A study examined the impact of TV viewing motivations on 126 Asian students' psychological and sociocultural adjustment. Subjects were enrolled in a midsize university in the New England area. TV viewing motivation was measured by A. M. Rubin's TV Viewing Motivations Scale. Psychological adjustment was measured by W. Zung's Self Rating Depression…

This article discusses the necessity for pretherapy training when an individual is going to join a therapy group. The authors describe an approach they have used to orient the new members to groups. (EJT)

Described are administrative decisions, personnel factors and adjustment considerations involved in a British firm's hiring of nine mentally retarded adults from a training center. (CL)

The paper addresses the needs of learning disabled (LD) students making the transition to secondary schools. Ways in which learning disabilities may magnify typical adolescent concerns are noted, such as social difficulties presented by poor perceptual skills and the effects of poor self image. Recent research suggesting successful strategies for…

The development of a social skills curriculum for elementary-age emotionally disturbed children is described. Based on classroom observations leading to a list of 20 behaviors considered important for classroom adjustment and learning success (e.g., sitting still in a group, not disturbing others, and working independently), the program consists…

Although research has shown the problems associated with being the offspring of an alcoholic, not all such offspring are maladjusted. To investigate the relationships among variables associated with the adjustment of children of alcoholic fathers, 30 offspring of alcoholic fathers and 40 controls, aged 18 to 23 years, completed demographic,…

The study examined the importance of social protocols (social interaction expectations) in the employability of handicapped persons. The project involved four goals (sample findings in parentheses): survey research (protocols requiring conversational skills were ranked highly, as were following instructions); a naturalistic observation of 17…

Student political activism appears to be, at least in part, a function of socialization experiences and political alienation. One indicator of socialization experiences was perception of independence from parents. Another indicator, sex, proved to be significantly associated with all protest activities. Societal grievances were significantly…

For some time, military behavioral scientists have attempted to find ways to identify the young person who could successfully complete basic training and become a useful soldier while also detecting those individuals who would not be able to adapt or adjust and might be returned to the civilian world. This paper reports on the investigation of the…

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (Chicago, 1968).

Research has indicated that times of great personal loss are usually eased by the presence of a close individual. Widowhood research, however, has shown a lack or brevity of close social support for the widow. The frequency and quality of the significant other relationships of older widows were explored after the initial period of grief and…

Literature is reviewed on the effects on families of having a handicapped child, and a model of the interrelationship of effects is proposed. Topics covered in the discussion include the following: the meaning invested in handicap (labeling, the meaning to the parents, and the effects on the handicapped family member); caring for a handicapped…

THREE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SKILL-ORIENTED, PLAY- ORIENTED, AND FREE-PLAY ORIENTED WERE DEVELOPED. THESE PROGRAMS WERE EXAMINED, INITIALLY, BY SEVEN EXPERTS AND THEN SUBJECTED TO A PILOT STUDY. THE REVISED PROGRAMS WERE TAUGHT BY RESEARCH ASSISTANTS TO SIX EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS WHICH INCLUDED 82 BOYS AT TWO STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE MENTALLY…