In the few programs in which systematic evaluations have been conducted, quality day care has been found to be associated with intellectual gains, with the acquisition of adaptive social skills, and with healthy physical and emotional development. (Author)

Inquiry focuses on the language by which children describe various altered bodily states in order to communicate them to others. Parts II and III of this study are PS 502 000 and PS 502 002. (Authors/MB)

A number of projects have resulted in possible approaches to psychological education. This article describes some of these activities and reports the author's research to determine their effectiveness with his high school English classes. (Author)

A review of Anxiety and Ego Formation in Infancy" (International Universities Press), by Sylvia Brody and Sidney Axelrod. (RY)

Discusses the role of the caseworker in providing support to children experiencing separation from their families and emphasizes the need to recognize that there are differences between those separation experiences dictated by the needs of children and those dictated by arbitrary or noncasework factors. (AJ)

Studies of the effects of emotional deprivation during infancy and childhood are cited in this article about the nature and meaning of love. (MF)

Highlights four years of experience at a day care center serving 80 children, between three and six years of age, on Manhattan's West Side. Center uses small groups as a modality for improving learning. (Authors/JM)

The authors bring together findings from research dealing with the effects of father absence in children's development. (WY)

Lecture delivered at the November 2, 1968 meeting of the Association of Independent Maryland Schools.

Explored the relationships between network variables and level of self-valuing within a group of women who demonstrated interest in careers traditionally associated with males. The major focus was on the differential importance of male-referenced versus female-referenced variables in predicting level of self-regard within such a group. (Author/PAS)

Interviewed first-time expectant fathers (N=100) regarding factors which contributed or detracted from their emotional readiness for fatherhood. Found factors contributing to readiness for fatherhood included: a sense of stability in the couple's relationship, relative financial security, and a sense of closure to the childless part of the…

Examines the psychosocial and academic problems resulting from overplacement or premature enrollment of primary school children. The educational system compounds the problem by ignoring the differences in maturation levels among children of the same age. The possibility of speeding up maturation rates and suggestions for preventing overplacement…

To examine patterns of maladjustment in preschool children, 173 children from a general kindergarten population were observed and rated by teachers using the Bristol Social Adjustment Guides. Principal-components factor analysis with varimax rotation extracted three dimensions of maladaptivity (i.e., general overreaction, socioemotional…