Adolescent use of sex as a vehicle for coping with authority is by no means always pathological. Adolescents are normally progressing into full heterosexuality. Some cultures force adolescents to break tabus and defy prohibitions in order to exhibit normal sexuality. They thus incur automatic definition as being bad by the defining authorities. It…

Data analysis showed that the majority of mothers were conscious of their children's influence, and that there were no significant differences by race or social class but a strong tendency toward social class differences. (Author)

Author sees adolescent alienation as natural in light of sexual drive, repressed oedipal conflicts, and resulting reorganization of psychic functions. Suggests certain treatment principles and social changes to make adolescence less disruptive. (MH)

Summarizes teenagers' responses to a questionnaire on the generation gap. Teens discuss value conflicts, problems of society, parents' and teenagers' faults and virtues, and their own hopes for the future. (NH)

Excerpt from chapter in the second edition of their book, The Child and His Symptoms, A Comprehensive Approach. Great Britain: Blackwell Scientific Publications

Findings support the general hypothesis that the nature of parent/infant interaction and infant development assessed at 12 months is anticipated by a complex pattern of variables, beginning with the parents' characteristics before the birth of their first child and extending via parent/infant and infant behavior throughout the first year of life.…

Results obtained from observations of the interactions of 20 mother/infant pairs supported the hypothesis that high interactional stability would be strongly linked to low levels of crying during social attention. (MP)

Results support previous findings of interactional differences during early infancy between mother/premature and mother/full-term infant dyads. Preterms performed significantly below full-terms on measures of cognitive and language development corrected for gestational age. (Author/RH)

Data support three conclusions: (1) that notable individual differences in the interaction patterns of mothers and Down syndrome children exist, (two) that maternal directiveness and sensitivity are separable dimensions of maternal style, and (3) that individual differences in mother/child interaction patterns may be related to mental development…

Psychodynamic concepts of denial, regression, projection, and intellectualization are reviewed, examples of the principles in adolescents' daily life are cited, and the need for parents to listen and accept their children is stressed. (CL)

The infant stimulation-mother training program, providing intervention at birth for infants at risk for developmental delay and their socially disadvantaged families, is evaluated. (CL)

Mothers' language was highly related to the babies' focus of attention in play, but proportionately less related to vocalization than to the activity. (Author/CL)

Mothers' interactions with both younger and older hyperactive children were compared and contrasted with those observed in comparable age groups of normal children. Interactions were observed in unstructured play and structured task situations. (Author/RH)