Research examining limb selection for reaching and grasping an object in various positions of hemispace has noted a strong ipsilateral bias for using the hand on the same side as the stimulus, an observation that to some extent questions the traditional notion of handedness. The present study examined the effects of task complexity in regard to such actions. Forty-four right-handed, blindfolded subjects were required to grasp a small cube at one location and release it at another site, with movement initiated only after the second cue was presented. In condition A, the first tone identified the location where the subject was to grasp the cube (the second tone, the release point), while in condition B the order was reversed. A view of both conditions revealed a similar trend. As expected, the vast majority (average 96%) used their dominant (right) hand to reach into right hemispace and release in the left field. However, when the reach cue was presented in left hemispace, only 40% of subjects selected their nondominant (ipsilateral) limb to complete the action. Since this value is substantially less than reported previously with a less complex task (70%), we speculate that when deeper processing is required there is a tendency to revert to the dominant limb, even when it necesssitates reaching contralaterally. Additional discussion focuses on programming selection for reach and release.

We use the NLSY97 dataset to examine the parenting-delinquency relationship and how it is conditioned by parents' gender, controlling for youths' gender. Generally, neglectful and authoritarian parenting styles were associated with the highest levels of delinquency in youths. When the sample was split by parent gender, authoritarianism held up across both groups, but permissive and neglectful parenting was only significant for fathers. Independent of parenting style, boys have higher delinquency levels than girls. The strength and magnitude of this relationship is nearly identical in separate equations for mothers and fathers. Parental attachment was not a significant protective factor against delinquency for either mothers or fathers.

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This article examines the impact of Latino nativity and origin on the risk of arrest. Survey data are used to compare the odds of arrest within and between various U.S. race-ethnic groups over one decade. Net of legal, demographic, and social correlates of arrest in teen and young adult samples, Blacks consistently experience higher odds of arrest than other groups. Puerto Rican arrest risk approximates that of Blacks while foreignborn Latinos consistently experienced a lower arrest risk than Whites. This effect was nearly indistinguishable from that of U.S.-born Latinos. The study has implications for the life-course perspective in terms of how arrest correlates change for all groups over time. For Latinos, findings also inform acculturation and segmented assimilation perspectives.