Existing research in Jamaica on children and families has focused on family structure and function. The recent worldwide focus on the rights of children, particularly young children, has highlighted the absence of research on child rights in Jamaica. This article explores the implementation of protection and participation rights within the family,…

Firearms account for the majority of deaths among young Black men in America. This article presents a qualitative investigation of youth temptations, emotional reactions, and subsequent behavior with respect to guns. Twenty-three youth enrolled in a community-based firearm reduction program have participated in interviews on retrospective…

Article expands on one aspect of conceptual conflict, contradiction, in order to illustrate in greater detail how it might be exploited in educational practice. (Author)

A literature review revealed little empirical research on forgiveness, suggesting the need for a model of forgiveness. The work of both E. M. Pattison and L. B. Smedes was used as a foundation upon which a model was developed involving a four-stage decision making process. The four stages of forgiveness are awareness, change, interaction, and…

The history of the United States Constitution is outlined in this account of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. The document is grouped according to 12 topical headings, which follow a brief account of the participation of George Washington and James Madison. Section 1 deals with the conceptualization and development of the Articles of…

A study explores how and to what extent eight Indiana newspapers in six communities use attorneys in the editorial process and to resolve disputes. Editors who supervise the newsrooms of the eight papers were interviewed using a questionnaire composed of both closed and open-ended questions. Results indicated that newspapers in the larger…

Although over 5,000 children and adolescents commit suicide annually, little is known about suicidal thinking of normal children. Due to ethical considerations, researchers must be sensitive to the possibility that they could introduce suicide as an option to a child. A methodology was developed to examine suicidal thinking through projected…

Patterns of joking, formality, and avoidance were found to be functionally important in allowing black and white professors in predominantly white, non-Southern universities and colleges to deal with intergroup problems of prejudice and status dilemma. (EH)

A study of Wellesley and Bryn Mawr Colleges when molders of female colleges determined whether higher education for women would represent a break from the perpetuation in educational institutions of feminine passivity and dependence. (Author/KM)

Paper discusses in some detail the design of a problem-solving monitor and includes an annotated student protocol and the corresponding problem-solving graph. (Author)

A prevalent theory about the cognitive aspect of humor is that most humorous stimuli are characterized by incongruity that is first perceived and then resolved. However, the combination of incongruity and resolution is not sufficient for constituting a joke--resolution should be inadequate as well. In other words, resolution is brought about by…

This document summarizes some of the major findings and basic conclusions of a study conducted during the 1973-75 period, the goal of which was to assess the impact of collective bargaining on conflict resolution practices in higher education. The population of institutions operating under collectively negotiated contracts with faculty in…

This paper attempts to define the terms "vague" and "ambiguous" and then argues that the problem of doublespeak revolves around the deliberate use of ambiguity, not vagueness. Through several situational examples, doublespeak is defended as a sometimes useful tactic in order to stimulate and encourage open inquiry and…