Examines ethnocultural variables to better understand first reactions to, explanations for, and responses to what happened on September 11, 2001. Results suggest that ethnic background, gender, and age influence reactions to terrorism. Conclusions stress the importance of future mental health interventions and research giving strong consideration…

Examines the independent and/or combined effects of doctoral students' gender, age, ethnicity, and marital, academic and enrollment status on their coping abilities. The Hope Index scale was administered to 140 randomly selected doctoral students. Results reveal that gender and age had a combination effect on the coping abilities of doctoral…

A significant multivariate difference was found between the oral language performance of 44 children labeled reading disabled in the second, fourth, and sixth grades and 59 normally reading children in the same grade. (Author/PHR)

The use by 254 Canadian children of the dimensions of gender, language/ethnicity, and body type as bases of categorization was examined. A developmental approach was taken to see whether a sequence exists in the relative predominance of these dimensions; to examine the relation between the salience of these dimensions and cognitive developmental…

This study examined the influence of age, vocabulary knowledge, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES) on the geometric analogy performance of 4- to 6-year-olds. Subjects were 108 children between the ages of 48 and 83 months. Information on the age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status of each subject was obtained prior to data…

The purpose of this study was to examine verbal conceptual knowledge of selected economic topics to test for the existence of age, gender, and/or ethnic related trends and patterns. Three hundred fifty-five children, aged 2-l/2 through 16, were interviewed in one-on-one sessions by their teachers. Five questions were asked: (1) Why do people…

This study examined links among global ethnic identity and ethnic behaviors, ethnic identity salience, and psychological well-being among Chinese American adolescents. Analysis of daily diary entries over a 2-week period indicated a positive daily association between engagement in ethnic behaviors and ethnic salience, while links between ethnic…

This study examined the effects of age, sex, and ethnic group in selected motor tasks of primary grade children. The Kirk Motor Performance Test was developed to assess running, throwing/catching, and jumping abilities and was used to assess the motor performance of children ages 5 to 9. Results of the testing are presented in tabular form. (JD)

Anglo and black children at two age levels and of both sexes judged the similarity of 12 stimulus persons, using a proximity setting technique. Resultant dimensions were interpreted as racial identification, sex, and age. (Author/JKS)

Studied length of stay and predictors of permanency of legally free children. Found that older children, boys, and African American children were all significantly less likely to achieve a permanent outcome than Caucasian children, whereas Hispanic children were significantly more likely to achieve permanent outcome. Findings pose implications for…

This study investigated differences in use of and satisfaction with career counseling services as a function of sex, race, and age based on a nationally representative sample of college graduates of different ages, gender, and ethnicity (N=10, 080). Results showed significant race and age differences in use of career counseling services and gender…

Examined ethnicity, gender, and grade as potential mediating factors of early adolescent identity development. Administered Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status to 367 seventh- and eighth-graders. Results showed instrument appropriate for use with early adolescents. Females and older students were more developmentally sophisticated…

Conducted meta-analysis of studies concerning social skills of children with learning disabled (LD). Children with LD were less liked and more likely to be rejected than normal achieving children. Children with LD were more likely to be rated as aggressive, immature, suffering personality problems, and having difficulty attending. Variations were…

Previous research has shown that blacks tend to be concentrated in a narrow range of occupations. While social barriers are recognized as influencing this pattern, constricted patterns of career development also emerge in early exploratory stages prior to career choice. To investigate whether black students' level of vocational identity…

Compared perceptions of adolescents (N=35) and their parents (N=45) on 20 personality characteristics. Differences between parent and adolescent views were much less extreme than the differences found by Hess and Goldblatt in their 1957 study. Multivariate analysis of variance revealed no significant differences on any of the variables examined:…