The study investigated preferences shown by 25 preschool children regarding the handier toy, the smaller toy, the more probable toy, the animate noun, and the first-mentioned noun as agent in interpreting semantically reversible sentences prior to adult performance. (Author/SBH)

The authors identified, categorized, and integrated many theoretical concepts, and asked marriage and family therapists to rate them in terms of their importance for healthy family functioning. (Author)

The Communication Skills Workshop (CSW) serves couples prior to the onset of serious relationship discord, and focuses on the learning of general communication skills and problem-solving strategies rather than the amelioration of specific relationship conflicts. (Author)

Results for the 30 families as seen as "teaching-demonstration" families suggest that Adler's contention that more "first and youngest" children reveal problems and concerns (as defined by their parents) is correct. (Author)

If a small group is conceptualized as a communication system the operation of which generates discussion, that discussion is a stationary process to the extent that its parameters do not change significantly over time. This research casts some doubt on the nonstationarity conception of discussion. (Author)

Indicates that self-concept is related to self-disclosure in encounter groups, but the nature of the relationship changes over time. Early in group interactions, low self-concept subjects disclosed less; but as they became more comfortable, they increased in self-disclosure until they equaled, or possibly exceeded, initially high self-concept…

Energizing individuals to change relationships with other team members is the prime objective of team building. FIRO-B was found to be a powerful stimulus to change, although individual team members did not report other team members' behavior as being consistent with their FIRO-B scores. (Author)

This study helps destroy the myth that structured experiences are only "games" that are used to entertain, to fill time, or to create interest. Results indicate that structured experiences are a very worthwhile approach to reducing communication apprehension (the anxiety that precedes communication). (Author)

This study is an attempt to provide new data for long-term care planning, which will identify the variables that govern the institutional or community placement of the functionally disabled elderly. (Author)

A study of intellectual and creative achievers in two periods of significant intellectual and creative achievement, 18th century Scotland and 15th century Florence, found that one of the most significant variables was longevity. Achievement was more or less continuous over the whole life span. (Author)

This study assessed the perceptions of unemployed minority persons regarding their needs for career planning help. The results show that the vast majority expressed a need for this kind of service. Significant differences were found when comparisons were made according to sex and age. (Author)

Describes and evaluates the long-term mortality experience of the 515 persons who had attempted suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge, but were restrained. In addition, the author discusses a comparison group of 184 persons who made nonbridge suicide attempts. This study covers the time period from the opening of the bridge through the year 1971.…

This paper examines the relation of marital separation and divorce to suicide. Those persons seriously discussing separation, not actually separated, tended to be less frequently suicidal than long-term separated/divorced. The authors believe that the findings in regard to vacillation and interspouse aggression are especially interesting and merit…

Kerlinger's theory of social attitudes asserts that attitudes toward educational practices can be represented by the independent dimensions of progressivism and traditionalism. This study focused on the relationship between these attitudes and philosophies of realism and pragmatism. Results are discussed in terms of consistency between educational…

Older rural adults were classified as either high or low risks for loneliness according to a combination of physical and social losses that they had incurred. Frequent loneliness was associated with widowhood, poor vision and self-rated health, problems with transportation, frequent use of telephone, low participation and being female. (Author)