While certain forms of sex behavior may serve as a clue to the existence of mental illness, care must be taken not to view such behavior outside the overall context of a person's particular life situation, since sex behavior is a reflection of the totality of human existence. (Author)

The results of this study indicated that externally controlled subjects rated physical disabilities as more debilitating while internally controlled subjects rated emotional disorders as being more debilitating. Data was interpreted as adding to the construct validity of "internal-external locus of control" and the implications were discussed.…

Comparison of culturally disadvantaged youngsters with and without behavior problems indicates that differences exist between the groups in behavior, personality adjustment, and possession of irrational beliefs, but not in self concept. This finding suggests need for more research of self concept in this subject group. (CJ)

Uses Rousseau's "Emile" to explicate Kohlberg's characterization of moral development and to illuminate several theoretical problems in Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental account. Analysis supports contentions that Kohlberg's concept of morality is unduly narrow and suggests that his one-sidedly rationalistic approach exaggerates the…

The hypothesis that gifted children are more similar to their mental age peers in emotional and social spheres was tested with 16 gifted third graders, 16 average IQ third graders, and 16 average IQ sixth graders. (SB)

Teachers and parents of gifted adolescents should be aware of the precipitating factors of adolescent suicide, including gaps between their academic and social/emotional development, their fear of intellectual inefficiency, and extremes in developmental immaturities. Prevention may take the form of respect, awareness, tolerance, and participation…

Compares functional-conflict and role theory perspectives in their ability to explain male inexpressiveness. The role theory approach incorporates the individual and the social structure in explaining male inexpressiveness. Change in male expressiveness can be expected if males are encouraged to devote more time and energy to emotionally laden…

To investigate the empathic development of deaf preadolescents, 21 deaf Ss were equally divided into three groups matched for age and mental ability. The results demonstrated that deaf preadolescents have more difficulty with empathy development than hearing children, and this ability is related to onset of deafness. (Author)

A significant relationship was found between changes in social emotional status and creativity. Creative and social-emotional changes occurred independently of most variables known about a child at the beginning of treatment. (Author)

Assessed empathy in preschool children using observational and situational methods and correlated them with teacher estimates of children's popularity. (Author/DB)

Discusses various aspects of adolescents' needs and feelings in relation to their efforts to become competent human beings. (SS)

Describes psychological approaches to study of cognition and emotion, identifies issues that may provide direction to understanding the organization and integration of cognition and emotion in development. Maintains that an integrative model for the study of "cogmotion" is needed, suggesting that cogmotion research will contribute to the exchange…

Examined expressions of negative emotion among 37 toddlers and strategies used to reduce or change these expressions. Six strategies were identified and evaluated. Findings suggest that active engagement was most commonly used and most negatively associated with child distress. Use of strategies varied by context. (HTH)

Three experiments using "backward reasoning" found that: age differences occurred in predicting surprise relative to false belief; by age five or six, children claim that surprise occurs when gaining knowledge where one was previously ignorant or held a false belief; by age seven to nine, they understand that surprise will more likely…