This study attempted to determine whether Palestinian children living in the West Bank experienced anxiety as a result of the Israeli occupation. It also attempted to assess whether their anxiety influenced their political views. Children ages 9-12, living in villages and refugee camps, participated in the study. Observations and interviews were…

Self-regulation of behavior generally refers to controlled, cognitive monitoring of the actions and steps required to obtain a goal, or to bring about a desired response from the environment. Age-related changes in self-regulation as well as individual differences at a given age or developmental stage play fundamental roles in shaping children's…

In recent years many researchers, clinicians, and testing companies have shifted from paper-and-pencil to computer administrated tests of psychological measures. This paper explores the feasibility of using the Internet to collect data from the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), the Negative Mood Rating Scale (NMRS), and the Trait…

This paper compares the self-reported emotion regulation strategies of individuals classified as depressed, depression-vulnerable (formerly-depressed), and never-depressed. Depressed individuals scored significantly higher than never-depressed participants on thought suppression as measured by the White Bear Suppression Inventory. They also scored…

Civic involvement is a powerful opportunity in which young citizens can be more engaged in society. It provides young citizens with various opportunities to see themselves as contributing members to the community-at-large. Civic involvement enhances citizenship and civic engagement, allowing young citizens to develop a sense of community as an…

Techniques are presented which explore a single dimension of the subject under consideration as no technique, in and of itself, provides for a comprehensive analysis of the constitution. Approaches are presented which can be most effectively utilized by the teacher. (JB)

Presents a theory which attempts to incorporate phenomenological views on the self-concept within an objective framework: the self-concept is identified as a self-theory. (Author/JM)

Discusses the value of measuring noncognitive achievement of high school students and provides examples of basic evaluation techniques that can prove useful in measuring the overt behavior of students in the affective domain. (JR)

Discussed are the issues and activities involved in creating a curriculum aimed at helping children understand the nature of feelings, human growth and development, and the process of learning. (JB)

Charges that schools that provide career development programs are striking out in the wrong direction, feeding information instead of appealing to students' emotions and feelings. (Editor)

Two age and two ability level groups (educable and trainable) of 144 male retarded subjects were tested for aggressive and affective imitative responding subsequent to exposure to three modeling conditions. (Author)

There is little definitive research to support coeducational grouping as the optimal grouping pattern for first grade boys and girls. (Authors)

The article points up the need for all counselors from whatever cultural background to work hard to understand the cultural differences present in their client groups, accepting these differences as being in no way inferior merely because they represent minority group persons. (CJ)