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Joking and Appreciation of Humor in Nursery School Children
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Groch, Alice S. – Child Development, 1974
An assessment of the occurrence of three forms of humor (responsive, productive, and hostile) during the activities of 30 nursery school children. The three humor forms were not significantly correlated. The relation of the ongoing activities and the pattern of humor exhibited, along with the significant sex differences in humor expression are…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Humor, Individual Development, Preschool Children
Children's Social Goals and Self-Efficacy Perceptions as Influences on their Responses to Ambiguous Provocation.
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Erdley, Cynthia A.; Asher, Steven R. – Child Development, 1996
Examined whether children who vary in their behavioral responses to ambiguous provocation but have similar attributional processes differ in their social goals and self- efficacy perceptions. Subjects were 781 4th and 5th graders. Found that aggressive, withdrawn, and problem-solving responders differed in the social goals and self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Children, Individual Development
Chronicity and Instability of Children's Peer Victimization Experiences as Predictors of Loneliness and Social Satisfaction Trajectories.
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Kochenderfer-Ladd, Becky; Wardrop, James L. – Child Development, 2001
Predicted children's loneliness and social satisfaction growth curves based on changes in peer victimization status from kindergarten through third grade. Found that trajectories for children moving from nonvictim to victim classification showed increasing loneliness and decreasing social satisfaction. However, moving from victim to nonvictim…
Descriptors: Bullying, Childhood Attitudes, Emotional Response, Individual Development
Physical Activity Play: The Nature and Function of a Neglected Aspect of Play.
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Pellegrini, A. D.; Smith, Peter K. – Child Development, 1998
Considers the nature and developmental functions of physical activity play. Distinguishes three kinds of physical activity play with consecutive age peaks: rhythmic stereotypies, exercise play, and rough-and-tumble play. Considers gender differences and function in terms of immediate and deferred consequences in physical, cognitive, and social…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Definitions
Vagal Regulation of Heart Rate in the Prediction of Developmental Outcome for Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants.
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Doussard-Roosevelt, Jane A.; And Others – Child Development, 1997
Used heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) assessed at 33 to 35 weeks gestational age to predict developmental outcome at 3 years for very low birth weight infants. Found that RSA measures predicted developmental outcome beyond effects of birth weight, medical risk, and socioeconomic status. For infants < 1,000 grams, RSA maturation…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Heart Rate
Linking Family Hardship to Children's Lives.
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Elder, Gen H., Jr.; And Others – Child Development, 1985
Used newly developed codes for parenting behavior during the Great Depression reported in the Oakland Growth Study. Results indicated that economic hardship adversely influenced the psychosocial well-being of adolescent girls, but not boys, by increasing the rejecting behavior of fathers. This effect was particularly strong for unattractive girls.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Fathers