Background: There is growing research interest in the association between parental control and child anxiety. Parental control may enhance child anxiety and parents may exert control in anticipation of their child's anxiety-related distress. Moreover, high levels of anxiety in parents could influence the development of parental control. Whereas…

Cognitive control of behavior continues to improve through adolescence in parallel with important brain maturational processes including synaptic pruning and myelination, which allow for efficient neuronal computations and the functional integration of widely distributed circuitries supporting top-down control of behavior. This is also a time when…

The aim of this article is to contribute to an improved comprehension of the relations between administrators and teachers. The main argument is that mutual dependency is an operational feature of a school organization. I analyse a school case that shows essential features of the interconnections between the parties. An extensive commitment to ICT…

In this paper, I first refer to the center-periphery dichotomy in terms of scientific output, placing emphasis upon the relation that exists between science and technology development, on the one hand, and social and economic development, on the other. I then analyze the main problems faced by most peripheral journals and the role nation states…

The relative advantage of the left (LH) over the right hemisphere (RH) in processing of verbal material for most individuals is well established. Nevertheless, several studies have reported the ability of positively and negatively valenced stimuli to enhance and reverse, respectively, the usual LH greater than RH asymmetry. These studies, however,…

This declaration of the principles which should guide the treatment of books, both nationally and internationally, has been adopted by the international professional organizations of authors, publishers, librarians, booksellers and documentalists. (Author)

Changes in symphony orchestra and string orchestra organizations are proposed with a view toward attaining a higher standard of performance. (CK)

A community organization in Philadelphia strives to change the outlook of Negro youth living in the ghetto by providing them with heroes to emulate. (CK)

In every sector of our society, volunteers are being called upon to do more. In schools, for example, parents raise funds for equipment, supplies, and sometimes even teachers. They also step in to provide programs that schools feel they can no longer afford. In many ways, volunteers provide the skills, energy, and commitment necessary to keep…

This investigation examined relationships between college experiences and alumni participation in community organizations. College experiences were measured by participation in college activities and by perceptions of college contribution to developing intellectual and personal skills. Participation in activities during college was a substantial…

Residents of Appalachia, especially those in rural Appalachia, are generally considered to be medically underserved. In fact, cancer mortality in Appalachia, especially in rural Appalachia, is higher than it is in the remainder of the United States. Developing from the Appalachia Leadership Initiative on Cancer, the Appalachia Cancer Network (ACN)…

This article examines the sequential organization and social meaning of a "stone fight" between a group of Spanish Gitano children and a group of non-Gitano neighbour children. The episode crystallizes an ongoing dispute between neighbours in the community regarding access and use of public spaces and plazas. The authors argue that this occasion…

The organization of institutions of higher education has been seen as operating with ambiguous purposes in vertically oriented structures that are only loosely connected. The rationale for this ambiguity is twofold: (1) to allow for creative thinking, and (2) to respect--and even encourage--the autonomy of different disciplines. But ambiguity of…