Many Latin American immigrants have encountered new social problems, including language barriers, stereotypes associated with being hispanic, special insecurities experienced by women, role changes, isolation, and alienation from families. Attitudes about return migration appear to be different in men and women. Men more often wish to return to…

Aging individuals are most often cared for by a spouse or middle-aged child, usually a daughter. As the aging population increases, as longevity increases along with the likelihood of chronic and disabling conditions, women will be facing many special problems related to their role as caregiver. Many women who are serving as caregivers to their…

The relational concepts developed in mathematics and psychology are used in this paper to explicate the needs and responsibilities of dramatic acting and theatre research. A parallel is constructed between the emergence of the mathematical concept of function, the awakening of psychology to the concept of relationship (especially regarding family…

College women believe both the maternal role and the career role provide a variety of rewards. Though the marital and emotional costs of each role are recognized, college women do not hold a realistic impression of the role conflict and strain connected with the career role. (PS)

This article suggests that sharp differences in political attitudes among leaders in the field of school psychology may stem from differences in perceptual style. A series of political observations and prescriptions are presented from what may be a minority perceptual viewpoint. Jack Bardon's proposal is reviewed and criticized from this same…

Reviews the literature on assistant principals. Concludes that from a sociological perspective, the existing knowledge base has contributed little to an understanding of the social character of the school setting, the internal and external careers of administrators, and problems associated with training and developing professional administrators.…

Arguing that the stereotypes of aging and the aged in books and other media are generally negative, this article provides an overview of media study findings and comments extensively on the image of the elderly in several contemporary realistic young adult novels. Eleven references and additional novel titles are provided. (EJS)

The issue of teacher/coach role conflict is assessed in five areas: (1) conflict in values between coaches and society; (2) lower status of coaches in the educational profession; (3) conflict between personal advancement and commitment to athletes; (4) combined workload of the teacher/coach; and (5) differences between teaching and coaching…

The author reviews several perspectives on the relationship between the composer and the performer of a musical work. Specifically, he examines the boundaries of that relationship, seeking to define the extent to which the performer may creatively interpret a work without violating the composer's intentions or established musical tradition. (SJL)

Comparisons between sibling relationships in industrialized and nonindustrialized societies revealed differences in how siblings are defined, cultural norms regulating sibling role responsibilities, importance of sibling structure variables, sibling caretaking and socialization, relationship between siblings, and range of variation in sibling…

Reviews the existing research on the role of grandparents in the lives of children with disabilities. Although parents and grandparents report a wide range of supportive activities and involvement, grandparents may also be an additional burden. Clinical and educational professionals are urged to facilitate the role of grandparents as a resource…

It has been argued that the nature of academic school psychological programs and the training provided by them are revealed mainly by the informal and often more latent messages delivered to students. Posits that these informal determinants of the training program determine to a large extent the role definition of school psychology that guides…

The issue of the expansion of international interaction and cultural stereotypes, and their effect on the levels of communicative competence and the willingness to participate in international cooperation is addressed. One specific form of national stereotype, the reflected autostereotype, is described. An examination of reflected autostereotyping…

A professional role that may be one of the most immersively demanding professions is that of the Roman Catholic priest. This internalized role creates psychological/emotional territorialities which regulate the person's sexuality, societal status, professional rituals/behaviors, social interrelationship expectations, and work rituals. The…

The role of the public health nurse as part of the multidisciplinary team serving the handicapped child is discussed. Seven components of the special education process in which public health nurses are sharing a role are outlined: early identification and assessment of disabilities, health appraisals, referrals, interpretation of the handicap to…