Argues that the housewife role itself, which both housewives and employed wives share, is anomic. Data from the 1974 General Social Survey showed that although women in these categories do not differ on this measure once class is controlled, different variables predict anomia for women in each work-status category. (Author/JAC)

Summarizes recent advances in the knowledge and treatment of sleep disorders and examines the interaction of sleep with social work concerns such as aging, depression, sexual dysfunction, alcoholism, and anxiety. Social workers' awareness of the diagnostic signs for sleep disorders and available interventions will improve client care. (JAC)

Presents a definitional model to explain homosexuality and discusses its implications for practice. Contends that social workers must discard the traditional binary model of hetersexual versus homesexual for one incorporating relevant psychosocial factors including life experiences, social reaction, and association with others. (Author/JAC)

Evaluated the psychophysiological impact of Three Mile Island on nearby residents (N=38) compared to people living near an undamaged nuclear plant (N=32), a coal-fired plant (N=24) and a control group. Results indicated that residents of the TMI area exhibited more symptoms of stress a year after the accident. (WAS)

Studied levels of psychological functioning of survivors (N=147) of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire. Results showed the group as a whole was more impaired than the comparison sample. Survivors who were at the fire were less impaired than survivors not at the fire. (WAS)

Discusses counseling techniques for pregnant clients, emphasizing the need to understand the normal psychological changes of pregnancy, i.e., issues of oneness and separation, restructuring relationships, and fantasies. Suggests counseling goals of facilitating personal reorganization and decreasing stress. (WAS)

The computer interfaced with biofeedback instruments was used to assess need projections while viewing 132 picture slides in 11 areas of one's life space. A typical computerized questionnaire assessed stress for the dominant side projections. Interpretation was based on comparison with corresponding group norms. (Author/NQA)

A psychiatrist discusses adolescent suicide and points to clues that may alert teachers to symptoms of student depression. Teachers should watch for students who have experienced a loss and who show sudden changes in behavior. Steps for helping them are suggested. (PP)

Delinquent boys (18 percent of 120) were found to be depressed when DSM III criteria for Major Depressive Disorder were utilized. Results indicated the prevalence of depression was not significantly more frequent among socialized, undersocialized, aggressive or nonaggressive subtypes. (Author)

Discusses intimacy as a multidimensional concept with particular attention paid to love and sexuality among older women. Women's life satisfaction and psychological well-being were related to their satisfaction with their intimate relationship. Passionate and companionate love as well as sexual satisfaction were related to contentment with…

Postwar films, while continuing to depict the stereotype of the disabled veteran as victim or madman, have gone beyond merely dealing with the visible signs of disability to a more sensitive treatment of the trauma of injury, the rehabilitation process, and the relationship between the disabled and society. (Author/MJL)

Based on Fromm's proposed personality theory of the productive and nonproductive use of four character types, studied the productive facet of the four life-style orientations. Analyses of the data from surveys of life and interpersonal relations orientations supported the four orientations suggested by Fromm's theory. (RC)

Counselors should not treat psychological conversion as a sacred process best dealt with by the theologians. Counselors should not criticize clients' religious beliefs based on doctrine but should acknowledge psychological conversion as a departure from spiritual understanding and subsequently help clients clarify religious anxiety within a…

Reports a follow-up study designed to examine the question of cause and effect in the commonly observed association of poor learning with behavior disturbance. Concludes with a discussion of the implications for early diagnosis and treatment of maladjusted behavior in school. (CT)

Investigated attitudes of bereaved individuals toward selected funeral practices. Correlated sex, closeness to deceased, and religious preference to timing of the death, viewing at funeral home and location of funeral service. Found closeness of relationship to deceased emerged as a significant variable in assessing attitudes toward certain…