The study, exploring affective attitudes toward the past, present, and future, found that youthful offenders were oriented primarily toward the future and past rather than the present. Attitudes toward the future were positive while the past and present were regarded negatively. (Author)

School and College Ability Tests (SCAT), the Omnibus Personality Inventory, and questionnaire data collected indicated that, as compared to persisting students, voluntary withdrawals had higher verbal ability and were more intellectually oriented. Voluntary withdrawals had significantly higher SCAT scores than the failures and the female…

The directory on Research Programs and Services in the Area of Deafness provides listings for selected government sponsored research projects, Deafness Research Foundation projects, research and/or demonstration projects in schools and classes for the deaf, and doctoral dissertations on deaf education. (MC)

The factors that might be associated with success in interdisciplinary research are discussed with a focus on underlying psychological and other personal characteristics. Studies carried out during 1979-81 of over 150 interdisciplinary research projects are described. (MLW)

This paper is as much an attempt to catch some of the flavor of the man Peel as it is an exegesis of his work. It traces his special interests and contributions, especially his experimental extensions of Piaget in the realm of adolescent psychology. (Author/SJL)

Cancer patients suffering from psychological distress underwent conventional verbal interaction and a single intensive drug-assisted therapy session employing dipropyltriptamine (DPT), a short-acting psychedelic drug. Analysis indicates quality of life was enhanced. Relative merits of DPT in comparison with LSD and needs to pursue controlled…

Reviews current and recently completed research projects and dissertations in the areas of bilingualism and bilingual education. (SJL)

Analysis of errors by more than 300 kindergarten children on the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts suggested seven cognitive factors that appear to be involved, including complexity of directions, deficits in spatial perception, and inadequate auditory memory for sentences. (CL)

The factor analytic model of the practitioner-oriented "Opinions about People" was tested with a population of gerontological practitioners. An analysis eliminated nine items not warranting inclusion in the instrument, redistributed the factors, and brought out a completely new factor. (Author)

Indicates that perceptions of oneself and one's body are primarily related to sexual behavior rather than sexual standards. The individual develops self- and body image in interaction. These images are the basis for behavioral decisions involving sexual as well as other kinds of action. (Author)

Eight newborn babies were tested to see whether they could make discriminating head-turn responses to the sound of a 9-second recording of a human voice coming 15 degrees, 30 degrees, and 80 degrees from the midline, from either the right or left side. Journal availability: see EC 113 765. (Author)