Based in part on a doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of California at Berkeley, and supported by Public Health Service Grant 4F1-MH-12, 595-04.

Used self-ratings to compare 96 shy and nonshy tenth-grade students. The shy group reported significantly more negative self-ratings on loneliness, interference of shyness with academic success and friendships, shyness around the opposite sex, and belief in the noticeability of shyness. There were no significant group differences in self-liking.…

Teachers' ratings of elementary- and secondary-level hearing impaired students in Denmark (N=289) and the United States (N=732) were collected and compared; results showed that scores on the Meadow/Kendall Social Emotional Inventory subscales (social adjustment, emotional adjustment, self-image) were almost identical. (Author/MC)

Examined the effects of communication skills training on adjustment to divorce and separation among women. Results indicated that the experimental group significantly increased in overall divorce adjustment and in empathy skills. No significant differences were found in perceived social support or self-disclosure skill. (Author)

Investigated a series of hypothesized relationships between adjustment to separation and specified personality, demographic, and situational variables. Poorer adjustment was associated with a more traditional sex role orientation, greater discrepancies between self and ideal self, a less satisfying postseparation relationship with one's expartner…

Preoperative and postoperative intestinal bypass patients were evaluated. Results suggest that postoperative bypass patients have improved psychological health and an increased sense of freedom and well-being but may need assistance in improving self-concepts. (Author)

This critique of the Grow-Shapiro study entitled "Black Children--White Parents" A Study of Transracial Adoption" reviews and unfavorably critizes the study and suggests alternative ways of approaching the topic. (MS)

A reply to a critique of an article on transracial adoption by the authors. (MS)

This study examined the social adjustment and self-concept of 81 adults (18 to 26 years of age), of whom half had received special education services for learning disabilities. No significant differences were found between groups on social adjustment or self-concept scales. Achievement and IQ measures, collectively, were good predictors of global…

This study examined the hypothesized relationship between social adjustment, as measured by perceived social support, self-concept, and social skills, and performance on academic achievement tests. Participants included 27 teachers and 77 fourth- and eighth-grade students with diverse academic and behavior competencies. Teachers were asked to…

This article offers ways to understand how a fifth-grade resistant writer positioned himself socially and academically within classroom writing practices and how these positions influenced literacy learning. Classroom writing practices enabled the student to explore the possibilities of who he was as he determined what types of learning were…

A survey of 54 teachers and 12 educable mentally retarded (EMR) secondary students was conducted to determine the academic, social, and emotional-psychological adjustment of mainstreamed EMR students. Separate questionnaires were developed and administered to teachers and EMR students. Results revealed teachers' somewhat negative perceptions of…

How students perceive each other in the classroom and how they interact with one another have been variables in teaching which have been relatively ignored. Yet, how students interact with each other affects their learning outcomes and their self-images. To provide additional information and evidence on this variable, a study hypothesized that…