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Paine, Amy L.; Hashmi, Salim; Howe, Nina; Johnson, Nisha; Scott, Matthew; Hay, Dale F. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Humor is a central feature of close and intimate relationships in childhood. However, fundamental questions regarding the relationship between humor production, pretend play, and social understanding have been overlooked. In a selected subsample from a prospective longitudinal study of first-born children (N = 110, M age = 6.91 years, 46.4%…
Descriptors: Humor, Sibling Relationship, Children, Birth Order
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Rose, Amanda J.; Smith, Rhiannon L.; Glick, Gary C.; Schwartz-Mette, Rebecca A. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
This research highlights the critical role of gender in the context of problem talk and social support in adolescents' friendships. Early- and middle-adolescents' (N = 314 friend dyads; Ms = 13.01 and 16.03 years) conversations about problems were studied using observation and a short-term longitudinal design. Mean-level gender differences emerged…
Descriptors: Friendship, Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Interpersonal Communication
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Yalisove, Daniel – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Investigates the development sequence of children's comprehension of riddles. In Study I riddles and jokes were collected and classified from children of grades 1 through 10. In Study II, students of grades 1, 3, 6, 10, and college were given selected riddles from three categories determined in Study I to test the predicted comprehension sequence.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Comprehension, Developmental Stages
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Brodzinsky, David M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Focuses on the relationship between conceptual tempo and control of humorous affect in young children. Records the responses of reflective, fast-accurate, impulsive, and slow-accurate fourth-grade children to a videotape of an adult telling a series of jokes, half of which are followed by audience laughter. (CM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students