deposit in treating recurrent, nonphobic anxiety in college population. Relaxation training groups improved significantly more than self-monitoring-only subjects on self-report, questionnaires, and self-monitored measures of anxiety. Study suggests the value of self-monitoring and relaxation…

To develop information regarding the commercial product purchasing behavior of mildly mentally retarded adults, 11 participants were included in a mock shopping exercise. The results indicated several serious deficiencies in the purchasing strategies of the participants. (Author/SB)

An analysis of national data on newspaper readership revealed that nonreaders differed from readers in age, education, income, occupation, and political, and social participation. (FL)

Crisis is an essential ingredient in the great developmental stages of the natural world and dealing with disruption can result in much that is positive. (Author/JD)

Describes the behavior and interaction patterns of preschool social isolates and their nonisolate agemates. (DB)

An examination of principals' decision-making patterns indicates that they are essentially reactive in nature and are reached most often on the basis of reports from subordinates without further search for information or guidance. (JMF)

Explores the relationship between divorce and suicide through a multiple regression analysis. Results indicate that the incidence of divorce is closely associated with the rate of suicide even after controls for the influence of the effects of age composition, race, the rate of interstate migration, and income. (Author/BEF)

A review of 47 suicides in women of child-bearing age revealed that two women were pregnant, two were within the first year post-partum and two falsely believed themselves pregnant. Previous studies asserting that pregnancy protects against suicide would seem to be challenged by these data; pregnancy-related suicides are similar to each other.…

The Cuban Behavioral Identity Questionnaire is a short, eight-item questionnaire answerable in a seven-point Likert-scale format. It inquires as to the frequency with which respondents engage in several ethnic behaviors and the degree to which they are familiar with Cuban idiomatic expressions and Cuban artists/musicians. (Author/NQ)