The present study is to investigate personality tendencies and relationships between 31 children with atopic dermatitis and their mothers, by giving them the Rorschach Test.
The characteristics of the results of the experimantal groups as compared with the control groups are as follows:
1) Patients with atopic dermatitis : The findings suggest that they have tendencies of passivity, and stereotyped behaviors.
2) Patients’ mothers : The findings suggest that those mothers show lack of emotionality, low susceptibility to affections and stereotyped behaviors.
The children with atopic dermatitis and their mothers show similar personality tendencies.
The results of sequence analysis show that the mothers have affection toward their children but have difficulty in expressing it properly. The children also have affection toward their mothers but have difficulty in expressing it properly. This kind of mother-child relationship is different from that of the control groups.

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The purpose of this study is to clarify the change of smoking behaviors among University students from 1977 to 1987. All of the graduate and undergraduate students in Saitama University (5525 in 1977 and 6516 in 1987) were requested to fill out an answer sheet, items of which are 1)smoking habit, 2) number of cigarretes per day, 3) the motive of starting cigarretes smoking, 4) duration of smoking habit, 5) the reason of continuing smoking, 6) when to smoke, 7) wish of smoking cessation.
The results were compared between 1977 and 1987. Gennerally the ratio of smokers significantly decreased in male students (42.5% in 1977 to 31.7% in 1987). Detailed analysis showed that the decrease were confirmed except of the 18 and 24 years olds. In the group of long-term smokers (over three years) the ratio contrarily increased.

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