This article extends the work in the area of academic achievement among adolescents through an examination of the role clique membership plays in determining grades students receive. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study was to analyze the needs of disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged students in the sixth grade, ninth grade, and twelfth grade in selected public schools in Mississippi. (Auth)

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of various attributes of the family in the structure and process of social influence during adolescence. (Author)

In an effort to study the meanings of individual item-endorsement strengths, as well as their interpretations, the present investigation compared parent and adolescent factor structures, each independently derived from a 36-item survey of attitudes on contemporary issues. (Author/RK)

Notes that intergenerational theories of family functioning sparked interest in empirical investigations that test intergenerational relationships. Presents test of difference scores enabling researchers to compare related and unrelated dyads, thus creating comparison group when using only two generations. Contrasts procedure with correlational…

This study is a follow-up of an unpublished dissertation study completed in 1964 focusing on the moral attitudes that adolescents develop through interaction with the adult community as well as their peer groups. (Author/RK)

This paper was concerned with the correlation between the extent of a youth self-defined rebellion and 1) perceived parental marital happiness; 2) the restrictiveness-permissiveness of perceived child rearing practices; and 3) perceived division of authority of parents. (Author/RK)

Attempts to determine objectively, by means of a word list containing specific sexual terms, which aspects of sex most interest young adolescents, and how the females and males differ in their interests. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between adolescents' perceptions of the role clothing plays in the occupational world and the occupations to which they aspire. (Author)

Focuses on the relationship before and after pregnancy between a group of young mothers and the fathers of their children. Considers the problem of legitimizing the child and the provision of a so-called "normal" home with both parents versus the adequate preparation of the young mother for future life through completion of her…

To test the hypothesis that there are three distinct groups of late adolescents and that their differences and similarities may be studied using a quasi-ecological approach, a graduate level educational psychology class gathered "archaeological" data by surveying the rooms of post high school adolescents. (Editor)

Focuses on one specific kind of information and guidance employed by many adolescent females as a source of information on sexuality, female erotica, and for information on the female role--the female self concept. (Author/RK)