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Yeager, David S.; Miu, Adriana S.; Powers, Joseph; Dweck, Carol S. – Child Development, 2013
Past research has shown that hostile schemas and adverse experiences predict the hostile attributional bias. This research proposes that seemingly nonhostile beliefs (implicit theories about the malleability of personality) may also play a role in shaping it. Study 1 meta-analytically summarized 11 original tests of this hypothesis (N = 1,659),…
Descriptors: Personality Theories, Psychological Patterns, Adolescents, Bias
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Menon, Madhavi; Tobin, Desiree D.; Corby, Brooke C.; Menon, Meenakshi; Hodges, Ernest V. E.; Perry, David G. – Child Development, 2007
Two hypotheses--high self-esteem leads children to act on antisocial cognitions (disposition-activating hypothesis) and high self-esteem leads children to rationalize antisocial conduct (disposition-rationalizing hypothesis)--were investigated in two longitudinal studies. In Study 1 (N = 189; mean age = 11.1 years), antisocial behavior was…
Descriptors: Aggression, Mothers, Longitudinal Studies, Self Esteem
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Gandour, Mary Jane – Child Development, 1989
Findings indicated a significant interaction between activity level and intensity of stimulation in predicting exploratory competence and total exploration among 52 toddlers of 15 months of age who were observed in their homes 6 times over a 4-week period. (RH)
Descriptors: Exploratory Behavior, Family Environment, Hypothesis Testing, Individual Differences
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von Eye, Alexander; Schuster, Christof – Child Development, 2000
Presents sample research designs for the investigation of questions concerning resilience. Describes hypotheses from specific research designs in the form of odds ratios. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Cross Sectional Studies, Hypothesis Testing, Longitudinal Studies