Specifies parameters of adolescent girls in distress in terms of behavioral and personality features. Discusses main characteristics of adolescents, females, and those in social distress. Develops an integrative theoretical model that illustrates uniqueness of this group and its problems. Concludes that needs of this group require establishment of…

The topic of procrastination (putting off for tomorrow what one should do today) is introduced as a well-known phenomenon that has been the subject of widespread general interest, modest professional activity, and remarkably little research interest. In this paper, explicit criteria are formulated to define the phenomenon. The various etiological…

Suggests that the characteristics of an abused child might be the result of the parent's abusive behavior or the cause of such behavior. The nature of the particular encounter and the matching or nonmatching of needs may turn the characteristics of the child or parent into risk factors. (JAC)