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Peer reviewedBerman, Alan L., Ed. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1990
Presents case summary involving survivors of suicide of 17-year-old child. Includes two therapists' comments on working with issues and dynamics described. One therapist suggests seeking entry into the family system through the father's difficulties. Another therapist recommends using the "Gandhi technique" or the intervention used by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Case Studies, Counseling Techniques
Peer reviewedMutzell, Sture – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
A longitudinal study of 211 male inpatients at an alcohol clinic and their children, and a random sample of 200 men and their children, found that men in both groups who used alcohol and drugs were equally likely to be involved in crimes with drugs, whereas children in both groups exhibited similar levels of social maladjustment and health…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Crime, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Attitudes and Opinions from the Nation's High Achieving Teens. 18th Annual Survey of High Achievers.
Educational Communications, Inc., Lake Forest, IL. – 1987
This document contains factsheets and news releases which cite findings from a national survey of 1,985 high achieving high school students. Factsheets describe the Who's Who Among American High School Students recognition and service program for high school students and explain the Who's Who survey. A summary report of this eighteenth annual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Gifted
16th Annual Survey of High Achievers: Attitudes and Opinions from the Nation's High Achieving Teens.
Who's Who among American High School Students, Northbrook, IL. – 1985
The report presents data from 2,043 questionnaires completed by secondary student leaders and high achievers. Ss were selected for recognition in "Who's Who Among American High School Students" by their principals or guidance counselors, national youth organizations, or the publishing company because of high achievement in academics, activities,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedYama, Mark F.; And Others – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 1995
Investigated the relationship among childhood sexual abuse and parental alcoholism, retrospective reports of family functioning, and having had a history of either suicidal ideation or suicide attempts. Subjects (n=420) were drawn from a sample of undergraduate college women. Results indicate the experiences of childhood sexual abuse and parental…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Child Abuse, College Students, Family (Sociological Unit)
Academic Underachievement and Exclusion of People Who Have Been Looked after in Local Authority Care
Direct linkMallon, James – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
Although higher education for 50% of all school leavers by 2010 is the stated aim of the United Kingdom government, it is clear that initiatives aimed at widening access do not reach those most in need. This is nowhere more true than in the case of people who have spent all or part of their childhood in the care of local authorities, and who…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Underachievement, At Risk Students, Foreign Countries
