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Cole, Pamela M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
This special section on the development of emotion regulation highlights several important new directions for research. Specifically, the findings of these studies indicate that: (1) emotion regulation develops across the lifespan and not just in early childhood and does so in complex ways, (2) it is necessary to distinguish among emotions to…
Descriptors: Self Control, Role, Gender Differences, Cultural Differences
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Cheah, Charissa S. L.; Trinder, Krista M.; Gokavi, Tara N. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
Although cultural and subcultural differences during the transition to adulthood have been examined, important factors like rural/urban upbringing and gender differences among Canadian emerging adults have been neglected. The present study explored developmentally significant tasks including criteria for adulthood, beliefs about religiosity, and…
Descriptors: Smoking, Adolescents, Gender Differences, Rural Urban Differences
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McShane, Kelly E.; Hastings, Paul D. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
This investigation examined the links between preschoolers' internalizing problems and anxiety-related social difficulties and two aspects of maternal and paternal psychological control: overprotection and critical control. Some 115 mothers and 92 fathers completed the New Friends Vignettes (NFV), a new measure of psychological control and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Anxiety, Social Adjustment, Socialization
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Dodds, Agnes E.; Lawrence, Jeanette A.; Karantzas, Kellie; Brooker, Abi; Lin, Ying Han; Champness, Vivienne; Albert, Nadia – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
We examined self-descriptions of children of Somali refugee families in Australian primary schools, focusing on how children's school-related skills and needs relate to the interpretive frames of mainstream and ethnic cultures. Three groups of Grade 5 and 6 children (Somali, Disadvantaged, Advantaged) made choices among school-related skills, and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Advantaged, Goodness of Fit, Grade 5
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Barry, Carolyn McNamara; Nelson, Larry; Davarya, Sahar; Urry, Shirene – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
Emerging adults (approximately 18 to 25 years of age) experience heightened self-exploration regarding their beliefs and values, including those concerning religiosity and spirituality. The purpose of this article is to review the literature regarding religiosity and spirituality in emerging adulthood. First, we document developmental advances in…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Psychological Patterns, Religion, Spiritual Development
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Findlay, Leanne C.; Coplan, Robert J.; Bowker, Anne – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
Despite growing research results indicating that shyness is a risk factor for psychosocial maladjustment in childhood, less is known about the conceptual mechanisms that may underlie these associations. The purpose of the current study was to explore links between self-reported shyness, coping strategies and social functioning in middle childhood.…
Descriptors: Shyness, At Risk Persons, Children, Emotional Adjustment
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Moilanen, Kristin L.; Raffaelli, Marcela – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
We examined support and conflict with parents and close friends in a sample of ethnically diverse young adults (European-, Asian-, Cuban-, Latin-, and Mexican Americans). College students (N = 495) completed six subscales from the Network of Relationships Inventory (NRI; Furman & Buhrmester, 1985). Friends were rated higher than parents on…
Descriptors: College Students, Mexican Americans, Conflict, Young Adults
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Babb, Kimberley A.; Levine, Linda J.; Arseneault, Jaime M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
This study examined developmental differences in, and cognitive bases of, coping flexibility in children with and without ADHD. Younger (age 7 to 8) and older (age 10 to 11) children with and without ADHD (N = 80) responded to hypothetical vignettes about problematic interactions with peers that shifted from controllable to uncontrollable over…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Developmental Stages, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
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Punamaki, Raija-Leena; Wallenius, Marjut; Holtto, Hanna; Nygard, Clas-Hakan; Rimpela, Arja – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
The study aims were, first, to examine the associations between the type and intensity of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and peer and parent relationships. Second, the study explored gender- and age-specific ICT usage and their associations with peer and parent relationships. The participants were 478 Finnish 10- and 13-year-old…
Descriptors: Mothers, Economically Disadvantaged, Early Adolescents, Adolescents
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Robertson, Dylan L.; Farmer, Thomas W.; Fraser, Mark W.; Day, Steven H.; Duncan, Tisha; Crowther, Amity; Dadisman, Kimberly A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
Social relations of second grade students (247 boys, 290 girls) were examined in rural elementary classrooms. Cluster analysis of teacher ratings was used to identify interpersonal competence configurations including perceived unpopular-aggressive (i.e., "Troubled") and perceived popular-aggressive (i.e., "Tough") subtypes for…
Descriptors: Females, Sociometric Techniques, Multivariate Analysis, Grade 2
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Camras, Linda; Kolmodin, Karen; Chen, Yinghe – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
This study compared Mainland Chinese, Chinese American and European American mothers' self-reported emotional expression within the family. Mothers of 3-year-old European American (n = 40), Chinese American (n = 39) and Mainland Chinese (n = 36) children (n = 20 girls per group) completed the Self-Expressiveness in the Family Questionnaire (SEFQ),…
Descriptors: Mothers, Measures (Individuals), Cultural Differences, Chinese Americans
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Kiuru, Noona; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Aunola, Kaisa; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
This study investigated whether the members of adolescents' peer groups are similar in terms of their school adjustment and whether this homogeneity varies according to peer group type and gender. A total of 1262 peer group members who had recently moved to post-comprehensive education filled in questionnaires measuring their academic achievement,…
Descriptors: Females, Academic Achievement, Peer Relationship, Adolescents
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Suarez-Orozco, Carola; Bang, Hee Jin; Onaga, Marie – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
Immigration presents both challenges and opportunities that affect students' academic achievement. Over the course of five years, varying academic trajectories were identified for recent immigrant students from Central America, China, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Mexico. Latent class growth curve analysis revealed that although some students…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Violence, Poverty, School Segregation
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Flouri, Eirini – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
Chaotic home systems have been linked with children's adverse psychological and academic outcomes. But, as they represent a departure from the suburban ideal of space, order, and family cohesiveness and stability, they should also be linked with low support for survival values. Using longitudinal data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Social Class, Educational Attainment, Family Relationship
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McLernon, Frances; Cairns, Ed – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
Previous research into children's concepts of peace, war and strategies to attain peace suggests that peace and war are developmentally constructed concepts. In order to examine the impact of the immediate sociocultural context, 343 adolescents in Northern Ireland in 2002 were questioned about their concepts of war and peace, and their strategies…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, War
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