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Peer reviewedSroufe, L. Alan; And Others – Child Development, 1985
A concept of seductive mother-toddler relationships was initially validated. Subsequent research showed "seductiveness" was stable, though transformed, from 24 to 42 months; the same mothers were not found to be seductive with male or female siblings; mothers seductive with boys were derisively hostile toward daughters. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Family Problems, Mothers
Peer reviewedLevy-Shiff, Rachel – Child Development, 1982
Effects of father absence on boys and girls who live in families headed by mothers were studied. Subjects were 40 Israeli children (ages 2.6 to 2.10 years of age) whose fathers had died before their birth. Strong differential effects were found in the responses of girls as compared with those of boys. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Fatherless Family, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedRadin, Norma – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedBrody, Gene H.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined relationships between family financial resources, academic competence, and socioemotional adjustment during early adolescence. Subjects were 90 African American youths and their married parents in the rural South. Found that parents with greater financial resources were less depressed and more optimistic, and their children were better…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Black Youth, Child Rearing
Direct linkBrody, Gene H.; Kim, Sooyeon; Murry, Velma McBride; Brown, Anita C. – Child Development, 2004
A 4-wave longitudinal design was used to examine protective links from child competence to behavioral problems in first- (M=10.97 years) and second- (M=8.27 years) born rural African American children. At 1-year intervals, teachers assessed child behavioral problems, mothers reported their psychological functioning, and both mothers and children…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, African American Children, Structural Equation Models, Siblings
Peer reviewedJiao, Shulan; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Investigates the manifestations and socialization processes of only and sibling children for improved implementing of the Chinese one-child family program planning. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Children
Peer reviewedCrittenden, Patricia M. – Child Development, 1985
Three hypotheses were investigated among 121 maltreating and adequate mother/child dyads: that (1) there would be qualitative differences in the supportiveness of mothers' networks; (2) differences would be related to differences in child attachment to mother; and (3) differences in mothers' approaches to relationships might have influenced their…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Child Rearing
Peer reviewedCotterell, John L. – Child Development, 1986
Examines the child-rearing attitudes and behavior of 96 mothers of preschool children living in mining and rural towns in inland Australia in terms of the influences of three factors outside the home: father's absence because of work demands, community characteristics, and mother's informational support. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Community Influence, Employment
