The increase in level of maturity and responsibility of much of the work force has an impact on traditional principles of management and the role of the manager in planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling. (PT)

Outlines a theory of the development of social motives for power; speculates that power concerns are elicited by normal developmental pressures. (NH)

The author asserts that the diagnosis learning disability is applied too often and too loosely. It is recommended that the possibility be considered that poor school adjustment may be due simply to immaturity and unreadiness rather than to some general learning disability. (Author/CL)

Traces the concept of solitary play through a review of the available research, queries whether solitary play is an indicator of social immaturity or autonomous achievement striving, and calls for further research in this area. (Author/MP)

In motor skill performance and retention, the complexity of knowledge of results should interact appropriately with the child's processing rate, since children process information in short-term memory more slowly than adults, and their control processes (rehearsal, naming, grouping, and recording) become more efficient only with increased age. (JD)

Interviews of 69 adults who had participated in the Youth Development Study as adolescents identified occupational decision-making themes: unfulfilled expectations, postponement of decisions, turning points, resources, and obstacles. Results suggest a need for changing and strengthening social policy especially related to career counseling.…

The current trend of hurrying a child's development, as evidenced by the popularity of disposable pants for toilet training, is criticized. The pants frustrate both parents and children and, it is concluded, serve no useful purpose in the toilet-learning process. (LB)

The purpose of this study was designed to measure non-traditional students' perceptions of role conflicts between work and school and subsequent coping strategies, and to determine factors relevant to both role conflicts and coping. A survey was developed and implemented to investigate the continuing education issues. Results were based on 485…

The aim of the book is to serve for clinical, practical, basic and scholarly practices. In twentyfive chapters it covers the most important topics related to Autism Spectrum Disorders in the efficient way and aims to be useful for health professionals in training or clinicians seeking an update. Different people with autism can have very different…

Jealousy may be perceived as either good or bad depending upon the moral maturity of the individual. To investigate this conclusion, a study was conducted testing two hypothesis: a positive relationship exists between conventional moral reasoning (reference to norms and laws) and the endorsement and level of jealousy; and a negative relationship…

This study attempts to provide evidence for the criterion validity of the Psychosocial Maturity (PSM) scales. Students' scores on the nine PSM scales were related to teachers' ratings of student PSM-related behavior. All scales except Trust significantly differentiated students rated high on PSM-related traits from students not rated high. Only…

Investigated the relationship between the combined effect of knowledge of child development and level of social-emotional maturity, and the extent to which this relationship affects adolescent attitudes toward parenting. Negative attitudes toward parenting were associated with lack of knowledge of child development and low levels of…

Many adolescents in foster care who are not adopted are discharged from care when they reach the age of majority. Reviews studies on the likely social and educational futures for such adolescents and on the range of services that may promote adolescents' successful transition to independent living. (Author/ABB)

Among girls observed interacting with infants, older girls ignored more, made fewer social bids, and responded less than younger girls. However, chronological age was highly correlated with measures of social and biological maturity. Social maturity was the best predictor of trends on two interaction measures, biological maturity on the third.…