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Object Exploration Is Facilitated by the Physical and Social Environment in Center-Based Child Care
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Ine H. van Liempd; Ora Oudgenoeg-Paz; Paul P. M. Leseman – Child Development, 2025
Object exploration is considered a driver of motor, cognitive, and social development. However, little is known about how early childhood education and care settings facilitate object exploration. This study examined if children's exploration of objects during free play was facilitated by the use of particular spatial components (floor, tables,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Object Manipulation
The Development of Gait: A Study in African Children Ages One to Five.
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Hennessy, Michael J.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Quantitatively describes the gait development of a group of African children to determine how pattern changes would relate to growth and maturation. A total of 65 children from the Gusii tribe of southwestern Kenya, ranging in age from 13 to 69 months, were selected for study. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Films, Foreign Countries
Birth in the Peruvian Andes: Physical and Behavioral Consequences in the Neonate.
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Saco-Pollitt, Carmen – Child Development, 1981
Neonates born without complications to healthy mothers at 14,000 feet or at 490 feet above sea level were evaluated at 24-36- and 48-60-hours-of-life. In comparison with low-altitude infants, high-altitude infants were significantly lighter, shorter, had a smaller arm circumference, and presented more signs of behavioral immaturity in interactive…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries
The Relation of Growth to Cognition in a Well-Nourished Preschool Population.
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Pollitt, Ernesto; And Others – Child Development, 1982
Reports the results of a multiple regression analysis conducted to determine, in a group of three- to six-year-old children, the magnitude of IQ variance accounted for by physical growth variables and socioeconomic status indicators. (RH)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Quotient
Temperamental Qualities at Age Three Predict Personality Traits in Young Adulthood: Longitudinal Evidence from a Birth Cohort.
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Caspi, Avshalom; Silva, Phil A. – Child Development, 1995
Studied whether behavioral styles at age 3 are linked to personality traits at age 18 after identifying 5 temperament groups (undercontrolled, inhibited, confident, reserved, and well-adjusted). Results pointed to continuities across time. (DR)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Developmental Continuity
Attachment Patterns at Age Six in South Germany: Predictability from Infancy and Implications for Preschool Behavior.
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Wartner, Ulrike G.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined the concordance between mother-infant attachment behavior and patterns of mother-child reunion responses when the children were age six. Found that concordance between four types of attachment status was 82%. Also found a correlation between children's observed social competence at age five and their reunion patterns at age six. (MDM)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Child Behavior
A Comparative Study of Black South African Children from Three Different Contexts.
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Goduka, Ivy N.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Compared family characteristics and developmental outcomes of African-American children from three rural contexts in South Africa: the homeland, the resettlement, and white-owned farms. Child outcomes were highly intercorrelated in all three contexts, but correlations among family variables, and between family and child variables, showed different…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Black Youth, Cognitive Development, Crowding
Comparative Study of Behavioral Qualities of Only Children and Sibling Children.
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Jiao, 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