Examines the implied meanings of labels. Client, patient, and typical person were compared using semantic differential-type scales and the Personal Attribute Inventory. Although client and patient were each evaluated more negatively than was typical person, no significant differences were found between client and patient. (Author/BEF)

Defines the "circle of ethnicity" as a logical paradox that grows out of the relationship between Japanese American and Euro American language, thought, and culture. From psychological and metaphysical perspectives, discusses how the paradox confronts every Japanese American striving for personhood in United States society. Includes author's…

Notes changes in feminist criticism that have occurred and that must occur so that it maintains its legitimacy. Proposes changes that would firmly ground feminist criticism as a vital part of gender studies and literary criticism. (RL)

Schizophrenics were differentiated from their siblings in tendencies to see themselves as symbiotically attached to their mothers and failing to be accommodated to by their fathers. Schizophrenics tend to be aligned with the same sex parent. Findings may help explain the psychosexual identification difficulties of schizophrenics. (Author)

This paper describes the social factors that are present in many graduate programs and contrasts this situation with a different graduate program where the social factors more often produce in students a feeling of "status enhancement," or affirmation about adult status. (CJ)

Based on a review of neighborhood and institutional studies, four propositions are constructed regarding the conditions needed for viability of urban neighborhoods. Attention is focused on shared social networks and formal organizations. (Author/RLV)

Two subgroups of delinquent girls: antisocial offenders and sexual delinquents, were compared to a matched group of nondelinquent girls on the Gough Femininity Scale. Both delinquent groups showed deviant conscious sex roles, the antisocial group having extremely masculine identification and the sexual delinquents slightly exaggerated femininity.…

The academic achievement and attrition rates of mainland Puerto Rican college students and island-born Puerto Rican students are compared. (RLV)

It is possible to outline neighborhood categories based on residential attitudes of neighborhood identification. These three neighborhood categories are: (1) emergent; (2) traditional; and (3) immediate. Each category is likely to make different kinds of demands on policy makers. (RLV)

This study builds on Erik Erikson's "Identity: Youth and Crisis," and describes in detail what social possibilities the adolescent usually considers when cognitively searching the environment, and describes how the understanding of the possibilities enhances or thwarts identity formation. (Author/KC)

Training methods which affect the mind, body consciousness, values, and purpose of life, according to this article, include biofeedback, extrasensory perception, Yoga, transcendental meditation, and Zen. The article describes some elements common to these systems, lists a number of the systems with their costs, and gives some considerations in…

Whether teaching Anglos or Navajos, the teacher sometimes finds himself dealing with subtle expectations and stereotypes that lie beyond the most obvious and malicious graven images. It is not always easy to tell when the image in question is made of stone, not warm flesh. This article discusses stereotypes in the classrooms and literature. (NQ)

Presents case studies that indicate that the process of choosing subjects for the final years of schooling is part of the larger psychosociological process of identity formation for young adults. Uses these cases to reexamine the suggestion that high participation rates in senior mathematics are important for social, educational, and economic…

Identifies seven strategies that will help strengthen the bond between parents and teachers of children with learning disabilities. Strategies include celebrating children's individuality, identifying with parents, providing information, talking with parents, avoiding stereotyping, reaching out to parents, and warning about media portrayals of…

Describes the role of empathy in psychosocial functioning and in the effective parenting of children. The need for empathy training to be a core component in treatment strategies with abusive parents is discussed and approaches to empathy training are suggested, including taking perspectives, emotional replication, and response decision.…