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Morrongiello, Barbara A.; Klemencic, Nora; Corbett, Michael – Child Development, 2008
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for children. Prior research has implicated both child behavioral attributes and parent supervisory patterns as risk factors. The present study assessed interactions between these two risk factors and determined whether supervision moderates the relation between child attributes and injury.…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Risk, Injuries
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Peets, Katlin; Hodges, Ernest V. E.; Salmivalli, Christina – Child Development, 2008
This study examined whether the affect children feel toward peers would influence children's social-cognitive evaluations and behaviors. The sample consisted of 209 fifth-grade children (11- to 12-year-olds; 119 boys and 90 girls). For each child, 3 target peers (liked, disliked, and neutral) were identified via a sociometric nomination procedure.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Self Efficacy, Grade 5, Affective Behavior
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Laible, Deborah; Panfile, Tia; Makariev, Drika – Child Development, 2008
The goal of this study was to examine the links among attachment, child temperament, and the quality and frequency of mother-toddler conflict. Sixty-four mothers and children took part in a series of laboratory tasks when the child was 30 months of age and an audio-recorded home observation when the child was 36 months of age. All episodes of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Conflict, Toddlers, Parent Child Relationship
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Guralnick, Michael J.; Neville, Brian; Hammond, Mary A.; Connor, Robert T. – Child Development, 2007
The social dimensions of family-peer linkages of 4- to 6-year-old children (N = 63) with developmental delays (IQ range, 50-80) were examined in this study. Hierarchical regressions revealed consistent and meaningful patterns of association relating children's influence attempts directed toward their mothers and their interactions with peers. A…
Descriptors: Mothers, Developmental Delays, Peer Relationship, Young Children
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Sophian, Catherine – Child Development, 2006
Do children have coexisting but contradictory beliefs about things like magic? Some patterns of behavior that seem to reflect contradictory beliefs may stem from children's recognition that their knowledge about events is incomplete and therefore things may occur without them understanding how. In addition, children may hold certain beliefs that…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Children, Childhood Attitudes, Behavior Patterns
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Iervolino, Alessandra C.; Hines, Melissa; Golombok, Susan E.; Rust, John; Plomin, Robert – Child Development, 2005
The genetic and environmental etiologies of sex-typed behavior were examined during the preschool years in a sample of 3,990 three- to four-year-old twin and nontwin sibling pairs. Results showed moderate genetic and significant shared environmental influence for boys and substantial genetic and moderate shared environmental influence for girls.…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Environmental Influences, Siblings, Twins