Discusses research on affective issues as it has developed over the life of the "Journal for Research in Mathematics Education," (JRME), including student beliefs and mathematics learning, emotional responses to mathematics, and new approaches to affective issues. (43 references) (MKR)

This study examines the cognitive and affective impact of a multimedia editing task. Students were highly motivated to work cooperatively and without teacher supervision to search out and remember science content materials from a wide variety of resources, with visual recall being especially promoted. (34 references) (LZ)

Notes that our capacity to diffuse conflict rests in our ability to recognize and verbalize feelings, develop empathy, and think of alternatives to violence. Explores the influence of role models and culture on violence and how the media can use violent images effectively in helping us confront a culture of violence. (HTH)

In interviews with 44 older learners and 11 teachers, reciprocity emerged as central to teacher-learner relationships. Responses identified the affective and cognitive dimensions of what is given by teachers and learners and what is expected and received by them. (SK)

Feminist recommendations were incorporated in a physical science course to gain new insights into the gender issues in science. Qualitative data from (n=45) elementary education students found themes of efficacy and empowerment but also of dissidence. Contains 74 references. (Author/MKR)

Presents and discusses the forgiveness triad--forgiving others, receiving forgiveness from others, and self-forgiveness. All three aspects are defined, presented as philosophically rational and appropriate within counseling, and described within a psychological framework of how people go about that aspect of forgiveness. Discusses implications for…

Divided 90 chronic low back pain patients into those who demonstrated signs that were congruent or incongruent with underlying anatomical and physiological principles. Low socioeconomic status, compensation claims, use of opiate analgesics, greater disability, catastrophizing cognitions, stronger emotionality, and passive coping were more…

Observed the transitions between different caregivers and between waking and sleeping for a male toddler. The transitions were rated according to the affect displayed by the toddler. Results indicated that transitions involving the toddler coming into the care of his parents were less disturbing than those involving his coming into the care of…

Undergraduate students (n=178) from a variety of academic disciplines completed the Inviting-Disinviting Index (IDI) to measure the degree of inviting and disinviting behavior addressed to oneself and others. The hypothesis that people tend to be more disinviting to themselves than they are to others was supported. (JPS)

The perception of emotions from facial expression was studied with 68 schizotypal individuals and a control group (n=40). The results did not support the hypotheses that the schizotypal group would display more restricted similarity range in judging emotions, judge emotions as less pleasant, and display less accuracy in labelling emotions. (SW)

Evaluated the extent to which infants' expressive modalities of face, gaze, voice, gesture, and posture form coherent affective configurations and whether these modalities are related to specific interactive contexts. Found four distinct affective configurations: social engagement, object engagement, passive withdrawal, and active protest. (MDM)

The need to recognize the social and emotional needs of children who are gifted is briefly addressed. It is noted that some gifted children have problems at school due to a lack of respect for and understanding of the ways they differ psychologically from others their age. (SW)

Addresses the usefulness of Relationship Enhancement (RE) therapy as a method for working with "narcissistic vulnerability" in couple relationships. This method provides a structured framework for communication in which persons who have historically experienced inadequate empathy observe and practice empathic accuracy. A case example is…

Integrates Peter Johnson's five dimensions of potential hindrances to the acquisition of reading skills with a multidimensional instructor training model that targets both cognitive and affective domains in assisting the adult learner in learning to read. (SR)

Examined the relationship between nonmaternal care and infant-mother attachment. Results indicated that full-time, nonmaternal care was not associated with increased insecure attachment and did not negatively affect the associations between infant-mother attachment and the mother's involvement with her infant during the infant's first year of…