Examines the degree of compatibility between the personalities of 22 self-reported child abusers and the target child singled out for abuse in the family. Results showed abusing parents tended to be rigid while their children were more often coded as artistic. Results confirmed Holland's theory of personality. (JAC)

The relationship between selected attitudinal variables among community college faculty members was investigated, using a framework derived from symbolic interaction theory, through a survey of 627 faculty in five Pennsylvania community colleges. Results indicated variations in attitudes toward the community college philosophy and orientations…

Asserts that Asian American kids are looking for Asian American characters with a style that commands attention and respect in terms they can understand. Only in the works of Taro Yashima and Lawrence Yep are the literary sensibility, language and vision of Asian and Asian American culture. We need a body of Asian American myth to form and express…

Presents a theoretical framework which examines the processes of assimilation, and attempts to account for the sociology, psychology and history of people of color, who are seen as being ambivalent because they are restricted by two barriers: a block from being non white and a block from being white. (Author/JM)

Studies of delinquency indicate that fathers are more influential than mothers in the development of delinquent behavior in their children. The responses of 90 Georgia delinquent girls and 85 Oklahoma delinquent girls concerning their fathers were analyzed. Delinquents from both groups indicated that they were not close to their fathers. (Author)

This study investigated the impact of shifts in age identification by older people (N=323) from "middle-aged" to "elderly" within the context of the labeling theory of deviance. Age identification was unrelated to attitudes toward old people and the label "elderly" did not affect self-esteem through any "gate-keeping" process. (Author)

Rural male (N=99) classified in an earlier study as low or high identification males were surveyed five years after graduation. Results indicate statistical differences between groups on occupational status and achievement, educational achievement, and optimism about the future. (Author)

This study examined aspects of adolescent identity formation and the socio-cultural context that shapes the self. A sample of 950 eighth-grade students (males and females of both African-American and European American descent) were asked to identify 2 hero figures (one that they know personally and one that they do not know but is famous) and list…

This document provides an introduction to supervision as a psychodynamic psychotherapy training method. The theoretical orientation of supervisor and supervisee, as well as the style of the supervisor are reviewed. The concept of parallel process in supervision and its importance for parallels between psychodynamic therapy and psychodynamic…

Assertions regarding the impact of the quality of the father-son relationship on sons' gender developmental experience have not been tested empirically in the literature. Such an examination is the focus of this study. As no relational account of the relationship exists, self-in-relation theory was used to ground these assertions theoretically.…

This study explores questions of identity and culture in an urban high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It draws on personal observations, conversations with teachers and students, experimental work in drama, use of video, and student writings to show how race and identity are negotiated among the diverse students of a high school that…

The treatment in one session of three women who claimed that their identities had merged is reported. A social-cognitive strategy of therapy was employed, emphasizing the use of dissonant persuasive communications and a therapeutic double bind. Technical aspects of the therapy are discussed and contrasted with possible alternatives. (Author)

The black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, born June 27, 1872 and died February 9, 1906, was an unrivalled forerunner of the great literary generation of his race that burst forth after the first World War and founded the Black Renaissance; the concept of La Negritude'' developed principally among poets of African descent before World War 2. (Author/JM)

Argues that the compression of poverty and resultant weakening of local relationships in the ghetto, combined with a widespread involvement with television and other mass media, created an orientation toward a larger symbolic black community, and transformed ghetto residents into black revolutionaries. (SF)