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Sequential Analysis of Mastery Behavior in 6- and 12-Month-Old Infants.
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MacTurk, Robert H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Sequences of mastery behavior were analyzed in a sample of 67 infants 6 to 12 months old. Authors computed (a) frequencies of six categories of mastery behavior, transitional probabilities, and z scores for each behavior change, and (b) transitions from a mastery behavior to positive affect. Changes in frequencies and similarity in organization…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Development, Goal Orientation, Infants
Exploiting Redundant Measurement of Dose and Developmental Outcome: New Methods from the Behavioral Teratology of Alcohol.
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Bookstein, Fred L.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Discusses the use of new statistical procedures in a study of the enduring effects of prenatal alcohol exposure upon the neurobehavioral development of some 500 children born in 1975-76. Explains how the Partial Least Squares (PLS) methodology can summarize the data powerfully while avoiding familiar inferential pitfalls. (MDM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Development, Child Development, Children
Effects of Maternal Employment and Child-Care Arrangements on Preschoolers' Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes: Evidence from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
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Baydar, Nazli; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Secondary analyses indicated that maternal employment in children's first year had detrimental effects on cognitive and behavioral development. Grandmother care was beneficial for the cognitive development of children in poverty. For behavioral development, mother care was beneficial for boys and babysitter care for girls. (BC)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Day Care, Employed Parents
The (Artefactual) Remission of Reading Disability: Psychometric Lessons in the Study of Stability and Change in Behavioral Development.
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Fergusson, David M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Two longitudinal studies examined patterns of reading disability in children. Results indicated that remission of reading disability was relatively common with up to 37% of reading-disabled children showing remission within a 2-year period. Results suggest that the presence of measurement errors may lead to misleading impression of the rate of…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
Classics in Developmental Psychology: Historical Persons and Studies of Common Textbook References
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Borstelmann, L. J. – Developmental Psychology, 1974
Reports the results of a survey of current textbooks in developmental psychology for common citation of pre-1940 publications. The historical significance of the contributions of individual persons and landmark studies are discussed. (SDH)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
Balancing for Weaknesses and Challenging Developmental Potential: A Longitudinal Study of Mother-Infant Dyads in Apprenticeship Interactions.
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Heckhausen, Jutta – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Adopts a longitudinal design to track mother-child developmental change in infant task-related mastery and concomitant maternal behavior. Finds that, as infants gain more mastery across time, mothers gradually withdraw support in terms of concrete, specific and nonverbal means of instruction. Results support a one-step-ahead model for maternal…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
Modeling Growth in Boys' Aggressive Behavior across Elementary School: Links to Later Criminal Involvement, Conduct Disorder, and Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Schaeffer, Cindy M.; Petras, Hanno; Ialongo, Nicholas; Poduska, Jeanne; Kellam, Sheppard – Developmental Psychology, 2003
The present study used general growth mixture modeling to identify pathways of antisocial behavior development within an epidemiological sample of urban, primarily African American boys. Teacher-rated aggression, measured longitudinally from 1st to 7th grade, was used to define growth trajectories. Three high-risk trajectories (chronic high,…
Descriptors: Males, Aggression, African American Children, Urban Youth