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Pettit, Gregory S.; Bates, John E. – Child Development, 1984
Investigated continuities in mother-infant interaction observed at home, maternally perceived infant difficulties, and infant developmental competency. Also assessed were background characteristics and possible variables moderating maternal report of satisfaction with adjustment. A total of 128 dyads were assessed when infants were 6 and 13 months…
Descriptors: Competence, Individual Characteristics, Individual Differences, Infants
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Emmerich, Walter – Child Development, 1974
Fourth through eleventh grade students evaluated single personality trait descriptions of hypothetical persons of their own sex. Results are discussed in terms of person-perception and social desirability theories of personality. (ST)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Individual Characteristics
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Cutrona, Carolyn E.; Feshbach, Seymour – Child Development, 1979
Examined individual differences among third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade children (N=59) in the tendency to remember and utilize dispositional as opposed to situational information in predicting and explaining the behavior of story characters. (JMB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Characterization, Children, Egocentrism
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dlugokinski, Eric; Firestone, Ira J. – Child Development, 1973
This research demonstrates significant but moderate association among 4 methods of measuring other-centeredness, including behavioral, cognitive, valuative, and peer-rating measures. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Grade 5, Grade 8