Allancroft, a small institution which is part of the Children's Service Centre, was opened in 1953 and has been in continuous operation since that time. The institution was a new resource for the agency and the first three years have been a period of experiment. From the vantage point of these three years' experience, it was considered desirable to analyze in some detail the use made of the institution by the C.S.C. in order to determine its value.

This thesis is a follow-up study of thirty-one delinquent girls, formerly in the Girls’ Cottage School. The general approach consists in the use of statistical analysis and comparison of sixteen girls, who were interviewed, with fifteen girls who were not interviewed. The total sample of thirty-one girls is discussed in the relation to the “traditional” delinquent groups described in the relevant literature. The interviewees are discussed primarily by ease history method. The role of the School is presented with reference to individual adjustment.

This study is an enquiry into the manner of living of a group of non-institutionalized old people residing in an urban setting. The present introductory chapter is divided into three sections. Section A is a general orientation to the present study. Section B considers the theoretical background to the current trends of research in the field of old age. In Section C, the scope and method of the present study will be described. In recent years an increasing attention has been directed to the phenomenon of an ageing population and to the implications which this has for the individual and for society. This trend has derived from a combination of factors, some of which will be briefly indicated here.

This thesis examines certain psychological factors in the background of the unmarried mother and reality factors in her current life situation to determine how these factors influence the plan she makes for her out-of-wedlock child. The study is based on the examination of 20 unmarried mothers, who were known to the social service department of a large obstetrical hospital in Montreal in 1956-67. The data were obtained by the writer, with the use of a schedule during personal interviews with the unmarried mother. In this study it was shown that neither social nor psychological factors in themselves determined the plan for the baby. It was found that the plan the unmarried mother selected relationship of for her baby was determined by the interrelationship of these two factors.

The present study was undertaken in order to examine the opinions and attitudes which Board Members of Recreation Agencies have of “good citizenship”. A study of the recreation agency and “good citizenship” seems relevant at the present time for a number of reasons. Recreation agencies have, for many years, considered the development of good citizenship as one of their major goals in working with their membership. Most agencies include a statement in their constitutions to the effect that one of the aims of the agency is to promote good citizenship.

Note: / This is a study of the personality of rheumatoid arthritis patients specifically concerned with the characteristic ways in which these patients may deal with interpersonal relationships, influences which appear to be involved in the development of such behaviour patterns, and the relationship of the illness to the personality manifesting these characteristics. This is one of four sections of a pilot study which aimed to discover the influences, stresses, tensions and adjustments in the social field of the patient and how these are related to the precipitation, course, outcome, and possible prevention of the illness.

During the past few decades, there have been a number of articles and several research projects undertaken on the different phases of unmarried motherhood and illegitimate children. There appears, however, to be a noticeable lack of attention, both in research projects and written material, to the unmarried mother who keeps her child rather than release him for adoption placement. The written material refers briefly to the social and psychological problems that face both the mother and the child while dealing with other phases of unmarried motherhood.

This is a study of the social adjustment of schizophrenic patients in an eighteen-month period following treatment and separation from a mental hospital. Comparisons will be made between social adjustment after hospitalization, and estimated social adjustment in the period preceding the illness. Some interest will be focused on the development or standardized research instruments which will assess various types of social adjustment. The family environment from which this diagnostic population originated, and to which they will return, is also a subject of interest and a subject of study in this thesis.

Note: Missing page 327. / Late in 1954, the research adviser for this thesis (Dr. Kirk) wrote a paper dealing with adolescence. He indicates that while adolescence has come to mean irresponsibility and a stage of uncertainty in modern Western society, this phenomenon does not necessarily appear in other times and cultures. He says: “We have suggested that the problem which appears as irresponsibility to the grown-up world, the adolescent feels as uncertainty concerning himself. This uncertainty appears to be reinforced by the conflict in adult values concerning, at least, the economic sphere.”

Within recent years the whole concept of illness and treatment has undergone radical revision and emerged with a shift in emphasis and a broadening of its base. It had been accepted practice to concentrate on the diseased organ which was treated as an entity existing independently of the patient. Gradually, however, came the recognition that the emotional and social together with the physical features of illness enter into the disease process and should be considered together in order to restore the individual to full health.