The major concerns of this study were: (1) the money
management practices of teenage girls and their parents,
(2) parental practices in teaching the use of money, (3)
parental use of money to control behavior, (4) the sources
of the teenage girls' spending money, and (5) the amount
and disposition...
The major purpose of this study was to compare the occurrence
of "delinquent" and "non-delinquent" responses and their contingent
social reinforcements during informal cottage peer interaction at a
training school for adolescent delinquent girls. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) The occurrence of delinquent responses exceeds
the occurrence of non-delinquent...
The development and maintenance of a family achievement
theme was analyzed using two dramas: Long Day's Journey Into Night
by Eugene O'Neill and A Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Three
propositions were tested: 1) The development of a family achievement
theme involves a transaction between individual personality needs...
This study explored the relationship among marital role expectations,
religiosity, and other variables including age, dating status of
subjects, living arrangement, marriage plans and parents' marriage.
Data were obtained from a sample of 460 Oregon State University
students in April, 1976. They were primarily young students, 18 - 19
years...
The purpose of this study was to explore the association
between sex-role orientation and contraceptive behavior
in an unmarried population. One hundred and twentyeight
sexually active unmarried college students comprised
the sample. The test instrument was made up of the Sex-
Role Stereotypic Questionnaire developed by Rosenkrantz,
Vogel, Bee, Broverman,...
Social competence has emerged in research on social development
as a construct unifying behavioral and motivational dimensions of social
development in the preschool child. It draws from theories of social
learning, cognitive development, and competence motivation. The
theoretical relevance and empirical utility of the construct indicate
the need for further...
The effects of race and socio-economic-status on behavior
disorders in 362 black and white clinic boys between the ages
of six and twelve, were investigated using the Child Behavior
Check List. Precision matching and a representative distribution
of socio-economic-status was used in order to adequately study
both the interaction and...
This study examined the relationship between a spouse's therapeutic
role attitude and the mate's evaluation of the spouse's
therapeutic role behaviors. The therapeutic role consists of
supportive behaviors directed towards one's spouse. Twenty-five
couples were recruited from Oregon State University classes.
Attitude questionnaires were administered to all respondents.
The Pearson...
In response to the growing preference for the small family, this study was carried cut to acquire information about women who expect zero, one, or two children. The purposes of the study were: to identify the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of these women; and to determine which of these characteristics...