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Association of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Perinatal Maternal Depression with Early Childhood Behavioral Problems: An Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Study
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Shuffrey, Lauren C.; Morales, Santiago; Jacobson, Melanie H.; Bosquet Enlow, Michelle; Ghassabian, Akhgar; Margolis, Amy E.; Lucchini, Maristella; Carroll, Kecia N.; Crum, Rosa M.; Dabelea, Dana; Deutsch, Arielle; Fifer, William P.; Goldson, Brandon; Hockett, Christine W.; Mason, W. Alex; Jacobson, Lisette T.; O'Connor, Thomas G.; Pini, Nicolò; Rayport, Yael; Sania, Ayesha; Trasande, Leonardo; Wright, Rosalind J.; Lee, Seonjoo; Monk, Catherine – Child Development, 2023
This study examined the association of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), prenatal, and postnatal maternal depressive symptoms with externalizing, internalizing, and autism spectrum problems on the Preschool Child Behavior Checklist in 2379 children aged 4.12 ± 0.60 (48% female; 47% White, 32% Black, 15% Mixed Race, 4% Asian, <2% American…
Descriptors: Young Children, Pregnancy, Diabetes, Mothers
Prosocial Motivation: Inferences from an Opaque Body of Work
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Eisenberg, Nancy; VanSchyndel, Sarah K.; Spinrad, Tracy L. – Child Development, 2016
Because motivations for prosocial actions typically are unclear, sometimes even to actors but especially for observers, it is difficult to study prosocial motivation. This article reviews research that provides evidence regarding children's motives for prosocial behaviors. First, we present a heuristic model to classify motives on the dimension of…
Descriptors: Motivation, Prosocial Behavior, Literature Reviews, Heuristics
Judgments and Reasoning about Parental Discipline Involving Induction and Psychological Control in China and Canada
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Helwig, Charles C.; To, Sharon; Wang, Qian; Liu, Chunqiong; Yang, Shaogang – Child Development, 2014
This study examined judgments and reasoning about four parental discipline practices (induction or reasoning and three practices involving "psychological control"; Barber, 1996; two forms of shaming and love withdrawal) among children (7-14 years of age) from urban and rural China and Canada (N = 288) in response to a moral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discipline, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
Academic Identity Formation and Motivation among Ethnic Minority Adolescents: The Role of the "Self" between Internal and External Perceptions of Identity
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Matthews, Jamaal S.; Banerjee, Meeta; Lauermann, Fani – Child Development, 2014
Identity is often studied as a motivational construct within research on adolescent development and education. However, differential dimensions of identity, as a set of internal values versus external perceptions of social belonging, may relate to motivation in distinct ways. Utilizing a sample of 600 African American and Latino adolescents (43%…
Descriptors: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Identification (Psychology), Social Influences
Prosocial Behavior and Caring in Adolescence: Relations to Self-Understanding and Social Judgment.
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Hart, Daniel; Fegley, Suzanne – Child Development, 1995
Examined the self-understanding and moral judgment of 15 African American and Hispanic American adolescents nominated by community leaders for their exemplary caring behavior. These "care exemplars" were more likely than comparison adolescents to describe themselves in terms of moral personality traits and goals and to view themselves as…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Hispanic Americans, Individual Development
Changes in Children's Self-Competence and Values: Gender and Domain Differences across Grades One through Twelve.
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Jacobs, Janis E.; Lanza, Stephanie; Osgood, D. Wayne; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Wigfield, Allan – Child Development, 2002
Studied perceptions of self-competence and task values, documenting domain-specific growth trajectories for 761 children from grade 1 through 12. Found that self- perceptions of competence and subjective task values declined as children got older, although extent and rate of decline varied across domains. Found significant gender differences in…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Competence, Individual Development
The Measurement of Children's Self-Concept as Related to Racial Membership
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Stabler, John R.; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Attitudes toward the colors black and white may influence the way black and white children view each other and themselves. (Authors)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Color, Measurement Techniques, Preschool Children
Development of Adolescents' Self-Perceptions, Values, and Task Perceptions According to Gender and Domain in 7th- through 11th-Grade Australian Students
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Watt, Helen M. G. – Child Development, 2004
Latent growth models estimated developmental trajectories for adolescents' math and English self-perceptions (perceived talent, success expectancies), values (intrinsic, utility) and task perceptions (task difficulty, effort required). A longitudinal cohort-sequential study included 1,323 participants spanning Grades 7 to 11, with Occasion 1 mean…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Gender Differences, Self Concept, Adolescent Development
Structural Equation Models in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Model Building.
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Anderson, James G. – Child Development, 1987
Demonstrates how structural equation modeling can be used to translate a verbal theory into a mathematical model that can be estimated and tested, and from which inferences can be drawn. Data used was taken from a previous study of the effects of family socialization on the formation of achievement values and self-concept. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Cultural Differences, Demography