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Interparental Conflict and Children's Social Problems: Insecurity and Friendship Affiliation as Cascading Mediators
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Davies, Patrick T.; Martin, Meredith J.; Cummings, E. Mark – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Although social difficulties have been identified as sequelae of children's experiences with interparental conflict and insecurity, little is known about the specific mechanisms underlying their vulnerability to social problems. Guided by emotional security theory, this study tested the hypothesis that children's emotional insecurity mediates…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Interpersonal Relationship, Conflict, Interpersonal Competence
You Get What You Get and You Don't Throw a Fit!: Emotion Socialization and Child Physiology Jointly Predict Early Prosocial Development
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Scrimgeour, Meghan B.; Davis, Elizabeth L.; Buss, Kristin A. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Prosocial behavior in early childhood is a precursor to later adaptive social functioning. This investigation leveraged mother-reported, physiological, and observational data to examine children's prosocial development from age 2 to age 4 (N = 125). Maternal emotion socialization (ES) strategies and children's parasympathetic regulation have each…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Prosocial Behavior, Psychological Patterns
Assessment of Interpersonal Negotiation Strategies in Youth Engaged in Problem Behaviors.
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Leadbeater, Bonnie J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1989
This study of 150 males and 121 females approximately 16 1/2 years of age explored relations among developmental levels and styles of interpersonal negotiation strategies (INS) and competence in social problem-solving skills. Also assessed relations among levels and styles of INS and self-reported engagement in problem behaviors. (RH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Interpersonal Competence
The Quality of Sibling Relationships and the Development of Social Competence and Behavioral Control in Aggressive Children.
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Stormshak, Elizabeth A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined the relationship between sibling interactions and the social adjustment of children with behavior problems. Subjects were 53 aggressive first- and second-grade children, their mothers, and their siblings. Found that children in sibling relationships with moderate levels of warmth and conflict showed better adjustment than did children in…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Children
Responsive Parenting: Establishing Early Foundations for Social, Communication, and Independent Problem-Solving Skills
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Landry, Susan H.; Smith, Karen E.; Swank, Paul R. – Developmental Psychology, 2006
Mothers whose infants varied in early biological characteristics (born at term, n = 120; born at very low birth weight [VLBW], n = 144) were randomized to a target group (n = 133) or developmental feedback comparison group (n = 131) to determine whether learning responsive behaviors would facilitate infant development. The target condition…
Descriptors: Mothers, Responses, Parent Child Relationship, Child Development
Initial Behavior Outcomes for the PeaceBuilders Universal School-Based Violence Prevention Program.
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Flannery, Daniel J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Assigned elementary schools to either immediate postbaseline intervention (PBI) with PeaceBuilders, a school-based violence prevention program, or to intervention 1 year later (PBD). Found significant gains in social competence for kindergarten through second-graders in Year 1, in peace-building behavior in Grades K to 5, and reduced aggression in…
Descriptors: Aggression, Change Strategies, Children, Educational Environment