Many adult women studying at universities face difficulties related to their multiple roles, yet little is known about vulnerable groups or supportive responses. This study of 443 women with jobs and families enrolled in adult education, social work, or nursing identified to what extent life situations, institutional supports, and perceived demands and support systems predict role conflict, overload, and contagion. Multiple regression analysis was used to identify predictors. Income was the only life situation predictor, with lower income increasing vulnerability to role conflict. Perceived intensity of student demands was the strongest predictor of conflict, overload and contagion, with family and job demands next. Use of distance education eased conflict and contagion but some other university adaptations may increase vulnerability. Adult educators should press for increased access to adequate financial support and distance education, while continuing to evaluate the usefulness of other institutional supports for different nontraditional students.

ABSTRACZ: There is continued concern that legal and social systems underrespond to domestic violence. The present study compares police officers' and social workers' attributions of responsibility and their assessment of gravity of domestic violence incidents. The differential effect of eight contextual variables on attribution and assessment is also investigated by manipulating the variables in vignettes. Two-way analysis of variance was carried out, controlling for worker type and each of the contextual variables. Results indicate significant main effects for worker type on all variables defining attribution and assessment, though gender may play a role in some of the differences observed. Sigdicant main effects were also observed for type of abuse, alleged provocation by the woman, child abuse and alcohol.

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Les comportements agressifs chez les jeunes et dans la société en général ont des répercussions sérieuses et un lourd coût social. Le groupe est un outil de prévention et d'intervention auprès des jeunes. Cet article présente une expérience-pilote réalisée auprès de jeunes agressifs et prosociaux réunis dans un même groupe, dans le cadre d'un projet visant à prévenir la manifestation de comportements jugés destructeurs. On analyse ici les changements observés chez les membres en regard des objectifs du projet.

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