This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 26 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) individual differences in the use of comprehension strategies; (2) field dependence-independence and text comprehension; (3) automaticity of word identification and reading comprehension; (4) induced visual imagery and literal comprehension; (5) competencies and uses of reading; (6) anaphoric resolution in text comprehension and memory; (7) the use of story concepts during reading; (8) mnemonic encoding strategies for recognition and recall of abstract prose information; (9) six theories on reading; and (10) the use of context clues to derive meanings of unfamiliar words. (MM)