This document represents a compilation of newspaper articles analyzing information shared by the Secret Service concerning 37 school shootings. The findings are presented to educate parents and teachers concerning what has been learned about violent students. It was determined that there is no profile of a typical youth who kills. The shooter is…

Outdoor adventure education programs may offer opportunities for improving overall wellness beyond the realm of physical fitness. A hypothetical framework is presented as follows: (1) outdoor adventure experiences provide individuals with opportunities to be truly challenged; (2) success in challenging situations builds self-efficacy and…

The Mooney Problem Check List was used to help define the characteristics of reported problems in emotionally disturbed adolescents and for data on normal controls. Possible effects of age and sex on problems reported by both groups were also examined. (Author/NJ)

Those Ss who scored high, medium or low on a scale of trait (predispositional) anxiety were found to differ reliably in level of state (situational) anxiety when tested before and after two standardized interviews. This relationship held for both male and female Ss, although males manifested consistently higher levels of state anxiety than…

Although empathic understanding is widely taught, there is very little commonality among trainers in terms of what they teach their students to be empathic to. In this article the author presents a general conceptual set that may be applied to any statement a person makes. (Author)

Discusses world-views and their formulation by Carl Jung and William James as well as the similarity of their evaluative approaches. (RK)

Paper examines research information on the attitudes and practices of the college student regarding contraceptives. It discusses the types and use of contraceptives, origin of information on contraception, reasons for abstinence by sexually active students, and the degree of communication between sexual partners on contraceptive techniques.…

A two-media program of instruction was developed for teaching the basic components of emphatic skill. Treatment subjects demonstrated significantly higher performance on the Michigan State Affective Sensitivity Scale than control subjects. (Author)

The recent movement to increase educational relevance is examined from the perspective of how changes in the family have affected the needs of the contemporary college student and their teachers. (Authors)

Results were consistent with an increased emotionality or frustration interpretation. (Author)

Contrary to the hypothesis, obese Ss were significantly higher in feminity scores. Analysis of subtests revealed that the major contributing factor was greater emotional reactivity of the obese. The author concluded that the interaction of obese characteristics make it difficult to test the hypothesis on standard M-F scales. (Author)

Author suggests that digital Communication", which relies on arbitrary coding elements, like the phones of speech," overshadows the importance of the analogic symbolism people use more extensively than realized. Non-verbal messages can be more convincing than verbal and can be used to predict patterns of future behavior. (Author/PD)