Administered three personality scales, designed to measure similar dimensions in different age ranges, to pre-adolescent, adolescent, and young adult samples. Results indicated considerable stability in the personality correlates of self-esteem at these ages. Anxiety and extraversion appeared consistently as significant correlates. (Author/JAC)

Describes research with 12- to 18-month-old infants (N=108) determining whether the quality of an infant's attachment to his/her primary caregiver could predict the nature of his/her emerging personality. (CS)

The portable rod-and-frame test was used to measure the level of psychological differentation for 100 behavior-problem, father-absent children, ages 8-16. A significant interaction was noted between the reason for the father's absence (death vs divorce/desertion) and the child's age when the father left home. (Author/SJL)

Investigates two questions of interest to persons who treat children with psychological difficulties: (1) What is attachment theory? and (2) Does it have relevance when working with disturbed children and their families? (Author/DB)

Discusses implications of recent evidence for genetic influences on personality development and psychopathology. Presents a model of the childhood origins of psychopathology that incorporates genetics and gives special emphasis to the role of parental conflict in the previously neglected middle childhood years. (Author/GC)

Summarizes the major forms of cross-cultural research on personality development and discusses their contribution to developmental research. Also discusses some major issues in research on acculturation. (Author/SS)

The development of the American system of school athletics from the time of the Puritans to the present day is discussed, and the social ramifications of our contemporary sports culture are considered. (LH)

This study related major parameters of moral character (socialization and empathy) to self-reported drug use by 88 students. Level of socialization correlated significantly with total drugs used, frequency of marijuana use, and number of drug-related social complications. However, empathy did not relate to the drug-use variables examined.…

The concept of personality integration and effective personal functioning was investigated from a systems theory perspective by studying participants from divergent subcultural groups. Results indicate that process dimensions of complexity and openness do differentiate between highly integrated and control group participants across subcultures…

Findings of a study which tests cross culturally an American model of self concept formation process indicate that: "In schools where socioeconomic heterogeneity is greater, meritocratic criteria predominate but in schools ...populated predominantly by lower socioeconomic populations, ascriptive criteria tend to play a much greater role..." in…

Two experiments examined the tendency for people to endorse personality descriptions allegedly derived from personality tests. Subjects were 93 male and female college students. Personal validation appeared to be unaffected by test source and personal versus generalized personality descriptions. The favorability-unfavorabilitty of the descriptions…

This article examines the view of infants as passive recipients of social stimulation. It is argued that progress in the understanding of sociopersonality development will be achieved only when the competence of infants and the multidimensionality of the infant social world are acknowledged. (MS)

In a study of eating problems in adolescent girls, researchers saw 193 White adolescent females and their mothers in the girls' middle school years and two years later. Examined was the emergence of eating problems as a function of pubertal growth, body image, personality development, and family relationships. (RH)

Summarizes pertinent literature to provide counselors with a basic understanding of developmental theories on homosexuality and other sexual identity issues. Implications for counseling and for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome education are discussed. (TE)

Examines the connections between the experience of social history and personality development. Outlines a model that demonstrates how the impact of social events is mediated by life stage. Interprets longitudinal data collected over the past 40 years on women's work and family lives in terms of the model. (FMW)