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How Children and Adolescents Think About, Make Sense of, and Respond to Economic Inequality: Why Does It Matter?
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McLoyd, Vonnie C. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Research published in the special section documents how children's and adolescents' awareness and sensitivity to group-level exclusion, inequality of opportunity, and broader patterns of economic inequality in society influence and are associated with moral emotions, moral reasoning, and decisions about resource allocation. It also assesses the…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Poverty, Social Isolation, Moral Values
Fetal Neurobehavioral Development: A Tale of Two Cities.
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DiPietro, Janet A.; Caulfield, Laura; Costigan, Kathleen A.; Merialdi, Mario; Nguyen, Ruby H. N.; Zavaleta, Nelly; Gurewitsch, Edith D. – Developmental Psychology, 2004
Longitudinal neurobehavioral development was examined in 237 fetuses of low-risk pregnancies from 2 distinct populations-Baltimore, Maryland, and Lima, Peru-at 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, and 38 weeks gestation. Data were based on digitized Doppler-based fetal heart rate (FHR) and fetal movement (FM). In both groups, FHR declined while variability,…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Pregnancy, Prenatal Influences, Gender Differences
Overt and Relational Aggression and Perceived Popularity: Developmental Differences in Concurrent and Prospective Relations.
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Rose, Amanda J.; wenson, Lance P.; Waller, Erika M. – Developmental Psychology, 2004
Relations of overt and relational aggression with perceived popularity among children and early adolescents were examined in 2 studies (Ns = 607 and 1,049). Among older youths, positive concurrent relations found between overt aggression and perceived popularity became nonsignificant when relational aggression was controlled, whereas positive…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Aggression, Children, Early Adolescents
Body Image Among Adolescent Girls and Boys: A Longitudinal Study
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Jones, Diane Carlson – Developmental Psychology, 2004
This longitudinal study of adolescent girls and boys examined the contributions of social (peer appearance context), psychological (internalized appearance ideals and appearance social comparison), and biological (body mass) factors to the development of body dissatisfaction. Students (165 girls and 139 boys) completed questionnaires when they…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Body Composition, Self Concept, Gender Differences