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Smith, Emilie Phillips; Witherspoon, Dawn P.; Osgood, D. Wayne – Child Development, 2017
Positive youth development (PYD) deserves more empirical attention, particularly among children of diverse racial-ethnic backgrounds. Given the need among families for monitoring and supervision during out-of-school time, community-based afterschool is a potentially promotive ecological setting. This study explores the quality of afterschool…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, After School Programs, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
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Adamson, Lauren B.; Bakeman, Roger; Deckner, Deborah F.; Nelson, P. Brooke – Child Development, 2014
This research traces the development of symbol-infused joint engagement during mother-child interactions into the preschool years. Forty-nine children, who had been previously observed as toddlers (L. B. Adamson, R. Bakeman, & D. F. Deckner), [Adamson, L. B., 2004], were systematically observed during interactions with their mothers at ages…
Descriptors: Young Children, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Preschool Children
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Martin, Carol Lynn; Kornienko, Olga; Schaefer, David R.; Hanish, Laura D.; Fabes, Richard A.; Goble, Priscilla – Child Development, 2013
A stochastic actor-based model was used to investigate the origins of sex segregation by examining how similarity in sex of peers and time spent in gender-typed activities affected affiliation network selection and how peers influenced children's ("N" = 292; "M"[subscript age] = 4.3 years) activity involvement. Gender had…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Gender Bias, Interaction, Peer Relationship
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Taylor, Zoe E.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Widaman, Keith F. – Child Development, 2013
Longitudinal relations among ego-resiliency (ER), effortful control (EC), and observed intrusive parenting were examined at 18, 30, and 42 months of age ("Ns" = 256, 230, and 210) using structural equation modeling. Intrusive parenting at 18 and 30 months negatively predicted EC a year later, over and above earlier levels. EC at…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Self Control, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
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Jacobson, Joseph L. – Child Development, 1981
Infants were observed at 10, 12, and 14 1/2 months to test whether social interaction among infant peers develops as a by-product of object-centered play. Age differences were noted. Object-centered contact did not influence early social interaction; long interactions emerged at later ages regardless of whether or not toys were present. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Infants, Interaction, Longitudinal Studies
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Feldbaum, Craig L.; And Others – Child Development, 1980
Investigates differences between the behaviors of children entering stable preschool groups (six males, six females) and those of their host classmates, and traces the process by which new children come to approximate host frequencies of interaction and social participation. A sequential time-sampling procedure was employed. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Interaction, Observation, Play, Preschool Children
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Mash, Eric J.; McElwee, John D. – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Interaction, Observation, Performance Factors
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Honig, Alice S.; And Others – Child Development, 1970
Presents data using an observational technique, APPROACH, which describes the behaviors of young children in naturalistic social situations. (WY)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Rating Scales, Children, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Baskett, Linda M.; Johnson, Stephen M. – Child Development, 1982
Behaviors observed in 47 families interacting at home were recorded in terms of interactions between a target child and other family members. The types of behaviors emitted by a target child to parents versus siblings were analyzed as were the types of responses that parents versus siblings gave to the target child's behavior. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Family Relationship, Interaction, Negative Reinforcement
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Pepler, Debra J.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
In a longitudinal study of sibling interaction, same-sex and mixed-sex pairs of siblings were observed twice in their homes. Interaction patterns remained stable over the 18 months separating the two observations. Older children initiated prosocial and combative behavior more often than younger children and submitted less often to dominant…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Foreign Countries, Imitation
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Aragona, John A.; Eyberg, Sheila M. – Child Development, 1981
Evaluated differences among neglectful, behavior-problem, and normal mothers in their reports of child behavior problems and observed verbal behavior with children in situations requiring differing degrees of maternal control. Relative to normal mothers, behavior-problem mothers were most negative and were as controlling as neglectful mothers…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Neglect, Children, Comparative Analysis