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Exposure to Violence across the Social Ecosystem and the Development of Aggression: A Test of Ecological Theory in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Boxer, Paul; Huesmann, L. Rowell; Dubow, Eric F.; Landau, Simha F.; Gvirsman, Shira Dvir; Shikaki, Khalil; Ginges, Jeremy – Child Development, 2013
Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological model proposes that events in higher order social ecosystems should influence human development through their impact on events in lower order social ecosystems. This proposition was tested with respect to ecological violence and the development of children's aggression via analyses of 3 waves of data (1 wave…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Conflict, Observation
Attributions and Response to the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Developmental Analysis.
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Hoffman, Michael A.; Bizman, Sharon – Child Development, 1996
Assessed the causes ascribed by 60 Israeli 4th- and 9th-graders for the Arab-Israeli conflict and the relationship of these attributions to their expectations and emotions. Found that adolescents tended to view causes as more constant or less fluctuating over time than did younger children. Results support an attributional model for understanding…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Children
Delay of Gratification in Children: Personal versus Group Choices
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Nisan, Mordecai – Child Development, 1976
The tendency to delay gratification as affected by sex and group participation was explored in 6- and 7-year-old children. (BRT)
Descriptors: Delay of Gratification, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Group Behavior