Developed and tested adolescent drug use model integrating social learning theory and recent stress and coping studies. Interviewed adolescents (N=343) aged 13-17 and found increase in adolescent drug use with presence of parental rejection, deviant peers, and combination of low self-esteem and avoidant coping style. Suggests both individual…

Identifies three great religious catenas which interpret suffering. Discusses the classical and post-modern Christian catenas. Urges religious educators to question the classical Christian beliefs concerning suffering while not abandoning the Bible through dissatisfaction. Encourages acceptance of the idea that more than traditional beliefs find…

Investigated the relation between stressful life events and behavioral and academic adjustment in 361 third and fifth grade students. Higher levels of social support and problem solving skills moderated negative effects of stressful events on teacher-rated behavior problems. (RJC)

The parents of 48 young handicapped children were surveyed concerning parenting stress, family adjustment, and psychological distress of mothers and fathers, and their relation to child characteristics, family social network, parent belief systems, and coping styles. Results strongly supported the utility of a proposed multidimensional model.…

Examined validity of Adult Career Concerns Inventory (ACCI) and Career Adjustment and Development Inventory (CADI) as measures of adult vocational development by comparing responses of 124 salespeople to inventories and to measures of work adjustment. CADI clearly seemed to measure vocational development; ACCI seemed to measure concern about…

The employment status and social adjustment of hearing-impaired young adults (N=38) of whom 10 had graduated from residential schools for the deaf in New Zealand and 28 from special classes in regular schools was reviewed. There was some evidence that residential school graduates experienced more difficulty in coping following graduation. (DB)

Investigated ethnic socialization by parents of minority group adolescents and adolescents' ethnic identity and strategies for coping with stereotypes and discrimination. Interviewed 60 American-born adolescents drawn from 3 ethnic groups (Japanese, Mexican, African) and 1 parent of each adolescent. Discovered significant differences in parental…

Parents (n=110) of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) completed a survey asking about demographics; developmental history; and parental perspectives regarding ADHD symptomology, identification, and treatment. Discusses implications of the results for school counselors. (JPS)

Based on a two-year ethnographic study of an English primary school, this article examines how its headteacher struggled to cope with rapid change while trying to maintain positive relationships within the school and with external groups. Focus is on (mostly positive) outcomes from liaison work with an affiliation of headteacher colleagues (the…

Discusses stress among child-care professionals. Lists major items contributing to job stress, and includes a self-test to determine coping style. Identifies 4 primary coping strategies, and discusses the top 11 coping strategies used by child-care professionals. (ET)

A longitudinal study examined the structure of coping behavior and the relationship between coping style and depression for 603 adolescents in grades 6 through 11 studied in 1989 and 1 year later. Confirmatory factor analysis found a two-dimensional model of coping with factors of approach and avoidant coping. (SLD)

Study compares 27 depressed clients diagnosed with Cluster C personality disorder (PD) with 87 depressed clients without the diagnosis. All clients completed cognitive-behavioral or psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy. Treatment length did not influence outcome for PD clients. PD clients whose depression was also relatively severe showed…

This report on a survey of 224 home visitation programs that provide services for abused and neglected children and their families presents data on program characteristics, characteristics of home visits, credentials of home visitors, and program documentation procedures. Programs reported that training in parenting skills and parent coping were…

Thirty parents were surveyed on problems experienced following disclosure of extrafamilial sexual abuse when the perpetrator was known or related to the family. Findings related to depression, posttraumatic stress, marital satisfaction, relationship to child victims, and loss of significant relationships are discussed. Parental distress and…

This study examined relationships among maltreatment experience, therapeutic alliance formation, and treatment outcome among 38 psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Results indicated that maltreatment, multiplicity of maltreatment, and type of perpetrator were all associated with initial alliance difficulties. Severity of interpersonal…