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Abstract
This essay examines the conditions surrounding emotional blindness, indiffer-ence, or the syndrome that is known clinically as alexithymia. Indifference to events or circumstances is related to the narrative construction of those events, is selective within the same person, and is dependent upon a person's con-structed identity. Our capacity to story ourselves and the world about us removes our indifference. A clinical case of alexithymia and several biographical examples are employed to illustrate and fortify these points. (Social and Clinical Psychology)
Neither the whole of truth nor the whole of good is revealed to any single observer, although each observer gains a partial superiority of insight from the peculiar position in which he stands.
William James, 1900, p. 264

Several statistical studies of married couples have observed a decline in the marital relationship following the birth of the first child. The present study compared the effects of an experimental prenatal education program (based on communication skills and relaxation skill training)
with effects of the traditional prenatal program on scores on the Affect Balance Scale. The couples in the experimental group (n=63) fared better (ANOVA, p = .03) than couples in the traditional program (n=53).

A split-ballot experiment was used to vary the order of a general wellbeing question and a set of questions on wellbeing in 8 specific life domains. A number of order effects were found for married respondents, though none for unmarried persons. Notes that order of general and specific items can affect conclusions. (Abstract amended)

Part-whole combinations of questions are believed to be particularly vulnerable to question-order effects. A split-ballot experiment was used in a telephone survey of 783 householders in Akron, Ohio, to vary the order of a general well-being question & a set of questions on well-being in 8 specific life domains. A number of order effects on multiple regression parameters were found for married Rs, but not for unmarried persons. These results show that conclusions about the relative importance of specific life domains for general well-being & about the effects of unmeasured variables can be substantially affected by the order of the general & specific items. Several explanations for the order effects are discussed. 1 Table, 1 Figure, 1 Appendix, 25 References. Modified AA

The author presents the results of a study examining the effects of educational, employment, and psychosocial support services for young fathers who participated in a college-based program in Buffalo, New York. Findings suggest that men who receive paid internships are more likely to complete a program and that those who complete the program have an 83% probability of either working or being in school 90 days after completion. Implications for practice and policy are discussed, and recommendations for research are offered.