This paper is directed to people who, sufficiently disturbed by complex realities of problem pregnancies, are prepared to think beyond the confines of ideology. It is a challenge to people who tend to reduce the problem of unwanted pregnancies either to "abortion on demand" or to "right to life" ideologies. (Author)

The Allred Interaction Analysis for Counselors (AIAC) is an instrument for systematically analyzing counselors' and clients' verbal behaviors. It was constructed to provide marriage and family counselors-in-training a method for acquiring meaningful, objective feedback on counseling behaviors. Interrater reliability coefficients have been high.…

A 3-year study of the impact of the 1972 flood in the Wilkes Barre, PA area on the elderly revealed that anticipated adverse long-term effects on elderly flood victims were not realized. Presented at the 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of Gerontological Society, October 13-17, 1976, New York. (Author)

This study investigated whether people engaged in high risk-taking occupations would seek or prefer highly stimulating activities of a nonvocational nature more than people engaged in low risk-taking occupations. The high risk-taking group scored significantly higher than the low risk-taking group on all five dimensions of the Zuckerman Sensation…

Scarcity of time is a pressure felt by many people; this is carried over into their pursuit of leisure, producing stress rather than relaxed enjoyment. (JD)

To determine the point at which successive days of classroom observation results in a reliable sample of behavior, a classroom of 30 kindergarten children was observed over a period of 18 days in four behavior categories. High correlations between running and total averages were obtained around the fourth day. (Author)

The literature on motivational and cognitive factors related to the achievement orientation of black women is reviewed. Achievement motivation and fear of success are discussed, and the inconclusiveness of the findings for black women is noted. Limited data concerning black women's expectations for and causal attributions about achievement…

This article labels some types of general group silence in group counseling and offers some techniques which have been found useful in dealing with these silences. (Author)

The work adjustment of 26 methadone-maintained corporate employees was evaluated. Results indicated: (a) relative to their nonmethadone-maintained coworkers, the methadone-maintained employees had comparable job performance and superior punctuality and attendance; and (b) the methadone-maintained skilled laborers were satisfied with their…

Provides an analysis of the definition, description, and origins of hyperkinesis. Details the various treatments of hyperkinesis and the effects of social factors in the success of the treatment. (Editor/RK)

Notes on dealing with hostility, withdrawal, anxiety, and rebellion in the classroom along with discussion of emotions that enhance learning and on developing sensitivity to emotions. (TA)

Six responses are presented to the question of relationship of love, sex, and commitment as revised by Sager in the Spring 1976 issue of this journal. Theoretical and historical perspectives as well as issues of coupling, eroticism, sexual dysfunction and therapy, and psychosexual development are discussed. (HLM)

This paper reviews the most comprehensive report on one-parent families in the world, the Finer Report of Great Britain (1974). Some of the findings and recommendations are summarized, and the reaction to the report is mentioned. (Author)

The author asserts that a way of life based on understanding man's responses to stress and constant change is the only way that leads out of the present jungle of conflicting judgements about right and wrong, justice and injustice, in which a sense of values has become entangled and obscured. (Author)

The author describes stress and its effect on the counsellor. The use of relaxation training is presented as well as a bibliography of books, journal articles, and tape recordings dealing with the subject of stress. (HLM)