Discussed is the role of values in adolescent development and the value pathologies found in adolescents in residential treatment. The study describes how values are transmitted by unvarying routines, decrees, traditions, and unspoken codes, as well as by certain child-care practices. (Author/KC)

Reviews literature on changes that occur in students after taking women's studies classes. Changes include self-expression, sense of commitment and responsibility, critical thinking, empowerment, and acknowledgement of diversity. Review determined that students become more liberal in their attitudes toward women, and experience an increase in…

This study assessed the relationship between college students' identity development and their levels of academic achievement in an introductory psychology course. Results demonstrated the validity of Erikson's position that formation of identity continues into young adulthood. Study raises the issue of how intervention programs that assist…

Examines gender differences in domain-specific areas of identity development among college youth (N=210). Also explores gender comparisons of relationships among domains. Results indicate that males were more likely to explore and commit in politics, whereas females were more likely to explore in sex roles and to commit in religion and dating.…

Article searches for educational developments in the inter-related areas of personal development and social relationships. (Author/RK)

Program involving males 7 to 18 years is described. Therapeutic concepts are discussed, emphasizing development of responsibility, honesty and routine and order in the development of self-discipline and individual identity. (RW)

Prevelance of self-reported victimization was found to be high, both while youth were in and out of school. Males and younger students reported higher rates of victimization. Males and 9th grade students were more likely to report engaging in delinquent behaviors. Students who report moderate/high levels of delinquency were more likely to report…

Posits that racial socialization and racial identity protect urban African American adolescents against some of the harmful effects of a discriminatory environment. These factors are hypothesized to influence academic achievement - an indicator of resiliency that has been used in many studies. Provides a theoretical framework that combines…

Investigated the relationships among gender, age, and self-image of adolescents attending three secondary schools in Jamaica. Results revealed statistically significant effects for both gender and age. Gender significantly influenced morals, while age differences affected six other dimensions. Some results contradicted past research. (RJM)

Randomly selected college juniors and seniors (N=101) completed questionnaires concerning marital conflict, parental attachment, and attitudes about love and sex. Results indicated that intimacy was negatively correlated with parental conflict and divorce. Divorce and higher levels of conflict were associated with lower levels of intimacy in…

Due to milieu deficiencies and psychosocial handicaps, some groups are caught in a spiral of poverty, and experience serious obstruction to optimal self-actualization and the achievement of satisfactory quality of life. Article describes the problems of educating milieu-deprived students in the Republic of South Africa, as well as the implications…

Surveys the worries of adolescents in Northern Ireland, with a focus on identifying age and gender differences. Analysis reveals that females report worrying significantly more frequently than males, particularly in regard to transition from school and personal and academic issues. Students over 16 report worrying significantly less than their…

Addresses event-related factors and cognitive-related factors as identifiers of the end of adolescence and the onset of adulthood. Adolescents were surveyed to determine what they believed were the most important attributes for becoming adults, and at what age their adulthood began. The majority of the sample identified cognitive factors as…

The author describes aspects of the size and organizational structure of high schools which reduce human contact and have a negative influence on the sense of community, the development of relationships, and the formation of personal identity. (Author/SJL)

Found that early adolescents use various models to make moral decisions. These include care (wishing others not to suffer), justice (decisions made according to principles), and narrowly concerned or selfish. Males and females used all three modes, with males being more likely to choose the narrowly concerned mode. (RJM)