In Western societies there are two fundamental views of social deviance: the absolutist and the relativist. This paper examines the assumptions underlying the predominant, absolutist conception of deviant behavior and their consequences for control and treatment of deviants. It then contrasts these with the relativist position. (Author)

The Group Integration Process, described in this article, serves as a broad and guiding set of steps (invitation, induction, orientation, training, relationship, and integration) that helps the supervisor better understand what is to be done in managing a new employee's entrance into a work group. (TA)

In a specialized teacher education program, students are prepared to teach in prisons and correctional institutions. (JD)

Self-concept and adjustment data from anatomical males seeking sexual reassignment surgery were compared with that from a male homosexual group. Findings indicated that the homosexual group had a better self-image and was better adjusted than the sex change group. (Author)

The two Mexican American studies of populations in Arizona attempt to answer the questions: What happens to ethnicity in an upwardly mobile population of definable ethics? Is there an ethnic mobility system which differs in some respects from the dominant mobility system? (Author/JP)

Measures such as achievement test scores, school absences, grades, and citizenship were used to examine effects of a 1979 tornado disaster on fourth and fifth graders over a four-year period. Overall results indicated no significant differences between victims, observers of the tornado, and new residents. Related research and implications are…

Compared the psychosocial adjustment and drug use of eighth-grade students beginning middle school in the fifth, sixth, or seventh grade. Students beginning middle school in the fifth and sixth grade had more favorable drug use attitudes, had more drug-using friends, and felt their friends were less opposed to using drugs. (Author/ABB)

Discusses the problems of social adjustment for children as Nigeria struggles with two cultures--its traditional culture and its Western colonial past. Identifies effects on present day child rearing practices in families and villages. (DST)

Comments on the difficulty of writing novels for adolescents and the writer's efforts to encourage adolescents not to conform, to be responsible for themselves and their friends, and to communicate with adults. (SRT)

The article highlights several concepts that appear important to the social and educational development of learning disabled children. Self-esteem, overcompensation, nondefensiveness, structure, and self-discipline are discussed with commentary from a learning disabled youngster. (Author/CL)

Describes the development of a self-report questionnaire to measure self-relevant cognitions accompanying social distress. Responses of 100 students were factor analyzed. Results suggested the new measure may provide a means of identifying cognitive targets for treatment planning as well as an instrument for assessing cognitive change associated…

The second of two reports on post-special school adjustment of 382 mildly retarded persons, aged 15 to 35 years, in Ireland, gives data on marriage, children, adaptive skills, living arrangements, problem behavior, and social contact. Among the results: sex and socioeconomic class are significantly related to social independence. (Author)

An extensive review of the literature reveals support for the importance of sense of belonging in student achievement. There is also extensive evidence regarding variation of sense of belonging among minority groups and the important role of teachers in creating a sense of belonging for students. The purpose of this study is to examine students'…

The purpose of this study was to examine how Asian students at Western Michigan University (WMU) have adjusted to U.S. culture and more specifically to life at a U.S. university. I. Owie (1982) found a high degree of social alienation among foreign students at two Midwestern U.S. universities. He recommended that universities continuously evaluate…

This study examined whether divergent parent-adolescent perceptions regarding parental acceptance predicted adolescent adjustment when the level of parental acceptance (as perceived by the adolescent) was held constant, a methodological and theoretical issue largely ignored by previous research. Subjects were 192 intact, primarily dual-earner…