Applies a suicide trajectory model to rates of suicide and attempted suicide to explain commonalities and age differences in risk factors affecting suicide across the life span. (HTH)

Boys and girls (10-11 years) responded in a speed task faster in the presence than absence of an audience. Children were faster with the same-than opposite-sexed audiences. The results were discussed in terms of same-sex competitive motives, sex-stereotypes, and opposite-sex distractability. (Author)

It was hypothesized that therapists have attitudes toward women that tend to be more traditional than contemporary. The results of this study suggest that female therapists may hold contemporary views toward women in contrast to the traditional attitudes of male therapists. (Author/BW)

Attributions of causes of successful task performances as a function of task and sex of the performer were investigated. Introductory psychology students (N=157) were presented with closed-circuit, videotaped episodes in which a male or female stimulus person performed a card-guessing task for 10 trials. Subjects heard the task described to the…

The influence of sex and androgyny on the emergence of small group leadership was studied. The subjects, 38 male and 28 female college students, were pretested on several personality measures, including Sargent and Miller's Leadership Questionnaire and Bem's Sex Role Inventory. Leadership in task and social situations was measured after four group…

This study examines sex differences in adolescent perceptions and functioning. Subjects were public school students who voluntarily filled out a questionnaire during class time. The information sought was: (1) whether the sources and reported intensity of stress in the day-to-day lives of male and female adolescents are different; (2) whether male…

This study attempted to answer the following three questions: 1) Do students of grades four through seven perform equally well on both syncretistic understanding and logical thinking? 2) Do boys perform as well as girls on these two types of thinking? 3) Do students whose parents have a higher educational level perform as well as students whose…

The effects of spatial density on five styles of children's behavior (aggression, passivity, self-involved play, avoidance, and instability of activity) were studied. Subjects were 72 five-year-olds, half male, half female. Twelve groups of six children participated in 54-minute sessions of free play in an adult-free situation. A multivariate…

Discusses results of a field study indicating that an individual's sex and course grade accounted for a significant portion of the variance of final self concept scores. (MH)

Significantly greater imitation of the teacher model's incidental behaviors was observed among advantaged children, among girls, and in response to the positive reinforcing teacher. (Authors)

Examines the effects of the presence and absence of nurturance on children exposed to a model who either verbalized the importance of charity or who acted in a charitable manner. Data suggest that performance has a much greater effect than verbalization, with only nurtured females being affected in the latter condition. Tables and bibliography.…