Political division and domination by different foreign powers have given birth to national identity problems which Samoans face both at home and abroad. Community leaders should put aside antagonistic feelings among themselves and restore appreciation for the "faasamoa," that body of customs and traditions once shared by all Samoans. (GC)

Children can learn about human experiences and communicating with others through literature. Books that help children understand the elderly, break barriers, and experience turning points are discussed. (DF)

A correlation was found between high (independent) occupational positions and masculine scores on the Franck Drawing Completion Test (FDCT). Acceptable individual long-term stability was also evident. The FDCT appears to be useful in assessing gender identity. (Author/ABB)

Presents two studies on the effects of father identification on the sex role and peer intimacy of college-age daughters (N=221). The first concerns the masculinizing quality of a strong primary father identification and the daughter's diminished heterosexual orientation. The second explores the role of empathic skill in distinguishing between the…

Eighty college males were given an expanded identity status interview. The contribution of the two new interpersonal-sexual areas (attitudes towards sexual expression and sex-role beliefs) and the standard three areas (occupation, religion, and politics) was assessed by noting the extent of correspondence. Interpersonal-sexual concerns appear to…

Surveyed 308 elderly persons to examine how young they feel and why. Results indicated feeling younger than one's age was associated with psychological health even when the effects of several confounding variables were statistically controlled. Purpose in life was the strongest correlate of identified age. (JAC)

Suggests that work groups of helping professionals may identify with, rather than empathize with, their clients, and then replicate these parallel difficulties at the systems level. Presents a model for administrators to use in understanding sources of organizational stalemate and planning appropriate interventions, illustrated by a case study.…

Discusses case in which four-year-old boy displaying extreme girl-stereotyped mannerisms and playing behaviors extended his repertoire of alternative behaviors through self and peer modeling in which the subject observed brief edited videotapes of himself and another boy engaged in playing behaviors that were not girl-stereotyped. (CMG)

Examines status self-placement literature. Tests Talcott Parsons's inferences that, in predicting young adults' self-placement, (1) father's occupation is more important than other status variables of the father, (2) mother's employment makes the process of self-placement less predictable, and (3) "emancipation" from family of…

The use of the "surrogate self" in counseling is a simple Gestalt-like role-playing technique (Perls 1969) that can be especially effective when the client has begun to see the counselor as a trusted, caring, and understanding person. The role-playing is described. (Author/EJT)

This study explored white students' level of racial/ethnic identity development and whether pre-college characteristics and patterns of participation in curricular and co-curricular activities influenced identity development. This research focused on white students who attended a predominately Hispanic community college. Racial/ethnic identity…

Current models of acculturation and cultural identity are primarily devoted to identifying the course or the levels at which it takes place, but they are severely limited in describing how a sense of self is fashioned out of multiple social and cultural contexts. The acculturative process is impacted, for example, by the reasons for immigration,…

African American males face numerous challenges to their physical and psychological well-being. This project is a survey of the literature and trends relative to African American males from 1987 to the present. In reviewing the fifteen years since Parham and McDavis published their now famous article on African American men as an endangered…

A review was conducted of literature published over the past 15 years pertaining to attachment factors associated with the formation of anorexia and bulimia nervosa. This review first aims to shed light on the connections between disruption in attachment and psychological disturbances underlying eating disorders. The second purpose is to encourage…

A classification of the sources of motivational conflicts found in college students seeking counseling for vocational problems was reported and applied to 82 vocational counseling cases. The major classification categories emphasize personality development and treat successive choice points as transitional periods in a continuous process.…