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Glover, Marshaun B.; Mullineaux, Paula Y.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Petrill, Stephen A. – Infant and Child Development, 2010
In the current study, we examined parent gender differences in feelings (negativity and positivity) and perceptions of child behavioural and emotional problems in adoptive and biological parent-child dyads. In a sample of 85 families, we used a novel within-family adoption design in which one child was adopted and one child was a biological child…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Kolak, Amy M.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne – Infant and Child Development, 2008
The goal of this multi-method study was to examine how child gender and coparenting processes influence associations between family stress and toddlers' social adjustment. The participants, 104 dual-earner couples and their 2-year-old children, were videotaped in their home during a freeplay activity. Mothers and fathers completed questionnaires…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Questionnaires, Social Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment
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Frascarolo, France; Favez, Nicolas; Carneiro, Claudio; Fivaz-Depeursinge, Elisabeth – Infant and Child Development, 2004
In developmental research, the family has mainly been studied through dyadic interaction. Three-way interactions have received less attention, partly because of their complexity. This difficulty may be overcome by distinguishing between four hierarchically embedded functions in three-way interactions: (1) participation (inclusion of all…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Parent Child Relationship, Child Development, Play