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The Emergence and Consolidation of Self-Control from Eighteen to Thirty Months of Age: Normative Trends and Individual Differences.
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Vaughn, Brian E.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Delay/response inhibition in the presence of an attractive stimulus and compliance with maternal directives in a clean-up task were observed among subjects 18, 24, and 30 months of age. Results suggested (1) achievement of self-control is a major developmental accomplishment, and (2) individual differences in self-control emerge and are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Individual Differences, Infants
Children's Spontaneous Control of Facial Expression.
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Cole, Pamela M. – Child Development, 1986
Spontaneous expressive control of negative emotion was examined in two studies of children three- to nine-years-old using an experimental "disappointing" situation. Study 1 examined facial expressions, verbalizations, and spontaneous references to emotional expression control. Study 2 examined the expressive behavior of 20 preschool…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Facial Expressions
Organizational Perspective on Cognitive Control Functioning and Cognitive-Affective Balance in Maltreated Children.
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Rieder, Carolyn; Cicchetti, Dante – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Examined the relation between a history of maltreatment and cognitive control functioning in two groups of preschool and early school-age maltreated and nonmaltreated children. Maltreated children showed developmentally impaired cognitive control functioning on a number of tasks. (RH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Aggression, Child Abuse