Psychological Response to Abortion

This article considers the role of research in helping counselors examine their assumptions regarding the complex issue of abortion.     

Communication Schemata Within the Family

Analyses from a random sample of 169 families established a dear relationship between schemata for marital and parent-child communication. Hypotheses were derived by theoretically relating the Relational Dimensions Inventory and the Revised Family Communication Patterns instrument. In families headed by Traditional, Separate, and Separate/Traditional couples, all three family members saw the family interaction as high on conformity orientation. In families headed by Independent and Traditional couples, all three family members saw the family interaction as high on conversational orientation. In general, couple types dovetail with the various family types. For example, Traditional couples have Consensual family interaction patterns in that they value conformity and conversation. Families who share the same family communication schemata appear to agree on a number of other dimensions of family life. A new scale, Family Communication Environment, which may be used to tap into family communication schemata, is presented.     

小学汉语儿童英语口语产出形式的发展

以小学二、四、六年级共82名学生为研究被试, 通过自我介绍、被试主动发问、看图说话和角色扮演4种任务对其英语口语产出形式进行了测查。研究结果发现:(1)在小学汉语儿童英语口语产出形式上, 随着年级的升高, 套语的比例随之减少;其他语法错误句随年级升高而增多;正确的非套语也随年级升高而增多, 在四年级达到一个比较稳定的水平;(2)二年级儿童的英语口语产出形式以套语为主;四年级儿童的口语产出形式中正确非套语比例增加;在六年级儿童的口语产出中, 简化句比例增加, 但套语仍然是主要的一种口语产出形式。