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Two-Year Impacts of a Universal School-Based Social-Emotional and Literacy Intervention: An Experiment in Translational Developmental Research
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Jones, Stephanie M.; Brown, Joshua L.; Lawrence Aber, J. – Child Development, 2011
This study contributes to ongoing scholarship at the nexus of translational research, education reform, and the developmental and prevention sciences. It reports 2-year experimental impacts of a universal, integrated school-based intervention in social-emotional learning and literacy development on children's social-emotional, behavioral, and…
Descriptors: Socialization, Emotional Development, Literacy, Intervention
Social Learning of Social Behavior in Early Life.
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Hay, Dale F.; And Others – Child Development, 1985
Results of two experiments indicate that dimensions of the social situation in which social behaviors are modeled influence eight-month-old children's tendency to imitate and their choice of recipients for their imitation. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Imitation, Infant Behavior, Infants, Modeling (Psychology)
Cognitive Social Learning Mediators of Aggression.
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Perry, David G.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Explores links between aggression in elementary school children and their perceptions of self-efficacy as well as their response-outcome expectancies. (HOD)
Descriptors: Aggression, Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Students, Perspective Taking
The Antecedents of Social Desirability Response Tendencies of Children and Young Adults
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Allaman, Jacqueline D.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
The results of both studies indicated that harsh'' parental practices predict subsequent social desirability responding. (Authors)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Longitudinal Studies
The Emergence of Same-Sex Affiliative Preferences among Preschool Peers: A Developmental/Ethological Perspective.
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La Freniere, Peter; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Systematic observations of affiliative interaction in 15 stable peer groups were conducted across three years in an urban day care center. Groups contained 193 French-speaking children ranging in age from one to six years. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Ethology, Foreign Countries, Models
Early Family Experience, Social Problem Solving Patterns, and Children's Social Competence.
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Pettit, Gregory S.; And Others – Child Development, 1988
Examines relations among early social and familial experience, social problem-solving skills, and social competence in the classroom, in sample of 46 children, aged four and five years, from economically distressed backgrounds. Finds family experience predictive of both social competence and problem solving. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Decision Making Skills, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Differential Premises Arising from Differential Socialization of the Sexes: Some Conjectures.
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Block, Jeanne H. – Child Development, 1983
The sex-differentiated socialization emphases of parents and other representatives of societal institutions are considered as they influence personality development and behavioral orientations. Such emphases, shaping behaviors, and teaching styles are evaluated with regard to the nature of "meta-messages" conveyed to children. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Achievement, Aggression, Anxiety, Child Rearing
Psychosocial Adjustment among Children Experiencing Persistent and Intermittent Family Economic Hardship.
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Bolger, Kerry E.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Examines the effects of persistent economic hardship on children. Both black and white children who experienced persistent family economic hardship demonstrated problems in peer relations, showed conduct problems at school, and reported low self-esteem. Connections between persistent economic hardship and psychosocial adjustment were more…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Children, Cognitive Development