A study to assess the interrelationships of first-year medical students' allocation of time to learning, leisure, and necessary personal activities with their self-reported coping behavior is described. The findings support the interpretation that students allocating more time during the week tend to cope more adequately.

Describes a toddler's grief following the death of his grandfather, according to observations made by mother and a nurse-clinician over a six-month period. Interventions and interpretations are based on current theories related to the child and death. (Author)

Social network analysis involves the assessment of the individual's interpersonal relationships, of the degree of integration into various organizational settings, and of the availability of supportive services. This analysis reveals strengths within the network to be reinforced, or negative influences. (Author)

The Coping Inventory, an observation instrument designed to assess the behavior and skills of handicapped children, is described. The 48-item inventory is divided into two categories--self and environment; each category is subdivided into three dimensions--productive, active, and flexible. (PHR)

Discusses how to recognize volatile situations, cope with the challenge, and reassert control in the training environment. Examined are ways in which hostility is expressed, statements of protest, when hostility triggers fear, coping with fear, ways of responding to hostility, and how to survive hostility. (CT)

The mother of a moderately retarded 11-year-old boy describes her reactions to having her son's teeth straightened. The author realized that the anxiety she felt about the orthodontic procedure was not so much concern for her son as her own fear of dental work. (PHR)

Adolescent perceptions of the impact of illness were measured through the administration of an original questionnaire to 345 healthy adolescents and 168 adolescents (mean age of both groups, 15) with diabetes mellitus, cystic fibrosis, cancer, and cardiac, renal, or rheumatologic diseases. Journal availability: C. V. Mosby Co; 11830 Westline…

Both experimental treatments were significantly more effective than the control condition in reducing disruptive behaviors, ratings of anxiety and discomfort, and physiological arousal, and in increasing children's cooperation during the dental procedures. There were no differences in effectiveness between the experimental groups. (Author)

Examines the definition and symptoms of the burnout syndrome, with specific discussion of the causes of burnout among workers in social service agencies. (SK)

Describes some of the activities of a one-day stress workshop for teachers conducted by Joseph A. Artesi at a New Jersey high school. A short insert on teacher burnout is appended. (SJL)

Supports the assumption that there is a high incidence of stress-related pathologies among college administrators. Defines stress, enumerates seven of its causes, and identifies several strategies that can be used by individuals and organizations to reduce and manage stress. (AYC)

Reports a study to examine coping strategies of college instructors confronted with the conflict between coverage and mastery of subject matter. Successful coping tends to be a result of the instructor's separation of goals and activities. An important theory becomes the structure of the course and topics are fit into its framework. (KC)

The way to combat stress is to look at it positively, according to the author. She discusses ego damagers, dealing with constructive and destructive stress, and how to control stress. (MF)

The free play behavior of young children allows the opportunity to actively explore, investigate, and manipulate features of the adult world, and to assimilate the characteristics of novel aspects of the environment. (Author)

Reports on an investigation of the degree of acculturation and of adaptation stress of the sons of Japanese immigrants living in Brazil. (SS)