An examination of death rates among the elderly and trends over the period 1950-1975 and 1970-1975 for selected developed nations provides evidence of continued strong mortality declines for females and somewhat mixed results for males. Implications of these trends for forecasting the mortality component of U.S. population projections are…

It was concluded that peer counselors were successful in modifying the verbal behavior of clients in desired directions. The data also revealed that some counselor leads and microcounseling skills lose strength and may, over time, disappear, while others are maintained. (Author)

Assessed the relationships among school staff role, participation, and satisfaction during Planning Team meetings which decide special education placements and programming. A strong positive relationship was found between staff role and participation. (Author)

Ethical choices were assessed for offenders instructed to produce favorable versus unfavorable impressions. Pronounced impression management effects were obtained for prosocial and antisocial responses, and high scores on a dimension of change defined by these variables were related to sociopathic features on the MMPI. (Author)

By reducing a complex activity to a series of manageable steps, elementary students are able to complete research projects. (STS)

Project INISS investigated the information needs of social services staff in the United Kingdom. This paper describes the origins of the project, the methodology employed in the first phase, some findings, and implications for information services in social services. (Author/KP)

One hundred and fifteen students in Grade 5 made human figure drawings which were compared with their scores on the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory and on teachers' ratings of the students' self-esteem. (Author)

Based on the frequency of citations in the "Social Sciences Citation Index," characteristics of 24 prominent articles published between 1976 and 1985 in the field of mental retardation were compared with randomly selected articles on such characteristics as authors, journals, funding source, research design, institutional affiliation, and content…

The weights and centers of gravity of various body segments were compared in male and female subjects. (GW)

The authors discuss use of the Lindgren-Pauly Body Image Scale in the surgical and hormonal treatment of transsexuals. Psychological implications are also presented. (HLM)

Five studies in vocational education and related fields were presented: influences of educational experience on students' perceptions of business, nurse career mobility, work commitment differences among disadvantaged groups, teacher's guide influence for writing affective behavioral objectives, and organizational and operational changes in school…