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Catani, Claudia; Gewirtz, Abigail H.; Wieling, Elizabeth; Schauer, Elizabeth; Elbert, Thomas; Neuner, Frank – Child Development, 2010
This study examines the impact of children's exposure to natural disaster against the backdrop of exposure to other traumatic events and psychosocial risks. One thousand three hundred ninety-eight Sri Lankan children aged 9-15 years were interviewed in 4 cross-sectional studies about exposure to traumatic life events related to the war, the…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Family Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Foreign Countries
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Posada, Roberto; Wainryb, Cecilia – Child Development, 2008
Ninety-six Colombian children (mean age = 7.7 years) and adolescents (mean age = 14.6 years) made judgments about stealing and physical harm in the abstract and in the context of survival and revenge. All participants judged it wrong to steal or hurt others because of considerations with justice and welfare, and most also judged it wrong to engage…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Moral Development, Children, Adolescents
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Pollak, Seth D.; Vardi, Shira; Bechner, Anna M. Putzner; Curtin, John J. – Child Development, 2005
The present study examines the effects of early emotional experiences on children's regulation or strategic control of attention in the presence of interpersonal hostility. Abused children's reactions to the unfolding of a realistic interpersonal emotional situation were measured through multiple methods including autonomic nervous system changes…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Psychopathology, Risk, Child Abuse