Describes how, at the University of Denver's technology services office, electronically savvy students solve problems from sticky keyboards to lost passwords. (EV)

Using a modified Solomon four-group design, 437 business students were divided into 6 treatment and 2 control groups. Treatments included service-learning lectures, service-learning projects, or lecture and project with and/or without pre and posttests. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated service learning treatments significantly affected…

Participants (n=391) were asked whether they were mentored or willing to mentor. Prosocial personality traits (other-oriented empathy and helpfulness) were related to willingness to mentor. Empathy was related to actual experience as a mentor. Career and life stage variables were also related to mentoring willingness, suggesting that both…

A brief discussion of the what, whom, and when involved in faculty development precedes a more detailed exploration of how faculty development occurs in an informal collegial environment. "Give-and-take" interpersonal behaviors such as coaching, advising, delegating responsibility, listening, arranging introductions, maintaining confidentiality,…

Examines the empirical evidence on interventions for burnout in the helping professions, published between 1974 and 1986. Looks at research on coping strategies and studies on active interventions, including those evaluating organizational changes and the impact of burnout groups. (Author/NB)

Forty-three books, published in 1988, are recommended for classroom use. Books for lower, middle, and upper grades are included. The selection included classics and books that emphasize such themes as risk-taking, caring, and having fun with words. (IAH)

Spiritual care that enhances patient well-being should be taught to nurses, but it is unclear how or if it is being taught, according to a survey of 685 Scottish nurses. Nurses should be aware of the spiritual dimension of their own lives, have experience and learning from crises, and collaborate with clergy in meeting patients' spiritual needs.…

Tested the validity of the Friendship Qualities Scale (FQS), which assesses the quality of children's and early adolescents' relationships with their best friends along five aspects of the friendship relation: companionship, conflict, help/aid, security, and closeness. Discusses the dimensions according to the issues related to the measurement of…

Examined factors that correlate with satisfaction with peer counseling. Findings from 159 students who had met with a peer counselor during 1 academic year revealed that, in general, students were only slightly satisfied with peer counseling services. Students who were satisfied had received empathy and understanding, as well as problem-solving…

Using grounded theory, interviews with 12 males elicited themes for their choice of a nursing career: (1) desire to care for others; (2) practical motivations related to job security and salary; and (3) feelings of power and empowerment, related both to their being male in a female-dominated occupation and to critical care issues. (SK)

Compared aid given by adult daughters to self-sufficient elderly mothers (n=43) with that given by adult daughters to elderly mothers who were dependent for aid (n=139). Results suggest caregiving is intensification of preexisting patterns of aid-giving that is evident in female intergenerational relationships. (Author/ABL)

Examined impact of cause of death on responses to bereaved individual. Sixty adults listened to audiotape of recently bereaved widow. There were three versions of tape, each identical except for stated cause of death: suicide, accident, or heart attack. Found that respondents were more anxious after interaction than before. Perceptions of person…

The Pioneers, a group of students in a residential treatment program at Woodland Hills in Duluth, Minnesota, describe how they are changing their lives and community through peer helping and volunteer service. (Author)

Examines factors facilitating support giving to members of the social network by elderly Jewish persons residing in assisted-living facilities in Israel. Results reveal that it is principally the perceived support measure along with two personal characteristics that explains the variance in support provision scores. (Author/MKA)

Explores current social work practice and human service innovations based on interviews with practitioners in Chicago, New York City, and St. Louis. Offers rationale for reorientation of social workers' helping relationship and how it can contribute to human services reform. Examines strategies and innovations that can help professionals make this…