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Peer reviewedBelsky, Jay – Child Development, 1985
Families were compared at one, three, and nine months to examine the effects of active or passive exposure to the Brazelton Neonatal Behavior Assessment. Either the mother or both parents were the target of the intervention. Assessments of interaction behavior between parents and infants revealed no effects of the experimental intervention.…
Descriptors: Infants, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Intervention
Peer reviewedBlechman, Elaine A.; McEnroe, Michael J. – Child Development, 1985
Effective family problem solving was studied in 97 families of elementary-school-aged children with definite- and indefinite-solution tasks. Incentive and task independence were manipulated. It was found that definitions of effective problem solving based on directly observed measures of group interaction were more valid than definitions based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Family Characteristics, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedGrotevant, Harold D.; Cooper, Catherine R. – Child Development, 1985
Developed a model of individuation in family relationships focused on communicative processes. Expressions of four dimensions of the model (self-esteem, separateness, permeability, and mutuality) were predicted to be positively associated with identity exploration in adolescents. Analysis of observations of families in a Family Interaction Task…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Environment, Family Relationship, Fathers
