Sex and need for affiliation (n Aff) were investigated as potential moderators of the association between need for achievement (n Ach) and academic performance. It was hypothesized that high nAch, low n Aff students earn higher grades than high n Ach, high n Aff students. The results for both males and females supported the hypothesis. (Author)

Observes parents' socialization practices in 24 homes of families with first-born infants at 11, 14, and 17 months of age. Four kinds of socializing practices were observed and compared by parents' sex, infants' age, and infants' sex. (HOD)

The research on college students published between 1969 and 1983 in 11 periodicals was used to examine the substantive topics and research methods preferred by male and female authors. Gender differences persisted over the 15 year period and became sharper after 1975. (Author/MLW)

A study examined gender differences in stereotypes, experience, and confidence for computer science (CS) first-year students. Questionnaires were distributed to freshmen students (n=241: 161 females, 80 males) in a required university seminar course. Overall, participants possessed very stereotypical attitudes of CS majors. Findings showed that…

White male adults were more negative with black children than with white children whereas there was a nonsignificant difference between the 2 races for white female adults. On trait ratings of the children following the training session, both males and females rated black children more negatively than white children. (Author/MB)

Assesses the importance of age in determining the use of conventional and illicit drugs among secondary school students in Texas. Age-drug use relationships were examined in terms of sex, age, and residence of respondents. Rural students' use of deviant drugs exceeded that of urban students. Conventional drug use increases with age. (Author/BEF)

Observations of 469 children in nursery and day care classrooms revealed sex differences in the expected directions for aggression and dependency, but not for cooperation. Age differences varied by sex, social class, and type of behavior. Although social class effects were weakest, they were significant for aggression and cooperation. (Author/RL)

This study examined subject variable effects for, and interrelationships among six measures of racial awareness. Task reliabilities and validities were also assessed. Subjects were 85 children ranging from 3 to 7 years of age. Ratios of males to females and blacks to whites were comparable across age levels. (MS)

This paper reviews a number of studies that have tested Fiedler's (1964) Contingency Model and Least Preferred Co-Worker Scale of leadership style and effectiveness, focusing on studies that have examined the characteristics and stability of this scale across age, ethnicity, and gender. The Contingency Model is based on three determinants of…

A study examined the behavior patterns of patrons arriving at theatres that showed both "X" rated and "PG" rated movies. The study was undertaken to update the findings of the President's Commission on Pornography and Obscenity, which conducted similar research in 1970 and 1971. Patrons entering the theatre's X and PG rated…