This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 33 titles deal with the relationship of reading achievement to a number of variables, including the following: (1) student self-concept and behavior problems; (2) children's televiewing, reading attitudes, and IQ; (3) the retention of prose; (4) physical fitness; (5) home environment and parental role; (6) oral reading; (7) metalinguistic awareness; (8) preschool training; (9) phonetic and structural analysis instruction at the community college level; (10) creative dramatics instruction; (11) time use during supplementary reading instruction with educationally disadvantaged students; and (12) syntactic writing maturity. (AEA)