Contends that men's studies must incorporate the study of gay and bisexual men into its subject matter from the beginning. Suggests that men's studies offers a multidisciplinary approach that can serve as the intellectual base for future development in gay studies. (Author/BL)

Arthur Chickering's (1969) psychological theory that men and women from the ages of 17 through 25 years share common developmental tasks was tested in a cross-sectional study of the psychosocial development of 241 college students and adults. Evidence supported a sequence of developmental tasks for women that differed from Chickering's theory.…

Discusses an educational protocol conducted with a group of older women in religious life. Sixty women, aged 60 and above, members of a Roman Catholic religious order, participated in a series of educational workshops. They explored their own personal growth and development through exercises in values clarification, lifeline, and life review. (CT)

Concepts from the logic of modalities are applied to the life cycle to elaborate a new theory of adult and late-life development. Four logical modalities are described, each cognitively and emotionally governing discrete periods of life. It is hypothesized that optimal development in adult life includes explicit awareness of these modalities. (RH)

Identifies three basic principles of child development that educators, parents, and concerned citizens should promote. (BJD)

Focuses on the meaning of culture and technology for counseling and developmental services. Suggests that the profession has failed to respond to cultural realities, and a full-scale review of professional systems is needed. (JAC)

Reviews and summarizes selected children's books published since 1970 that deal with growing up. (HOD)

Presents a review of social trends having significance for women's gender roles, identifies potential implications of these trends for home economists, and makes observations about these implications for the personal lives of women who are home economists. (JOW)

Discusses the Youth and Community Service in England and Wales and indicates that its fundamental purpose is to provide programs of personal development comprising social and political education. (JOW)

This paper discusses a well-known problem of stage categorization within Kohlberg's theory of moral stages (L. Kohlberg, 1973), that of "Stage 4 1/2." Some subjects previously scored at stage 4 in Kohlberg's framework took on some characteristics of stage 2 reasoning, which suggested the possibility of regression. To reconcile this…

This study examined the effects of a weekend marathon on the level of self-actualization of college students and the relationship between ego strength and extent of change in self-actualization. The group experience did increase self-actualization, but participants' initial level of ego strength was unrelated to changes in self-actualization.…

Basic facilities and layout for photography classes make available almost endless possibilities with which to develop individual creative potentials. (Author)

Students in three schools in grades 8 through 11 were asked to write what kind of person they were. Responses were categorized with the most popular categories being concerned with such socially approved topics as school, family, athletics, self, and friends. Less frequent listings occurred for topics such as drugs and sex. (Author)

Although there has been much research about the relationship of learning and performance and individual differences in learning style, there has been little written about how to diagnose the styles. The author presents a theoritical understanding of learning styles and suggests assessment questions that a counselor can use in observing students…

Today, schools in the United States not only do not facilitate personal growth but do just the opposite. The student lives in an autocratic environment over which he has no control. (CK)