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Peer reviewedRheingold, Harriet L.; Cook, Kaye V. – Child Development, 1975
The furnishings and toys of boys' and girls' rooms were canvassed on the assumption that differences, if found, would indicate parental ideas about sex-appropriateness. The children were 48 boys and 48 girls under 6 years of age; each child had his own room. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Family Environment, Home Furnishings
Peer reviewedOldershaw, Lynn; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Explores the hypothesis that parenting practices of abusive mothers are characterized by (1) greater use of power-assertive strategies, (2) less flexible behavior with respect to child compliance attempts, (3) more inconsistent use of parenting techniques, and (4) diminished affective quality. (HOD)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Family Environment
Peer reviewedAnderson, Daniel R.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Decribes age trends in television viewing time and visual attention of children and adults videotaped in their homes for 10-day periods. Shows that the increase in visual attention to television during the preschool years is consistent with the theory that television program comprehensibility is a major determinant of attention in young children.…
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Adults, Age Differences, Attention Span
Peer reviewedTulkin, Steven R.; Kagan, Jerome – Child Development, 1972
It was suggested that working-class mothers less frequently believed that their infants were capable of communicating with other people, and hence felt it was futile to attempt to interact with them verbally. (Authors)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Early Experience, Family Environment, Infants
Peer reviewedMartin, Jacqueline L.; Ross, Hildy S. – Child Development, 1996
Examined the influence of mitigating circumstances on parents' beliefs and intervention behaviors regarding sibling physical aggression. Subjects were 40 Caucasian families. Results indicated that, although parents considered sibling physical aggression to be a serious transgression, they believed that mitigated aggression of both of their…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Conflict Resolution
