Guided by Bioecological Systems Theory and Schema Theory, I investigated mothers' perceptions regarding the emotional development of their preschool children. Researchers acknowledge mothers' contributing role in influencing children's behavioral displays of emotion, but there is a dearth in the literature on mothers. emotion-related behaviors,…

Results from data samples in five nations suggest that the widowed have lower morale, generally, and are less affiliated than the married because of socioeconomic deprivation. (Author/CJ)

Reviews the educational and social science research relevant to the education of the disadvantaged which was published during the 1960's. (JM)

The emphasis of this NIMH report is to improve our understanding of the origins of violence and to suggest ways of acting on that knowledge to reduce the incidence of crime and violence in American society. Also included in this volume are details of work aimed at reducing the toll of such problems as alcoholism and suicide among our citizens; a…

Several populations of both culturally deprived and culturally advantaged students were assessed on a standard measure of personality as well as several indices of personal aspirations. By measuring an individual difference variable in different social milieus, it was found that the variable made strikingly different predictions in different…

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (Chicago, 1968).

Applied research, as compared to basic nonapplied research, offers the potential for the development of unique insights into the nature of social theory. Cultural deprivation theorizing is used to illustrate the interplay between research and theory. (Author/CTM)

A continuing program of test research on the disadvantaged that was begun by the United States Employment Services (USES) in the mid-60s has produced several testing tools and techniques that are useful both to the employment service and to other organizations. (Author)

Discusses research conducted into the development of well-adjusted children reared in disadvantaged homes and environments. (SL)

Study found that nonlearners, as well as learners, were unquestionably utilizing strategies at a rate greater than that expected on the basis of chance alone. (Authors)

Mexican-American, Negro, and Anglo-American children participating in a two-person, two-choice game, showed that similar female ethnic pairs cooperated significantly more than dissimilar pairs; that females in the three groups differed significantly in the amount of cooperative behavior, and that reinforcement did not affect cooperative behavior.…

Reviewed are studies involved in the development and utilization of the experimental-longitudinal methods which involve behavior analyses of a number of behavioral repertoires and initiation of training procedures to produce the repertoires. (SBH)