Family life writers and educators must become knowledgable about legal protections and restrictions. Definitions of copyright, guidelines for fair use of copyrighted works, and legal penalties for infringement are essential information. Selected cases indicate the legal base for the current status of copyright law relevant to family life…

Data gained in examination of the writings relevant to the meaning of health and the facilitation of the development of the field of health provide implications for the development and presentation of health education. (MM)

Vocational interests, personality, work environment, and background of authors and critics, male and female, in children's literature are examined in terms of Holland's theory of vocational types. On SVIB indicator scales, both authors and critics score as artistic types with "consistent" profiles, but authors are more…

Notes that James Baldwin's new book--The Devil Finds Work--is a look by Baldwin at the movies, and that it is also a look by Baldwin at Baldwin, and the conflicting and contradictory effects the movies have had on his life and all of ours. (Author/AM)

Discusses William Styron's novel "The Confessions of Nat Turner." Comments on the principal charges made against William Styron by the contributors to "William Styron's Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond." (Author/AM)

Teachers can increase students' involvement in literature and improve their skills in research and literary analysis by assigning each student to report on an author born the same day the student was. (DD)

The Brand Emotions Scale for Writers (BESW) is a 20-item scale designed to measure writers' emotions immediately before, during, and immediately after writing. This article describes the development of the BESW and the factor structure of the three different scale forms. (BS)

Two women's study of writing by women in the 20th century found unexpectedly bitter and persistent anxiety and female-male conflict and a common theme of confinement and suppression of emotions and thoughts. (MSE)

Discusses the formulaic sports novels written for adolescents and the genre of such writers as John Tunis, Joe Archibald, William Campbell Gault, and John Carson. Describes several of these author's novels. (NKA)

Analysis of the psychological traits and childhood environments of foremost essayists, historians, and critics (N=42) suggested that, while intelligence was a component of eminence, environmental influences were substantial. Familial, school, and social conditions provided indispensable support during the childhoods of the future essayists.…

Expanded a previous factorial study of the writings of 40 humanistic educators by including 89 educators. Revealed two new factors--self-determined evaluation and a spiritual-transpersonal factor--as important principles of humanistic education. Confirmed the original factors, a general humanistic instructional paradigm, democratically induced…

Examines the past editorial policies of "College English," the types of articles that were commonly accepted for publication in its history, and the changes in that policy. Offers current statistics concerning the frequency of acceptance for various types of articles. (JC)

Summarizes main features of Spanish comparative education in the first 36 years of the twentieth century noting steady increase in publications on foreign education and use of travel as the most common research method. Concludes that studies of foreign education focused on improving the defective Spanish educational situation. (JHZ)

Interview with Alice Childress (born 1920), an actress, playwright, novelist, editor, and lecturer. Her "Gold through the Forest" (1952) was the first play by a Black woman to be produced professionally on the American stage. Her latest play, "Moms," was produced in New York City in 1987. (BJV)