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The Kenyan Political Conflict and Children's Adjustment
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Kithakye, Mumbe; Morris, Amanda Sheffield; Terranova, Andrew M.; Myers, Sonya S. – Child Development, 2010
This study examined pre- and postconflict data from 84 children, ages 3-7 years, living in Kibera, Kenya, during the December 2007 political conflict. Results indicate that children's disaster experiences (home destruction, death of a parent, parent and child harm) are associated with adjustment difficulties and that emotion regulation is an…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Conflict, Children, Foreign Countries
The Relation of Conceptual Tempo to Aggression and Its Control.
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Messer, Stanley B.; Brodzinsky, David M. – Child Development, 1979
Fifth-grade boys and girls were administered the Matching Familiar Figures Test and a projective measure of fantasy aggression and its control. They were also rated sociometrically by peers and teachers on physical, verbal, and indirect forms of overt aggression. Results indicated that conceptual tempo was related to aggression and its control.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Education
Sex Differences in Children's Expression and Control of Fantasy and Overt Aggression.
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Brodzinsky, David M.; And Others – Child Development, 1979
A total of 127 fifth-grade boys and girls were presented a TAT-like projective test to measure fantasy aggression and controls over aggression. Overt peer-oriented aggression was measured by peer and teacher ratings. (JMB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Fantasy