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Peer reviewedErdley, 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 Found that aggressive, withdrawn, and problem-solving responders differed in the social goals and self-efficacy…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
Peer reviewedKorner, Anneliese F. – Child Development, 1996
Determined whether individual neonate characteristics could be detected and reliably measured in preterm infants. Results showed that preterms were highly self-consistent in their reactions to stimuli from neurobehavioral assessments. Highly reliable individual differences among infants were also seen. Individual consistencies and differences in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Child Psychology, Emotional Response
Peer reviewedYounger, Alastair J.; Piccinin, Andrea M. – Child Development, 1989
This study examined children's recognition memory for descriptions of maladjusted behaviors displayed by hypothetical peers. Children were also asked about the desirability of these hypothetical peers as friends. (PCB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Development
Peer reviewedCunningham, Charles E.; And Others – Child Development, 1985
Addressing methodological limitations, Study One compared parent-child interactions of normal and language-delayed children; Study Two investigated whether mothers adjust the length of their utterances to the child's ability to comprehend or to produce language; Study Three probed interactional variables associated with variations in the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Comprehension
Peer reviewedSabatino, David A.; Becker, John To. – Child Development, 1971
Findings support the hypothesis that lateral preference, per se, has little effect on information-processing behaviors. (Authors)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Ability, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedRagozin, Arlene S. – Child Development, 1980
Relationships between day care and attachment were assessed with alternative procedures: (1) hypothesized normal patterns of attachment were tested naturalistically in day-care centers; (2) day-care and home-reared children were compared in a laboratory setting. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedMartin, Jacqueline L.; Ross, Hildy S. – Child Development, 1996
Examined the influence of mitigating circumstances on parents' beliefs and intervention behaviors regarding sibling physical aggression. Subjects were 40 Caucasian families. Results indicated that, although parents considered sibling physical aggression to be a serious transgression, they believed that mitigated aggression of both of their…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Conflict Resolution
Peer reviewedPulkkinen, Lea – Child Development, 1995
Determined whether there are developmental precursors to accidents and resulting physical impairment. Data collected at ages 8 and 14 (147 males and 142 females) were related to the number of types of accidents and impairment by the age of 27. Accidents and impairment were most frequent among individuals whose behavior had been characterized by…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Patterns
Peer reviewedBlack, Betty; Logan, Arliss – Child Development, 1995
Examined communication in the family and peer systems in relation to children's sociometric status, measuring turn-taking skills and utterance types for 43 preschoolers during interactions with mothers, fathers, and peers. Rejected-status children demonstrated turn-taking styles that included irrelevant turns, interruptions, simultaneous talking,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Fathers
Peer reviewedByers, John A. – Child Development, 1998
Maintains that the "getting into shape" hypothesis of explaining the inverted-U distribution of exercise play across age is likely incorrect. Argues that the biological study of human physical activity play, as recommended by Pellegrini and Smith (1998), will reveal whether physical activity play represents an example of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Biological Influences
Direct linkBrody, Gene H.; Kim, Sooyeon; Murry, Velma McBride; Brown, Anita C. – Child Development, 2004
A 4-wave longitudinal design was used to examine protective links from child competence to behavioral problems in first- (M=10.97 years) and second- (M=8.27 years) born rural African American children. At 1-year intervals, teachers assessed child behavioral problems, mothers reported their psychological functioning, and both mothers and children…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, African American Children, Structural Equation Models, Siblings
Peer reviewedMalatesta, Carol Zander; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Using a longitudinal design, investigates the interactive behaviors of mothers of normal infants and mothers of infants who are known to differ on a host of cognitive, behavioral, and biological parameters. Examines the developmental course of emotional expressivity in these infants. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development
Peer reviewedCassidy, Jude – Child Development, 1986
Explores the relation between the infant's ability to negotiate the environment and the quality of the infant-mother attachment relationship. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns
Peer reviewedHolmberg, Margaret C. – Child Development, 1980
The dyadic controls of the social interchange patterns of 12- to 42-month-olds (N=27) with their different social partners is the focus of this study. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedGarner, Pamela W.; Power, Thomas G. – Child Development, 1996
Evaluated a conceptual model that links temperament, emotional knowledge, and family expressiveness to preschoolers' emotional regulation ability by giving "disappointing" prizes after a task. Subjects were 82 preschoolers. Found that children's positive displays when presented the disappointing prize were inversely related to the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior
