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Neighborhood Features Moderate Genetic and Environmental Influences on Children's Social Information Processing
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Elizabeth A. Shewark; Alexandra Y. Vazquez; Amber L. Pearson; Kelly L. Klump; S. Alexandra Burt – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Neighborhood is a key context where children learn to process social information; however, the field has largely overlooked the ways children's individual characteristics might be moderated by neighborhood effects. We examined 1,030 six- to 11-year-olds (48.7% female; 82% White) twin pairs oversampled for neighborhood disadvantage from the Twin…
Descriptors: Children, Twins, Neighborhoods, Nature Nurture Controversy
Biological Approaches to the Study of Behavioural Development
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Bateson, Patrick – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1987
Examines the interplay between genes and environment and argues that the development of much individual variation can be explained in terms of relatively simple forms of underlying regulation. Looks at "sensitive periods," during which variation is produced by experience received at a particular age. Includes a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Biological Influences, Children, Experience
Childhood Obesity: A NICHD Workshop Report.
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Blessing, Patricia – Children Today, 1986
Researchers examine how and why America's children are getting fatter and raise new questions about how to treat childhood obesity. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Biological Influences, Body Weight, Children
Modeling Developmental Complexity in Adolescence: Hormones and Behavior in Context.
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Susman, Elizabeth J. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1997
The links between endocrine physiological processes and adolescent psychological processes are the focus of this article. Presents a brief history of biopsychosocial research in adolescent development. Discusses four models for conceptualizing hormone-behavior research as illustrative of biopsychosocial models. Concludes with challenges and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Development
A Review of Sex Differences in Peer Relationship Processes: Potential Trade-Offs for the Emotional and Behavioral Development of Girls and Boys
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Rose, Amanda J.; Rudolph, Karen D. – Psychological Bulletin, 2006
Theory and research on sex differences in adjustment focus largely on parental, societal, and biological influences. However, it also is important to consider how peers contribute to girls' and boys' development. This article provides a critical review of sex differences in several peer relationship processes, including behavioral and…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Gender Differences, Emotional Development, Behavior Development
The Colorado Adoption Project.
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Plomin, Robert; DeFries, J. C. – Child Development, 1983
Provides an overview of a longitudinal, prospective, multivariate adoption study of behavioral development and discusses the results of analyses of cognitive measures and environmental assessments as examples of the types of information that can emerge from a design of this sort. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adoption, Behavior Development, Biological Influences, Children
Risks and Lifelines in Adolescence.
Cairns, Robert B.; Cairns, Beverly D. – 1989
Changes from the expected life course can arise from at least three different reasons in longitudinal work: developmental novelty, errors in diagnosis, and errors in expectation. This longitudinal study examined the social development of 220 fourth graders and 475 seventh graders over a period of 10 years with over 98 percent of the original…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Development