Reviews and discusses five areas of the empirical research on Black battered women: incidence, social support networks, psychological profile, responses to battering, and use of services. Implications for practice and research are discussed. (Author)

The Learning Enrichment Model (based on Renzulli's Enrichment Triad Model and the Revolving Door Identification Model) provides multiple enrichment options for gifted adolescents. Model components include screening, training, networking, counseling, exchanging information, and parent involvement. Six program forms are included. (DB)

Reports longitudinal research which examined isolation among the unmarried aged and assessed personal characteristics associated with isolation from family and friends. Men and women were more isolated from neighbors and friends than from family, although the never-married maintained more ties with friends. (Author/BL)

Examines the process of integration and settlement among Mexican migrants. The following social and economic developments increase the likelihood that migrants will settle in the United States: (1) bringing family members; (2) making new friends; 3) establishing institutional connections; and (4) obtaining stable, better-paying jobs.(Author/PS)

Describes the System to Assure Elderly Services, an innovative program operated by Consolidated Neighborhood Services, Incorporated in St. Louis, Missouri, which trains elderly volunteers to provide instrumental support (telephone reassurance, socializing, shopping, transportation) for their elderly neighbors and to maintain regular contact with…

Hypothesized that information about families of origin and procreation would contribute to explanation of divorce adjustment. Found that social network size, income change, pile-up of family stressors, and perceived severity of the divorce explained 67 percent of variance in divorce adjustment for men, while perceived severity of divorce alone…

The development and pilot testing of a Work and Support Network Satisfaction Scale (WSNS) for early detection and intervention of troubled and dissatisfied workers is described. The results suggest the scale has potential use in detecting at-risk workers. (Author)

Discusses sources of homelessness, the difficulties homeless people encounter in their daily lives, attitudes toward the homeless, and the social and psychological impact upon children and adults of losing the social identity and security that a permanent home, however poor, provides. (GC)

Uses the Network of Relationships Inventory to assess 10 qualities of children's relationships with mothers, fathers, siblings, grandparents, friends, and teachers. (NH)

Refers to articles within this issue of the Quarterly on the correlates of sociometric status, especially the views of Blyth. Agrees that maps of the child's social network need to be expanded to include nonschool contexts but argues that this effort should be guided by the potential contributions of these systems to social development. (CB)

Interviewed 38 mothers to determine the relationship between network characteristics and social support, and changes in both following divorce. Results indicated that characteristics associated with the support a mother receives may differ from the characteristics associated with how satisfied she feels with her network. With time, social networks…

People living in neighborhoods where certain social classes are more prevalent will tend to have friends from that class. Even though individuals demonstrated strong preferences for certain kinds of friends, the neighborhood setting affected that choice. Friendships are formed by individual preferences operating within the boundaries of a social…

Reviews social support literature and specific findings on the role of communication in the support process. Argues that uncertainty reduction theory may explain how communication affects an individual's perception that he or she is supported. Includes hypotheses for future research and some central dilemmas of supportive relationships. (PD)

Examines the reciprocal relation of community organization and family patterns by participant observation techniques in two isolated fishing communities, similar in ecology and cultural background. Even though work organization in both is small scale, substantial differences in patterns of family life are found. (JAC)

Surveyed 299 older adults to develop hypotheses concerning the influence of life cycle, cultural, and structural factors on psychological desires satisfied through the social network. Findings pointed to the importance of diversity in the social networks of the aged. No one type of relationship satisfied all three psychological desires. (JAC)