Data from current study suggest adolescents worry about what other people think because there are real personal and social consequences. Such concerns are seen as being based in social reality and are not imaginary as suggested by Elkind. Advocates new methodologies which place young people at the center of analysis. (Contains 34 references.)…

It has been the impression of the authors that a significant minority of MMPI profiles produced by adolescents suggest schizophrenia when such a process is not evident clinically. The present study was conducted in order to measure and better understand the frequency of false positive adolescent MMPI profiles. (Author)

In the present investigation we have attempted to relate smoking, drinking and drug taking to drug abuse among Finnish schoolchildren. (Author/RK)

Article attempted to better understand the unwed mother for the post-decision time when she might face a number of adjustment problems. (Author/RK)

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 present study attempted to determine which system, behavior contracts or behavior proclamations, would be more effective in upgrading the academic and social behaviors of students in a typical suburban high school. (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)

These studies were taken to determine in field sites the changes in expressed commitment to conformity which occurred by age, sex, and intelligence during adolescence. (Author/RK)

Investigates how pregnant adolescents think and feel about themselves, in what respects their self perceptions differ from non-pregnant teenagers, and how the two groups differ demographically. (Author/RK)

The concept "sex-role identification" is seen as biased and value-laden as it is utilized in present research. This assumes that learning the proper sex role in American society is directly related to adequate personality adjustment of the adolescent. Discusses problems associated with this conceptual approach and suggests a more appropriate…

Evaluates the self-report method in the assessment of attitudes and behaviors. Self-report factors from 42 problem youth were compared against parental report factors and police and school records. Significant relationships were found only for self-report factors that contained more positively oriented items. Implications of these findings are…

The purpose of this investigation was to test the Eriksonian epigentic concept that older adolescents will have a greater degree of ego identity than will younger adolescents. (Author)

Article investigated the possible effects of drug abuse upon the central nervous system by comparing the incidence of EEG abnormality in drug abusers and non-users. (Author/RK)