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Peer reviewedFilippelli, Laura A.; Walberg, Herbert J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1997
Comparison of childhood traits and conditions of 21 eminent American women scientists and 235 eminent women in other fields found both groups more similar than different, but future scientists tended to engage in more scientific activities, were more bookish and scholarly, and were typically encouraged to pursue nature study, reading, and writing.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Childhood Interests, Family Environment
Download full textRunco, Mark A.; Albert, Robert S. – 1987
The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) was administered to 54 exceptionally gifted (either high IQ's or high math science abilities) preadolescents and their parents. The profiles and factor structure of the 18 CPI scales were examined. The profiles of the parents were relatively even, suggesting that they are intellectually and socially…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Child Development, Elementary Education, Family Characteristics
Brenes, Carmen C.; Westerman, Michael A. – 1983
The effect of maternal personality characteristics and interaction behavior on interventions with children was investigated among 210 Puerto Rican mother/child dyads of low socioeconomic status. Mothers' and children's personality characteristics were assessed according to numerous and varied paper-and-pencil tests. Measures of children's…
Descriptors: Child Development, Ethnic Groups, Intervention, Lower Class
Peer reviewedLass, Norman J.; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1991
This investigation compared 19 adolescents' perceptions of the nonspeech personality characteristics of voice-disordered and normal-speaking children. Listeners, who rated recorded speech samples, showed a significant tendency to judge the normal speakers more positively than the voice-disordered speakers. Results suggest developmental trends in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Audience Response, Child Development
Peer reviewedBlock, Jeanne H.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Reports on a longitudinal study that provides a prospective view of children's personality functioning prior to their subsequent experiencing of divorce. Shows the behavior of boys as early as 11 years prior to parental separation or formal dissolution of marriage to be consistently affected by predivorce familial stress. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Development, Child Development, Children
Dweck, Carol S. – 2000
Based on extensive research with children and young adults, this book examines adaptive and maladaptive cognitive-motivational patterns and shows how these patterns originate in people's self theories; their consequences for one's achievement, social relationships, and emotional well-being; their consequences for society; and the experiences that…
Descriptors: Achievement, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
Direct linkLe, Vi-Nhuan; Kirby, Sheila Nataraj; Barney, Heather; Setodji, Claude Messan; Gershwin, Daniel – RAND Corporation, 2006
This study uses data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K) to examine how children's skills and knowledge at kindergarten entry predict their achievement in later grades. It extends previous research by examining longer-term achievement outcomes, namely test scores at the end of fifth grade, and…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Kindergarten, Income, Parent Participation
Lansford, Jennifer E., Ed.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby, Ed.; Bornstein, Marc H., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
How do some families successfully negotiate the linguistic, cultural, and psychological challenges of immigration, while others struggle to acculturate? This volume explores the complexities of immigrant family life in North America and analyzes the individual and contextual factors that influence health and well-being. Synthesizing cutting-edge…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Intervention, Educational Development, Child Rearing
