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Talwar, Victoria; Yachison, Sarah; Leduc, Karissa – Infant and Child Development, 2016
Moral stories are a means of communicating the consequences of our actions and emphasizing virtuous behaviour, such as honesty. However, the effect of these stories on children's lie-telling has yet to be thoroughly explored. The current study investigated the influence of moral stories on children's willingness to lie for another individual.…
Descriptors: Children, Story Telling, Moral Development, Child Behavior
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Laing, Sarah V.; Fernyhough, Charles; Turner, Michelle; Freeston, Mark H. – Infant and Child Development, 2009
Previous studies of childhood fear, worry, and ritualistic behaviour have been limited by restricted age ranges, narrow ranges of anxiety phenomena, non-comparable methodologies, and assessment of typical behaviour within a pathological context. Content and intensity of fear, worry, and ritualistic behaviour, and associations among these…
Descriptors: Children, Interviews, Fear, Anxiety
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Stacks, Ann Michele; Oshio, Toko; Gerard, Jean; Roe, Jacqueline – Infant and Child Development, 2009
Using data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study, this study analysed the stability of child aggressive behaviour beginning in infancy and tested whether spanking when the child was 36 months was associated with aggressive child behaviour among three ethnic groups and whether maternal warmth moderated the effect of spanking on…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Whites, Longitudinal Studies, African American Family