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A Longitudinal Study of the Utility of Social Preference and Social Impact Sociometric Classification Schemes.
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Newcomb, Andrew F.; Bukowski, William M. – Child Development, 1984
The stability of standard score and probability method sociometric group assignments was examined over a two-year period with an initial group of 334 fifth graders. Popular, neglected, and controversial groups evidenced low stability of group members over intervals of approximately 1, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Preadolescents
Observing Troubled Children's Interpersonal Negotiation Strategies: Implications of and for a Developmental Model.
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Selman, Robert L.; Demorest, Amy P. – Child Development, 1984
A transcript-narrative analysis technique was used to identify interpersonal negotiation strategies of two nine-year-old boys selected from a pool of children with socioemotional and interpersonal difficulties. Strategies were classified according to four developmental levels: impulsive/physical, unilateral/coercive, reciprocal/influential, and…
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Developmental Stages, Emotional Problems
Categorization and Its Developmental Relation to Early Language.
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Gershkoff-Stowe, Lisa; Thal, Donna J.; Smith, Linda B.; Namy, Laura L. – Child Development, 1997
Three studies examined the developmental relationship between early linguistic and cognitive achievements. Findings showed that children's ability to classify objects in a spatial or temporal order was independent of advances in productive vocabulary growth, suggesting that developments in categorization and naming depend on abilities in addition…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classification, Individual Development
The Origins of Concept Formation: Object Sorting and Object Preference in Early Infancy.
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Starkey, David – Child Development, 1981
Examines the issue of object sorting in early infancy. Forty-eight infants at 6, 9, and 12 months were presented with eight sets of small, manipulable objects. At six months, selective manipulation was absent; at nine months, 94 percent of the infants sequentially touched similar objects and at 12 months 100 percent did so. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
The Relationship between Parenting Types and Older Adolescents' Personality, Academic Achievement, Adjustment, and Substance Use.
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Weiss, Laura H.; Schwarz, J. Conrad – Child Development, 1996
Examined the relations between parents' child-rearing style and their older adolescent children's behavior with a sample of 178 college students and their families. Found that students from Nondirective homes had significantly higher SAT scores than students from Authoritarian-Directive and Democratic homes. Students from Unengaged homes had the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Rearing, Classification
Subtypes of Social Withdrawal in Early Childhood: Sociometric Status and Social-Cognitive Differences across Four Years.
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Harrist, Amanda W.; And Others – Child Development, 1997
Followed 150 children over four years who were classified according to cluster analysis of teacher ratings into four types of social withdrawal: unsociable, passive-anxious, active-isolate, and sad-depressed. Found that unsociable children had elevated sociometric neglect rates, active-isolates had higher levels of rejection, and sad-depressed had…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship