A factor analytic study of the demographic and behavioral characteristics of adult and juvenile male and female incarcerates suggests a number of consistent relationships contributory to incarceration and childhood experiences that predict difficulty in that period of life and in later adjustment. (Author)

Results indicated that adolescent males who maintain a relatively high level of acting out during residential treatment, in spite of firm and consistent treatment approaches, perceive their parents differently than do adolescents who exhibit increased self-control in the treatment setting. (SBH)

The pleasure-arousal hypothesis predicts an interaction between pleasure and arousal levels in determining approach-avoidance, such that approach increases with arousal in pleasant settings and decreases with arousal in unpleasant settings. Results support this hypothesis. (Author)

Reports on a study conducted to determine the effect of the connotations of the color black on White university students' interracial behavior. Addresses the question of whether the differences in attitudes toward Black and Negro carries over into a difference in behavior with a person labeled Black and another labeled Negro. (MK)

The responses of 18 Down's syndrome infants in a modified "strange" situation were recorded. The results indicated that these infants were aware of the exits and entrances of both mother and stranger. (Author)

To test the hypothesis that residents of larger cities are less helpful to strangers than are residents of small towns, three New Zealand towns with varying population densities were studied for helping behavior. The research confirms that population density is a reliable predictor of non-helping behavior. (RE)

Provides an insight into the group process of therapy and compares and contrasts the T-group process with therapy group process. The here-and-now orientation was present in T-group and therapy-group interaction. Greater relational conflict was present in the T-group. Members of the therapy group were much more defensive than members of the…

Americans must learn to consider good health as a total life-style concept that demands continuous and active participation of all individuals. (LH)

Compared populations of Arts and Sciences students who had determined their majors and those who had not. The determined group was more likely to remain in school and to achieve greater academic success than the undetermined group. More women tended to have declared majors than did men. (Author)

A Children's Depression Rating Scale (CDRS) was devised and tested on 30 inpatient children (6 to 12 years old) in a medical hospital. A high correlation was found between global ratings by two psychiatrists of severity of depression and scores on the CDRS. Journal availability: American Academy of Pediatrics, P.O. Box 1034, Evanston, IL 60204.…

Supports the tenet that American college students tend to make assertions that correspond to their sex-role stereotypes. (RL)

Results of this investigation indicate that alcoholic beverages play an important role in campus social life. (MM)

Inner-city, young adult Black males with a suicide attempt in the last six months, and matched controls were examined. The validity of the theory of Black self-hatred as the basic cause of suicidal behavior among Blacks is questioned. A theory focusing on forces moving toward positive subgroup ties is proposed. (Author)

The role of sensory reinforcement was examined in programing multiple treatment gains in self-stimulation and spontaneous play for four developmentally disabled children (eight to ten years old). (Author/SBH)