Abstract
IN a recent article, I<sup>9</sup>reviewed retrospective studies concerning the frequency of childhood parental loss among delinquents and adult Psychiatric patients, and extended the analysis of anterospective data provided by Hathaway and Monachesi<sup>11</sup>concerning the frequency of delinquency and high school dropout among a statewide sample of adolescents. Rates of delinquency, and of high school dropout among nondelinquents, were found to be elevated among those who had previously lost a parent by separation or divorce, and those who had lost the parent of the same sex by death. There appears to be a dearth of studies involving relationships between psychopathology among college students and childhood loss of their parents. However, Ingham<sup>14</sup>reported a significantly higher frequency of parental separation among 138 neurotic college students than among 370 control students. He found no significant difference between neurotics and control subjects with respect to
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