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This study examined the role of social support provided by spouse, friends, and relatives on relationships between strains and depressive affect among women. Strains from three life domains - financial, marital, and parental - were included. Moderated multiple regression analyses addressed main effect, buffering, and coping hypotheses regarding the role of social support. Results indicated that social support operated differently depending on the source of support and type of strain experienced. Generally, results were consistent with main effect and coping hypotheses. Only support provided by relatives played a significant moderating role in the strain - outcome relationship.

The effects of the trauma on the behavior of elementary-school children who had been held hostage or been closely involved with the hostage situation were investigated, as also were the effects on the lives of their families. Specific types of negative behavior exhibited by the children were identified by teachers and parents, and were found to be linked to the length of time for which the children had been held hostage.

The large influx of married women into the paid labor market has focused increasing attention on work-family linkages, but little is known about how personal and family variables combine to differentiate men and women manifesting varying levels of commitment to work. The sample for this study consisted of men and women who were members of dual-earner marriages and had at least one child under the age of 18. Using discriminant analysis, certain combinations of variables were highly significant in discriminating between groups of women reporting high and low levels of occupational commitment and between groups of men reporting high and low levels of occupational commitment. Of the two sets of significant discriminating variables, marital adjustment made the largest relative contribution in differentiating the two groups of women, whereas emphasis on organization in the family environment was the strongest discriminator for men. The results support the contention that personal and family variables may have important implications for understanding the work commitment of both genders.