This study identified a set of factors, including vocational exploration and commitment, commitment to the role of work, and participation in the role of studying, which explained 43.3 percent of the variance in the identity development of 95 gifted female adolescents. Of these factors, vocational exploration and commitment contributed the most to…

Natasha is a nursing student with a 4.0 grade point average, a first-generation East Indian American, and the first woman in her family to go to college. Lugging a twenty-five-pound book bag of texts that cause her slight frame to slump forward under the weight, she carries a far heavier burden of familial expectation and pride. She has expressed…

This study examines the ways in which a support and retention scholarship program (College Assistance Migrant Program--CAMP) mediated the first-year college experience of three situationally marginalized, female students of Mexican descent. Findings suggest that educators at all levels of schooling should create opportunities for this population…

Objective: This study investigates attributional styles and psychosocial functioning of men and women with ADHD identified in adulthood to inform practice issues. Method: One hundred and eighty adults participate: 52 females with ADHD, 37 males with ADHD, 51 female controls, and 40 male controls are administered questionnaires broadly assessing…

Since many women writers in the past have known that keeping a journal is a powerful tool of creative expression and self-healing, this book shows that journal writing is the ideal way for an individual to find her voice, an opportunity for women to explore feelings, intuitions, perceptions, and ideas often suppressed in society, and to record the…

The role of parental support in the development of a woman's sense of competence was examined and compared to earlier research. Hennig's study of women executives in 1970 found that a woman's supportive relationship with her father was a key factor in her development of competence. The present study was conducted to examine whether this finding…

This paper emphasizes the crucial exchange between the future of women and the future of adolescent girls who are presumably trying to become successful women. In order to discuss the issues involved in helping young adults, this paper focuses on four themes: (1) adolescent girls and their mothers are confused about what adolescent roles are…

Reports on a seminar planned for women over 25 who wanted to seek out a new lifestyle or rejuvenate an old one. The goals were to help women explore their capabilities, help them develop realistic plans, and to stimulate personal growth. (Author/PC)

Child rearing practices attributed to the Chicana (the Mexican American woman) and their psychological and cultural implications are discussed. (NQ)

Adolescent girls who were referred to a guidance counselor because of lack of academic interest, erratic attendance, or uncooperative behavior participated in this study conducted at a large, urban, public school. Two groups were formed and the function of humor and laughter explored. (BJG)

A newly appointed woman dean discusses the value of a management development program involving a process of self-analysis and self-determination of leadership style and effectiveness (the University of Illinois "Executive Leadership Seminar"). (JT)

The problems and fears of a middle-aged woman who, after 30 years as mother and homemaker, emerges as a modern career woman are presented. (HMV)

Investigated the effect of personal growth and assertive training classes on the sex-role self-concept of 116 women in personal growth classes and 70 women in assertive training. Subjects increased their acceptance of masculine characteristics. (Author)

Participants (N=24) included undergraduates and nontraditional students over age 25. Of the critical events investigated, 27 percent were qualitatively different from Chickering's description of developing autonomy but were similar to his relationship task. Concluded there is no single way to develop autonomy. (Author/ABL)

Studied the educational, vocational, and personal development of adult gifted women. Obtained biographical accounts from 30 randomly selected females who graduated from a high school for the gifted from the 1930s into the 1980s. Generalizations drawn from the research results provide recommendations for educators and counselors to assist and…