Examines the psychological well-being of elderly assisted-living residents and factors associated with well-being. Depression, life satisfaction, and demographic, health, and social support variables were measured through interviews. A sizeable minority of the residents reported high levels of depressive symptoms and low life satisfaction.…

This article examines how schools can ensure the well-being of gifted children. It discusses the benefits of acceleration and critiques the practice of cooperative learning. The need to challenge gifted students in highly systematic and informed ways, wherein learning takes place just within intellectual reach, is urged. (Contains 1 reference.)…

Tested a theoretical model that linked membership in a devalued social group to emotional health. Surveyed white, middle-to-upper-class undergraduate students regarding personal and collective self-esteem (by gender), attitudes and behaviors associated with female socialization, and emotional distress. Results supported the direct effect of each…

Examined family networks of 47 geriatric stroke patients for social supports and problems as they related to well-being after hospital discharge. After controlling for patients' medical status at discharge, social supports were not associated with any outcomes examined. Social problems explained additional variance in personal adjustment and…

Used data from national survey to examine effect of children on parents' well-being. In general, parents scored better than nonparents on measures of life meaning, while measures of affective well-being and satisfaction were more strongly influenced by context of parenting. Marital status appeared to be particularly important determinant of effect…

Examined relationships between kinship, friendships, and subjective well-being of Black adults, using data from National Survey of Black Americans. The results indicated, although number of friends was positively related to happiness regardless of age, other aspects of friendship varied by age; size, density, and intimacy of friendship networks…

Examined relationship of positive lesbian and homosexual identity and psychological adjustment in lesbians (N=50) and homosexual men (N=50) and younger sample of college students (N=131). Two coping strategies (self-labeling as homosexual and self-disclosure of sexual orientation to others) were related to development of positive lesbian or…

Examined parents' and children's perspectives on the differences in children's adjustment to family moves that occur because a parent has been transferred to a new job by the employing corporation. Data on 45 children and adolescents and their parents indicated that the best predictor of postmove adjustment was premove levels of adjustment. (NH)

Investigated degree to which secondary school variables of grade point average, involvement in school activities, knowledge of interests and abilities, knowledge of different occupations, amount of part-time work, and vocational attitude maturity at grade 12 were able to predict career certainty, career maturity, satisfaction with occupational…

Examined the relative power of measures of perceived family support, hopelessness, and depression for the classification of suicide attempters and nonattempters in a series of 8- to 13-year-old psychiatric inpatients (N=25). Results indicated that a measure of a child's perceived family support discriminated between suicide attempters and…

A new questionnaire instrument, the Life Satisfaction Index for Adolescents (LSIA), has been developed for adolescents with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). This article reviews the conceptual basis of the LSIA, its development, and its reliability and validity (established with 15 male adolescents with DMD). (DB)

Examines the relationship of masculinity and femininity to self-esteem and environmental pressures for each of these sets of behavioral characteristics. Results indicate a stronger pressure for masculine characteristics than feminine characteristics. The person-environment interaction suggests that a masculine environment may place women who are…

The Encourage Program at Children's Hospital of Saint Paul (Minnesota) helps teens with chronic or life-threatening illness adjust to the changes in their lives through individual contact with peers who have similar conditions. The program addresses the unique needs of chronically ill adolescents as they go through various stages of development.…

Psychological and sexual variables were compared for white women, ages 18 through 22, who did (n=41) or did not (n=400) report prior forced sexual intercourse (FSI). Those who had FSI had lower internal locus of control and higher depression scores and needed and received more psychological help than those not reporting FSI. (Author/SW)

Studied interrelation of six facets of control and their ability to predict older persons' well-being. Found modest correlations between control measures. Neuroticism and sense of coherence predicted negative affect. Established tendencies of independent association of mastery with global well-being and of social inadequacy with positive affect.…