This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 28 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) abled and disabled sixth grade readers' knowledge of story structure under three conditions, (2) the impact of typographical factors on the visual information processing of disabled readers, (3) alphabet sequencing by efficient and deficient oral readers, (4) the fear of failure/fear of success phenomenon in dyslexic adolescent students, (5) the effects of QR (Quieting Response) training on reading comprehension scores of junior high school remedial reading students, (6) the influence of reader interest and reader prior knowledge on the reading performance of fourth grade unskilled readers, (7) the impact of the Title I reading program on high school students' reading achievement, (8) the relationship between bibliotherapy and the self-esteem of junior high school remedial reading students, (9) the alleviation of learned helplessness in poor readers through modeled optimism and competency training, and (10) the listening-reading scores of average deficient readers. (MM)