Subjects were 138 inmates from the pre-release unit of a Southwestern prison system, randomly divided into three groups of 46 each. Each group viewed a video-taped model delivering a speech. The independent variable had three levels: (1) lecturer attired in a shirt and tie; (2) lecturer attired in a correctional officer's uniform; and (3) model…

The relationship between ego and intimacy statuses was identified for 88 college students, 44 men and 44 women, and subsequently related to each other and to measures of intimacy, loving and liking. Results indicated that: (1) more advanced stages of identity development were associated with higher levels of intimacy formation; and (2) for both…

Unwed pregnancy in young women was conceptualized as a motivated goal interactively determined by both personality and situational factors. The primary behavioral correlate indicative of this predisposition is inadequate use of readily available birth control techniques (B.C.) for the sexually active female. In addition, sex frequency and the…

This study provides a theoretical focus for evaluating media communication, a generic model which operationalizes this focus, and a case study which documents how this model was applied in the evaluation of the effectiveness of "Carrascolendas," a bilingual television program for children. The core of the model involves two indexes:…

Films function as a persuasive process in that they bring about a reinforcement or change in attitude, belief, or behavior by producing a cognitive restructuring of the audience's frame of reference. Organized research into the effects of films falls into two categories: macro-media studies exploring the way films reflect the psychological…

Studies which have investigated males' and females' attitudes and behavior in organizations have yielded apparently contradictory results. In some studies, individuals have followed traditional sex-role stereotypes; in others, they have not. A proposed explanation for these inconsistencies is that sex-role identification is a more important…

Until recently research on women's educational and occupational aspirations has ignored the role of sex role ideology (SRI) and has concentrated primarily on college women. This study was implemented with 270 grade 12 girls, 25 percent of whom were from lower class backgrounds. Four scales of SRI were administered: femininity, power, division of…

Bibliotherapy is defined as "a process of dynamic interaction between the reader and literature--interaction which may be utilized for personality assessment, adjustment, and growth." A review of the literature dealing with bibliotherapy and a discussion of its uses are contained in this paper. The review indicates that bibliotherapy, if properly…

Oppressed people need to--and are currently trying to--obtain the power to define their humanity in their own terms. However, because it is easy for thrusts toward racial and ethnic consciousness to degenerate into racial and ethnic hate, it is necessary to define the ethnic self in ways that will not conflict with the needs of a world community.…

This report deals with the causes and consequences of alienation as they relate to educational institutions. Recommendations to combat the causes and ameliorate the consequences are offered. The causes of alienation are linked to academic failure, disruption of the relations between school and the community-family support systems, and…

In this study of the professional image of 21 preschool teachers in a single urban community, participants were first observed in program settings and later interviewed. Study findings are based on interview results. Teachers worked in six different types of programs (representing half day and full day care) and public and private nursery schools.…

Purposes of this literature review on the Mexcian American child were to explore the self-concept; cultural marginality, emphasizing resulting conflict and other effects; the occurrence and effects of stereotyping; and the results of studies undertaken to measure self-concept. Findings included that (1) the manner in which a person is dealt with…

This report consists of seven papers by experts on integration, segregation, and separatism in education. The articles, expressing divergent opinions, include four presentations on inner-city education, two papers on Black Studies at the college level, and one paper on the "new" urban university. Authors and titles of the presentations are: Paul…

A large-scale study was designed to assess the extent of emotional disturbance among Head Start children and to provide a consistent basis for selection if therapeutic intervention were indicated. The study's aim was to avoid the problem of shifting baselines by individual teachers for determining the degree to which their children were departing…

Abuses directed towards American Indians have resulted in positive, negative, and undetermined identities. This study focused on some of the problems faced by adolescent Native American Indians, as seen in a 100-year-old Indian Boarding School in western Oklahoma. It was contended, after working with some 400 students in the western plains area,…