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The Development of Action Planning in a Joint Action Context
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Paulus, Markus – Developmental Psychology, 2016
The ability to act jointly with another person is a fundamental requirement for participation in social life. The current study examines the development of action planning in a joint action context. In 4 experiments, 3-, 5-, and 7-year-old children as well as a group of adults (n = 196) interacted with another person to operate a novel apparatus.…
Descriptors: Social Life, Experiments, Young Children, Adults
Do the Antecedents and Consequences of Loneliness Change from Middle Adulthood into Old Age?
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Böger, Anne; Huxhold, Oliver – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Loneliness is a stressful experience that appears to interfere with health and social integration (SI). Recently, researchers proposed that both antecedents and consequences of loneliness may change across the life span. To fully understand the processes related to loneliness it may thus be crucial to adopt an age-differentiated perspective. This…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Adults
Motor Cognition and Its Role in the Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Action Understanding
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Gallese, Vittorio; Rochat, Magali; Cossu, Giuseppe; Sinigaglia, Corrado – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Social life rests in large part on the capacity to understand the intentions behind the behavior of others. What are the origins of this capacity? How is one to construe its development in ontogenesis? By assuming that action understanding can be explained only in terms of the ability to read the minds of others--that is, to represent mental…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Social Life, Comprehension, Inferences
Sports Participation and Juvenile Delinquency: The Role of the Peer Context among Adolescent Boys and Girls with Varied Histories of Problem Behavior
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Gardner, Margo; Roth, Jodie; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 2009
In a study of 1,344 urban adolescents, the authors examined the relation between participation in organized sports and juvenile delinquency. They compared youth who participated in sports to those who only participated in nonathletic activities and to those who did not participate in any organized activities. They also examined the indirect…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Females, Adolescents, Males
Innate Intersubjectivity: Newborns' Sensitivity to Communication Disturbance
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Nagy, Emese – Developmental Psychology, 2008
In most of our social life we communicate and relate to others. Successful interpersonal relating is crucial to physical and mental well-being and growth. This study, using the still-face paradigm, demonstrates that even human neonates (n = 90, 3-96 hr after birth) adjust their behavior according to the social responsiveness of their interaction…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Social Life, Neonates, Interpersonal Relationship
Change and Consistency in Social Participation during Early Adulthood.
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Reis, Harry T.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1993
A total of 113 adults from 26 to 31 years of age who had participated in previous social interaction studies while in college kept detailed records of social activity for 2 weeks. Found that from college to adulthood opposite-sex socializing increased, whereas same-sex, mixed-sex, and group interactions decreased. (MDM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy, Longitudinal Studies
Correlates of Locus of Control in a Secondary School Population
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Nowicki, Stephen, Jr.; Roundtree, Julia – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Extracurricular Activities, Family Relationship, Grade 12