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Before Their Time: Four Generations of Teenage Mothers.
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Sander, Joelle – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1994
Presents excerpts from interviews with members of family in which four generations of women had been adolescent mothers. Most material presented came from Leticia, 20-year-old mother. Other materials are from Leticia's 39-year-old mother, 63-year-old grandmother, and 83-year-old great-grandmother. Explores psychological difficulties each…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Early Parenthood, Family History
The Transmission of Maternal Disturbance to the Infant.
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Tronick, Edward Z.; Gianino, Andrew F., Jr. – New Directions for Child Development, 1986
The Mutual Regulatory Model is used to describe the infants' dual task of regulating simultaneously his internal emotional state and his engagement with the external environment. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Child Development
Are Temperamental Differences in Babies Associated with Predictable Differences in Care-Giving?
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Crockenberg, Susan B. – New Directions for Child Development, 1986
Reviews and critiques research that has assessed the effect of infant temperament on caregiver behaviors and concludes that the relationship between temperament and caregiving behavior has not been adequately tested. Offers conceptual and methodological guidelines for future research. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Individual Differences, Infants
Parental Androgyny.
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Popenoe, David – Society, 1993
Argues that there appear to be sound biological and sociological reasons why gender differentiation of roles within childrearing families is necessary for society's good. Gender differentiation is important for child development and possibly for marital stability. Fathers are not the same as mothers nor should they be. (SLD)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Child Rearing