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Patterns of Adolescents' Participation in Organized Activities: Are Sports Best when Combined with Other Activities?
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Linver, Miriam R.; Roth, Jodie L.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Although many adolescents participate in sports and other types of organized activities, little extant research explores how youth development outcomes may vary for youth involved in different combinations of activities. The present study uses the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a large, nationally…
Descriptors: Child Development, Student Participation, Integrated Activities, Athletics
Moral Judgment Level and Conformity Behavior
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Saltzstein, Herbert D.; Diamond, Rhea – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Findings are discussed in terms of traditional personality-trait theory and cognitive development theory. (Authors)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conformity, Data Analysis, Grade 7
Behavioral Disposition of Child and Caretaker-Child Interaction
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Inoff, Gale E.; Halverson, Charles F., Jr. – Developmental Psychology, 1977
To assess relations between behaviors in a particular circumscribed caretaker-child interaction setting and child behavioral dispositions assessed by more extensive observation, caretaker-child interaction data was collected for 40 children across several days in a nursery school free-play setting. These data were related to child behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Child Caregivers, Individual Characteristics
Down's Syndrome Temperament and Maternal Response to Descriptions of Child Behavior.
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Gunn, P.; Berry, P. – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Reports the responses of 23 mothers of Down's Syndrome children to the Behavioral Style Questionnaire concerning the temperament characteristics of their child. Mothers were also interviewed with the Implicit Parental Learning Theory Scale and asked how they would handle certain specified child behaviors. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Downs Syndrome, Emotional Response, Individual Characteristics