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Waters, Theodore E. A.; Yang, Rui; Finet, Chloë; Verhees, Martine W. F. T.; Bosmans, Guy – Child Development, 2022
We examined the prototype v. revisionist models of attachment stability with a five-wave, 6-year, longitudinal study of attachment security from middle childhood to adolescence in a White Western European sample (N = 157; Wave 1 M[subscript age] = 10.91, SD = 0.87; 52% female). Attachment was assessed using both questionnaire (Experiences in Close…
Descriptors: Models, Attachment Behavior, Children, Adolescents
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Soley, Gaye; Aldan, Pinar – Child Development, 2020
Children's and adults' attributions of shared knowledge of and shared preference for songs were investigated across two prominent social categories: language and gender. Both attributions indicate similarity among individuals but shared cultural knowledge can be more informative about common social history than shared preference, as it is mainly…
Descriptors: Preferences, Singing, Gender Differences, Attribution Theory
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Rose, Amanda J.; Schwartz-Mette, Rebecca A.; Smith, Rhiannon L.; Asher, Steven R.; Swenson, Lance P.; Carlson, Wendy; Waller, Erika M. – Child Development, 2012
Although girls disclose to friends about problems more than boys, little is known about processes underlying this sex difference. Four studies (Ns = 526, 567, 769, 154) tested whether middle childhood to mid-adolescent girls and boys (ranging from 8 to 17 years old) differ in how they expect that talking about problems would make them feel. Girls…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Disclosure, Friendship, Children
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Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Maïano, Christophe; Marsh, Herbert W.; Nagengast, Benjamin; Janosz, Michel – Child Development, 2013
This study investigates heterogeneity in adolescents' trajectories of global self-esteem (GSE) and the relations between these trajectories and facets of the interpersonal, organizational, and instructional components of students' school life. Methodologically, this study illustrates the use of growth mixture analyses, and how to obtain…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Esteem, Adolescent Development, Gender Differences
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MacEvoy, Julie Paquette; Asher, Steven R. – Child Development, 2012
In this study, the prevailing view that girls are pervasively more skilled in their friendships than boys was challenged by examining whether girls respond more negatively than boys when a friend violates core friendship expectations. Fourth- and fifth-grade children (n = 267) responded to vignettes depicting transgressions involving a friend's…
Descriptors: Friendship, Grade 5, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
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Killen, Melanie; Mulvey, Kelly Lynn; Hitti, Aline – Child Development, 2013
"Interpersonal" rejection and "intergroup" exclusion in childhood reflect different, but complementary, aspects of child development. Interpersonal rejection focuses on individual differences in personality traits, such as wariness and being fearful, to explain bully-victim relationships. In contrast, intergroup exclusion focuses on how in-group…
Descriptors: Rejection (Psychology), Social Isolation, Child Development, Interpersonal Relationship
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Flook, Lisa – Child Development, 2011
This study examined daily interpersonal events with parents and friends and daily well-being among 589 ninth-grade students (mean age = 14.9 years) from Mexican, Chinese, and European backgrounds. Associations were examined using a daily diary methodology whereby adolescents reported on positive and negative interpersonal experiences and mood each…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Gender Differences, Psychological Patterns, Interpersonal Relationship
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Kronenberg, Mindy E.; Hansel, Tonya Cross; Brennan, Adrianne M.; Osofsky, Howard J.; Osofsky, Joy D.; Lawrason, Beverly – Child Development, 2010
Trauma symptoms, recovery patterns, and life stressors of children between the ages of 9 and 18 (n = 387) following Hurricane Katrina were assessed using an adapted version of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Hurricane Assessment and Referral Tool for Children and Adolescents (National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2005). Based on…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Coping, Depression (Psychology), Child Development
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Murray-Close, Dianna; Ostrov, Jamie M. – Child Development, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the distinct forms (i.e., physical and relational) and functions (i.e., proactive and reactive) of aggressive behavior during early childhood (n = 101; M age = 45.09 months). Forms, but not functions, of aggressive behavior were stable over time. A number of contributors to aggression were associated…
Descriptors: Aggression, Young Children, Longitudinal Studies, Interpersonal Relationship
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Hankin, Benjamin L.; Mermelstein, Robin; Roesch, Linda – Child Development, 2007
Stress exposure and reactivity models were examined as explanations for why girls exhibit greater levels of depressive symptoms than boys. In a multiwave, longitudinal design, adolescents' depressive symptoms, alcohol usage, and occurrence of stressors were assessed at baseline, 6, and 12 months later (N=538; 54.5% female; ages 13-18, average…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology), Adolescents, Stress Variables
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Williams, Shannon Tierney; Conger, Katherine Jewsbury; Blozis, Shelley A. – Child Development, 2007
Latent growth curve modeling employed data from a longitudinal study of 451 sibling families to examine parents, siblings, and family economics as factors in individual differences in the developmental course of interpersonal aggression during adolescence. Findings suggest that individual change in interpersonal aggression during adolescence can…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Siblings, Aggression, Interpersonal Relationship