The paper was originally presented at the 1967 American Orthopsychiatric Association in Washington, D.C. (Author)

Describes treatment employing behavior modification techniques and consisting essentially of rewarding the entire class for academic improvement shown by the underachiever. (Author)

Researchers examined social and psychological motivations for those who participate in leisure activities and developed an instrument to measure these motivations. The instrument includes four subscales for dealing with intellectual, social, competence-mastery, and stimulus-avoidance dimensions of motivation. (Author/PP)

Assessed the relationship between social avoidance and distress and several dependent variables. Results indicated that people distressed by social interaction are likely to be less self-confident and to exhibit lower needs for affiliation, change, and dominance, while exhibiting a stronger need to defer to others' judgments and opinions. (WAS)

The verbal behavior of 16 female preschool teachers was videotaped during play in dyads with a nonverbal socially unresponsive autistic four-year-old boy and his nonhandicapped fraternal twin brother. Language to the autistic child was simpler, more concrete, and more often accompanied by gestures than language to his brother. (Author/SEW)

Three of William Rhodes' 1975 predictions about the mental health system are discussed. It is advocated that caretakers invest more extensive and intensive interpersonal time. In addition, the dangers of classifying children are considered. (SEW)

The study identified a common core of behaviors as perceived by 50 elementary teachers who work with socially and emotionally disordered (S-ED) students. The behaviors ranked as most detrimental were those describing active and/or aggressive actions. When these behaviors are exhibited, elementary teachers perceive them to be detrimental to…

Predictors of adolescent loneliness were investigated in two samples of high school students (n=92) and college undergraduates (n=192). Results were similar across samples and in agreement with previous research, suggesting that loneliness develops as a consequence of disruptions in relationships with significant others (i.e., inadequate social…

Relationships between age and community adjustment were studied in 153 deinstitutionalized mentally retarded adults. Results showed that, although the two groups (18 to 54 and 55 and over) were comparable in IQ and recidivism rate, the older Ss lived in less autonomous residences in the community and functioned at a lower level. (Author/CL)