Recognizing that status of the elderly is affected by several economic and familial factors, examined influenece of socialization values and ancestor worship. Found that status of the elderly was systematically higher in societies having conformity as a primary socialization value than in those where self-reliance was emphasized. Ancestor worship…

Commends cognitive studies for extending our understanding of alcohol use and abuse. The role of vicarious learning and efficacy and outcome expectations in the development, maintenance, and prevention of drinking, is stressed. Reinterpreted concepts of craving and loss of control as well as models of relapse and prevention treatment strategies,…

Links between rock music, moral values, and youth behavior are difficult to establish. This study shows that while young people are influenced by the content of songs, they sometimes disagree with and criticize lyrics. Thus the premise of adolescents as passive receptors of negative values portrayed in music is not warranted. (VM)

Grant and Sleeter's contention that the form and content of teacher work is as much shaped by teachers themselves as by situational constraints is critiqued and found to be flawed. (Author/MT)

Describes Cafe 84, a day program in Sweden for survivors of German concentration camps, which offers organized but informal activities so that members can socialize and discuss current feelings and memories. Claims large membership as well as reports of reduced symptoms and increased well-being are evidence of program's success. (Author/ABL)

Conscience strength in adolescence was correlated with the development of moral judgment among adolescents and was a predictor of subsequent development during adulthood. A similar pattern of results was obtained for measures of paternal identification and involvement, but not for the corresponding maternal variables. (RH)

The author argues that contemporary expectations concerning the nature of childhood discourage young people from contributing to society. She proposes a reconstructed conceptualization of the role of youth in society based on realistic, nonlimiting expectations and discusses educational implications of her model. (CH)

Describes the Shanghai Party School, which includes training classes, theory classes, and refresher classes and prepares teachers of party schools and cadres for theoretical and political work in China. (JOW)

Over 500 British adolescents aged 12 to 20 completed a questionnaire concerning their attitudes toward the role of women. Results showed males to be more traditional and conservative in their attitudes toward women than females. Results are discussed in terms of the socialization of sex differences. (Author/JDH)

Article critically reviews the research literature on peer modeling among children as a function of model attributes. Conditions under which perceived similarity causes behavioral change are discussed. (RB)

Reviews the application of social learning approaches to helping delinquents change in institutions. Incarceration is not effective in changing delinquent behavior, and may even foster it through exposure and influence of delinquent peer models. (Author/LHW)

Presents social learning perspectives on delinquency. Reviews programs that have tried to understand, prevent, or change delinquent behavior in the community. (Author/LHW)

Discusses D. Durkin's 1979 study of reading comprehension instruction and J. Heap's critique of the study in a recent issue of "Journal of Reading Behavior." Asserts that the traditional reading lesson is a vehicle for acculturation or teaching cultural knowledge and logic. (SRT)

Addresses the process of socialization that takes place in the parent, with the child and adolescent as the socialization agent. Results show adolescents to be effective agents of socialization to their parents in both attitude and behavior in such areas as sports, leisure, minority groups, youth, drug use, and sexuality. (Author/BL)

This is a review of articles on different subprocesses in academic self-regulation, self-systems, instructional context management, socialization of children, metacognitive functioning, and self-verbalization. Conclusions show relevance for self-regulated learning theories in research design and in directing students toward self-reliance. (JAZ)