Describes the role of volunteers which has undergone some rather revolutionary changes since the days of the gift bag lady." (Author/MB)

The authors describe a survey summary which reports an estimate of the extent to which counselor aides are currently being used in California and the extent to which California schools would like to use these aides. (Author/BY)

Counselors who accept the gay liberation struggle for acceptance and equality, must first rid themselves of their own narrow or destructive attitudes toward homosexuals. It is only after acceptance of persons with different sexual preferences that the counselor can begin to think of himself as a helping person in this area. (Author/BY)

Examined how a spouse can help or hinder an individual who wants to stop smoking. An experienced helpfulness score was calculated from the responses of married subjects (N=46) in a smoking cessation program. Successful abstainers had partners who were more reinforcing and less punishing of the subjects' efforts. (JAC)

Discusses a study to determine if experimental family and community services occupational classes were resulting in improved attitudes toward social responsibility and helping others. (JOW)

Investigated female older adults' (N=76) attitudes toward a similar- or dissimilar-aged dying patient versus a nondying patient. Confirmed less positive attitudes toward a terminal cancer patient. Age similarity did not appear to have strong effects on subjects' perceptions of patients. (Author/JAC)

Teachers and students alike tend to view appraisal as a means of testing and measuring varied strengths and weaknesses. Conventional appraisal is, however, only one approach to appraisal and not necessarily the best one for use in schools. A contemporary approach can facilitate personal choice and planned change. (BRR)

Distinguishes between attribution of responsibility for a problem and attribution of responsibility for a solution. Derives four general models that specify what form people's behavior will take when they try either to help others or to help themselves. Also describes competing models of responsibility in education, psychotherapy, law, and…

This study investigated the relationships between degree of perceived neighborhood supportiveness and demographic characteristics of neighborhood residents. Positive relationships were found on six characteristics. Study subjects were married, middle-class, South Carolina educators. The Perception of Neighborhood Supportiveness Scale (PNSS) was…

Two studies explored the possibility that a set of behaviors that could be characterized as helping would be exhibited by young children. (Author/RH)

Studied the relationship between selected nursing home facility policies and family relationships. Data secured from residents and their families revealed that there can be positive consequences for family relations. Care policies viewing family members as clients have the greatest impact on family relations. (Author/RC)

Investigated helping as a function of empathic anxiety (anxiety in response to modeled distress) and individual differences in sociopathic tendencies. Results indicated modeled distress produces increases in anxiety which are positively associated with helping and sociopathic individuals are less likely to help than are nonsociopathic individuals.…

Academic advisors, it is suggested, should make available to advisees the maximum amount of accurate and relevant factual information bearing on academic matters. Students should then be encouraged to make rational academic decisions and accept full responsibility for them. (MLW)