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Transition to a Middle Level School: What Kids Say.
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Arowosafe, Donna Schumacher; Irvin, Judith L. – Middle School Journal, 1992
Analysis of writing samples from 135 students and interviews with 6 students about their experiences as sixth graders centered around 4 questions: (1) informants about school; (2) amount of stress; (3) safety; and (4) students' perception of school. Outlines activities that might improve the informant role of parents, siblings and peers, and…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Relations within a Family with a Mentally Handicapped Child.
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Lawenius, Maria – International Journal of Special Education, 1988
Fifty-one 10- to 16-year-old siblings of mentally retarded children were given the Family Relations Test and Rotter's Incomplete Sentence Test. Results indicated family dynamics were influenced by parent reaction to the handicapped child. Compared to controls, the siblings showed idealization of the mentally handicapped child and more conflicts…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Conflict, Emotional Response, Family Attitudes
Growing Together: An Opportunity for Young Adolescents and Their Parents. A Report on Catholic Youth in Grades 5 through 8, and Their Parents.
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Forliti, John – 1984
The results of a survey which studied the attitudes and characteristics of Catholic youth and their parents and then compared these with the attitudes and characteristics of non-Catholic youth are presented. A total of 1,130 students in grades 5-8 from 13 Catholic schools, 613 mothers, and 352 fathers completed survey questionnaires. The data…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Developmental Stages