Details some problematic features of G. Zivin's framework on the development of expressive behavior. (HOD)

Differences between adjustment to and enjoyment of retirement for a sample of retired professional men are explored with respect to different phases of retirement. Income was a significant predictor of adjustment whereas personality was a significant independent variable for the prediction of enjoyment of retirement. (Author/CT)

Ninety-two adult twin-pairs were recruited. Twin zygosity was determined by self-report inventory. Monozygotic twins resembled one another more than dizygotic twins in most measures of both level and lability of mood, which provides modest evidence for a genetic influence on subclinical levels of depression. (Author/ABB)

Explores the relationship between dispositions (i.e., continuities of inclinations and habits), episodic behavior, emotions, and desires; and the development of moral autonomy. Argues that autonomy requires a settled disposition toward the good. Contrasts theories of autonomy based on wants/desires and on ideals. (AYC)

A survey found that American graduate students tend to use an individual coping strategy (self-serving attributions) more than Japanese students in dealing with success and failure experiences related to ability. However, the findings suggest that different cultural groups react similarly in the face of obvious situational information. (KH)

Analyzed data on services offered to battering males in a survey of 90 agencies. Found that most agencies are young, inadequately funded, and provide diverse services independent of each other, and that batterers exhibit characteristics that need specific treatment. Described a developing model for successful treatment. (JAC)

Describes the fusion of feelings and events that goes into writing for children. (EL)

The author discusses a three-dimensional concept of emancipatory education based on experiences of women in the organized women's movement. Emphasis is placed on the encompassing dimension of power as anchored in everyday experience, and branching out into the interior of the individual psyche, and into the exterior of ideological systems and…

Explores Gibbs's (1977, 1979) hypothesis that mature levels of moral reasoning are related to affirmative coping with human needs while conventional reasoning is related to abortive coping. In one study of 28 women and another of 70 adults, an interview questionnaire was used to assess ability to deal with Fromm's existential needs. (Author/CB)

Examined the temperament profile of 1,777 resident assistants compared to a normative sample of 3,352. Results showed the RA could be categorized by higher amiable, expressive, and driving scores and lower reflective scores than the norms, with significant sex differences. Implications are suggested for RA selection and inservice education. (JAC)

Reviews experiences of the author which illustrate a journey toward interdependence. Suggests that sex differences in children's socialization have influenced males and females to react differently to competition and criticism, but women are realizing they can empower each other for survival and growth. (JAC)

The results of this study indicate that undergraduate female students, regardless of race or geographical location in the United States, are more likely to experience guilt feelings than are men. (Author)

This paper presents an analysis of the bereavement reactions of survivors of peacetime disasters resulting in mass-death. A comparison of these bereavement reactions with those described as "normal" reactions to a single-death reveals certain similarities. (Author)

The relationship between well being and expectations is complicated and contingent upon many factors. Self-esteem becomes the balance between ability and ambition. To feel better about oneself entails a combination of striving in certain areas while lowering expectations in others. The three most important domains of peoples' lives are: love…

Comparisons between volunteer telephone counselors and nonvolunteer college students were made on several psychological tests: the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, the Personal Orientation Inventory, and the Self-Disclosure Questionnaire. In their self-concepts, the groups differed only in moral-ethical self perceptions. The counselors' scores…