Findings from a study of 380 gifted and talented high school students supported R. Zajonc's conclusion that there is an advantage for a child to be raised in a small family and to be first born if intellectual skills development is used as the sole criteria. (CL)

Fertility desires during adolescence were not found to be related to either time of marriage or actual early fertility. (Author)

Interviewed 30 recent fathers and mothers to examine antecedent factors associated with late birthtiming decisions of men and women in dual-career marriages. Findings suggest that biological time clock precipitates reassessment of family injunctions about status of education, occupation, finances, and marriage, which, in turn, precipitates issues…

This study examined developmental outcome at 1 and 2 years in relation to the presence and severity of neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage. Intraventricular hemorrhage related to Bayley mental and motor scores and neurologic ratings at 1 year but not at 2 years. Significant associations were found between the 1- and 2-year measures but not…

Explores current trends in school enrollment, projected enrollment through 2000, and implications for educators. A new baby "boomette", beginning in 1973 and peaking in 1988, will increase school enrollments throughout the 1990s. After 1995, kindergarten enrollment will decline and secondary enrollment, now steadily declining, will…

Examined the relative impact of three dimensions on birth timing: historical time, individual or couple time, and socioeconomic background characteristics, utilizing a birth-interval approach. Findings include a strong impact of individual time in all cases, a significant impact of historical time for whites but not blacks, and a greater impact of…

Examined the determination of individual differences in marital change across the transition to parenthood. Results indicated parents whose postnatal experiences turned out less positive and more negative than anticipated experienced more negative change in marriage. Prenatal expectations of well-educated parents generally matched their…

Criticizes Lester, Als, and Brazelton's 1982 reanalysis of data presented by Scanlon, Nelson, Grylack, and Smith in 1979. Discusses (1) clinical interpretation of the ponderal index (a weight-for-length ratio); and (2) inaccurate measurement of crown-heel length; (3) Lester et al.'s suggested relationship between the ponderal index, maternal drug,…

Replies to Scanlon's criticism of Lester, Als, and Brazelton's 1982 reanalysis of Scanlon, Nelson, Grylack, and Smith's 1979 data. Discusses the accuracy and interpretation of the ponderal index, reiterating that Lester et al. suggested a hypothesis, not a proof, that low birth weight, combined with maternal obstetric drugs, negatively affects…

Compares aspects of temperamental organization in low birthweight and full-term children between one and three years of age with similar backgrounds. The low birthweight children were less distractible, exhibited higher sensory thresholds, and were more intense and less adaptable. (CI)

Individuals first learn about conflict as children, within relationships with parents, siblings, and peers. Sibling and peer interaction may be contexts within which children learn how to manage conflict successfully with members of both the same and opposite sex. The goals of this study were to provide normative data on sibling and peer conflict…

The right to birth registration, the official recording of the birth of a child by some administrative level of the state as a permanent and official record of a child's existence, is enshrined in the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child. This digest examines birth registration, a right that opens the door to other rights, including…

An examination of the occupational aspirations held by 272 college women yielded limited support for the "conservators of tradition hypothesis"--the idea that first-born children are more likely to assume traditionally defined roles. Among women intending to enter the labor force, the first-born are more likely to aspire to traditionally…

Factors that might allow prediction of the unwed mother's decision to keep her child or to surrender it for adoption are examined in this study of 137 white and black clients of a social agency. (NH)