Reviews several current approaches to the assessment of health outcomes in cardiovascular disease, including health-related quality of life. Offers a general health policy model as a method for comparing program options in cardiovascular disease that may have very different objectives. Uses examples from hypertension screening and treatment, heart…

Examined changes in health, functional activities, family cohesion, and psychological well-being among 18 bereaved elderly mothers following the death of an adult child. Results showed changes in all areas, but especially striking was the high level of psychological distress. Recommends increased research and clinical attention. (Author/ABL)

Compared 40 matched pairs of patients discharged from acute care to either nursing homes or to Hawaii's geriatric foster family care program. Foster family patients showed more improvement in well-being and mobility and equal improvement in activities of daily living skills. The cost of foster family care was 61% that of nursing home care.…

Discusses the Matheny et al stress-coping model and analysis of treatment effectiveness, noting the lack of clarity as to the method used by the authors to develop the categories. Concludes by underscoring certain issues, raising several questions, and making a few suggestions in regard to research and treatment issues. (KS)

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 technological progress in our modern society has reduced the amount of time a child engages in vigorous physical activity. A sound physical education program in the elementary school provides growth and development benefits, physiological and medical benefits, cognitive and academic benefits, and psychosocial benefits. (MT)

In separate articles under the same title, both authors stress the importance of students' feelings of self-esteem and well-being in the classroom. The frequency of interaction with teachers, which directly influences self-esteem, diminishes as children move toward ninth grade while attitude toward school and school subjects becomes increasingly…

Responses to a Life Events Schedule were obtained from 408 elderly respondents at both phases of an 18-month longitudinal investigation. Answers to the following questions were sought: What are the usual forms of stress that an elderly person may experience within a specified time period? and How are these stress events structurally related?…

This bibliography of selected materials on workplace health promotion and education is divided into three parts. The first provides an annotated listing of books, reports, and conference proceedings. The second lists more than 130 articles from professional journals, categorized by subject. The third section samples popular magazine articles. (MT)

Offers suggestions for identifying children of alcoholic parents and through school counseling, helping them to understand and cope with their familial problems. Points out the difficulties in identifying and offering assistance to these children. (Author/ABB)

Tests the proposition that self-reliance promotes a sense of well-being among adolescents. Results support the proposition that students enrolled in tracks where close supervision is kept to a minimum and the exercise of initiative is emphasized tended to exhibit lower levels of fatalism. (Author/ABB)

This article reports on a study that tested a life satisfaction model for older women. Findings indicate that life satisfaction was directly and positively affected by leisure roles, income, health problems, and employment background. Homemakers were found to have higher life satisfaction than retirees. Results are presented. (Author/DF)

Used longitudinal data to investigate factors associated with evaluations of work, retirement, and well-being of 1,398 never-married, widowed, and divorced/separated men and women. Factors associated with evaluations tended to be similar across marital status. Formerly married women especially seemed to warrant attention of practitioners who plan…

Compared hospital-based psychological interventions for improving the physical, psychological, and life-style status of patients after myocardial infarction with routine medical and nursing care. Follow-ups showed intervention groups performed significantly better on measures of psychological and life-style functioning; they also reported fewer…

Using three distinct indicators of well-being, differences and similarities are examined between a Wyoming boom town and a Utah non-boom community. Results provide evidence of disruption on only one indicator and highlight the importance of disaggregating boom town populations into distinct subpopulations when assessing effects of rapid growth.…