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Peer reviewedNicholson, Nigel – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1984
Presenting a new theory of work role transitions, a conceptual framework for analyzing and predicting modes of adjustment to transition is outlined. Includes a list of references. (MD)
Descriptors: Career Development, Employment, Individual Development, Motivation
Peer reviewedZern, David S. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Analyzes the interrelationships of six basic child-rearing dimensions (nurturance, obedience, responsibility, self-reliance, achievement, and general independence) in a cross-cultural sample of 110 societies. Most generally, results reveal that societal pressures in child rearing in one dimension is likely to be related to pressure in any other…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Anxiety, Child Rearing, Children
Rice, Phillip L.; Bernstein, Sandy – 1983
The single parent who has to assume the role and the responsibilities of both mother and father provides a different sex-role model for the child than that provided in the two-parent family. Research has indicated that single parents are more androgynous than parents in intact families. To investigate the sex roles of 332 college students (213…
Descriptors: Androgyny, College Students, Family Environment, Higher Education
Chilcott, John H. – 1986
Personal narratives were analyzed to determine if a pattern would emerge in the lives of Tucson, Arizona's successful Mexican American adults who had grown up in a traditional barrio without benefit of inherited wealth. Participants in the study were nominated as successful by their peers. Nominees who agreed to participate were given a life…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Biculturalism, Community Influence, Cultural Influences
Handel, Ruth D. – 1986
This study investigated achievement attitudes of young, mathematically able adolescents in order to examine differences between boys and girls equated for ability, and to explore relationships between self-perceptions, aspirations, and extra-curricular activities related to mathematics, science, or computers. The research was guided by the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement Need, Adolescents, Extracurricular Activities
Download full textMcNamara, John R.; Szabo, Isabel – 1983
Health care providers have become increasingly interested in involving individuals in health promotion activities and programs. To investigate those variables which might predict an individual's interest in becoming involved in health promotion, 84 male and 125 female undergraduates were administered paper and pencil measures to assess their…
Descriptors: College Students, Health Education, Health Programs, Higher Education
Radin, Norma; Goldsmith, Rena – 1983
A study was made to assess whether middle-class men who were primary caregivers for their preschool-age children continued as such when their children were of school age. The attempt was made to predict level of paternal involvement 4 years later; also explored were the stability and predictors of father involvement over a 4-year period when the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Rearing, Chronological Age, Comparative Analysis
