This handbook attempts to answer questions about informal caregiving and caregivers, focusing on the rural elderly. The first section presents a national perspective on caregiving. Recipients of caregiving, providers of caregiving, the caregiving dilemma, and psychological, physical, family, and financial issues are discussed. The second section…

For research to be considered "valid," the research must be originally based upon a known theory. The result of research should be the expansion of known theory or the development of new theory. An examination was made of marketing (distributive) education research to determine if that research is based upon a theoretical framework and results in…

A number of organizational communication analysts have argued that the field is in the midst of a paradigm shift, away from a strictly rational to a more transactional view of organization, but their arguments are not situated in a well-explicated communication theory. This paper argues for the existence of two, mutually exclusive worldviews of…

Childhood schizophrenia is a rare but serious disorder with complex symptoms that affect children and their families. Childhood schizophrenia was once the term applied for all childhood psychoses, including autism and mood disorders, but more recently researchers have distinguished childhood schizophrenia from other disorders. There are differing…

The influence of language style and gender on perspectives of leadership potential is a function of the interrelationships among gender, language style, and desirable or relevant characteristics of the type of leader sought. The notion that choice, perceptions, and evaluations of language style are goal-related has been acknowledged in the…

This paper reviews the literature on multimedia research focusing on what it says about the role of multimedia in instruction and whether extant research is sufficient and valid. The following topics are reviewed: definitions of multimedia; using multimedia research to evaluate multimedia programs; concerns over research; and suggestions for…

In this study, a Delphi Method was used to collect and collate opinions of 24 Alberta child care professionals regarding the creation of a research agenda on child care. Findings indicated that the 25 research questions (out of an original list of 80 questions) considered important or very important by at least three-quarters of the participants…

This bibliography of computer-assisted career guidance resources contains citations that address a variety of topics including the role of the computer and the counselor in providing counseling and career planning services, the implementation process, research and evaluation issues, and comparative descriptions of two or more systems. In general,…

In the highly competitive, racist milieu of the academy, even feminist scholars, anxious to advance their own careers, can be lured into ethnocentric research practices that exploit, rather than honor or illumine, the communication of women of color. Before feminist scholars write about such communication, they should seek to answer questions that…

Although researchers are only now beginning studies of microcomputer use in classrooms, findings concerning the educational use of mainframe computer terminals indicate educational benefits. The available studies suggest guidelines for classroom microcomputer use. These guidelines include developing administrative procedures for evaluating…

Forty Plus, a voluntary organization for job placement of unemployed executives and professionals over age 40, is described, with special emphasis on the need to know more about it. (AG)

Discussed in the first of a two-part article is Applied Behavior Analysis as a methodology for developing curriculum for learning disabled children. (DB)

The 29 titles are arranged under seven issue areas presented in Budd Hall's article (CONVERGENCE v8 n2 p82-7) regarding: (1) alternative research strategies; (2) need for beneficial research processes; (3) and (4) aspects of research population involvement; (5) community motivation; (6) research as a dilectic process; and (7) research process…

Several methodological issues related to Carkhuff's human relations training model are discussed with an emphasis on developing research guidelines. Each discussion of an issue is accompanied by research guidelines for evaluating the present literature and conducting further research. Several research suggestions are offered which might resolve…

In the ongoing Sibling Adoption Study of sibling relationships, data gathered from three methods was used to assess the sibling relationship in the home. This report focuses on comparison of the information about the sibling relationship gathered from each method. Eighty-four middle-class families with younger siblings, aged four to six, and older…