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Bronstein, Phyllis – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1994
Examined patterns of interaction between Mexican parent-child dyads to understand the relationships between childrearing practices, culture, family social environment, and children's social and emotional development. Found that warm, supportive parenting was related to both supportive and assertive, self-expressive child behavior, whereas…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Emotional Development, Family Environment, Influences
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Knight, Rosemary A.; Goodnow, Jacqueline J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1988
Investigated 60 parents' perceptions of influence of their eldest child's (aged 4, 7, or 10 years) development and the extent to which these perceptions varied as a function of five factors. Cognitive and social development were significant variables for beliefs about influence. (RJC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Parent Background
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Tietjen, Anne Marie – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1985
Finds a significant relationship between characteristics of mothers' social networks and those of their children in a sample of 72 Swedish mothers and children. Nature and strength of relationships varied with mothers' marital status and children's gender. Networks of married mothers and daughters were most similar; networks of single mothers and…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Daughters, Marital Status
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Power, Thomas G.; Parke, Ross D. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Observes parents' socialization practices in 24 homes of families with first-born infants at 11, 14, and 17 months of age. Four kinds of socializing practices were observed and compared by parents' sex, infants' age, and infants' sex. (HOD)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
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Sharabany, Ruth; Hertz-Lazarowitz, Rachel – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1981
Observed the social communication and task relevant behaviors of 80 kindergarten and first-grade children, each of whom was assigned to do a task with either a friend or a nonfriend. Results showed that friends exhibited less sharing and communicative behaviors and more task relevant behaviors. An explanatory model is suggested to account for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence