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Hirvonen, Riikka; Väänänen, Johanna; Aunola, Kaisa; Ahonen, Timo; Kiuru, Noona – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
The present study examined adolescents' and mothers' temperament types and their roles in the socioemotional functioning of early adolescents. A total of 869 sixth-grade students and 668 mothers participated in the study. The students rated their temperament and socioemotional functioning and the mothers rated their own temperament. Latent profile…
Descriptors: Mothers, Personality Traits, Parent Child Relationship, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio; Kanacri, Bernadette Paula Luengo; Gerbino, Maria; Zuffianò, Antonio; Alessandri, Guido; Vecchio, Giovanni; Caprara, Eva; Pastorelli, Concetta; Bridglall, Beatrice – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a pilot school-based intervention called CEPIDEA, designed to promote prosocial behavior in early adolescence. The study took place in a middle school located in a small city near Rome. The intervention group included 151 students (52.3% males; M[subscript age] = 12.4), and the control group…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Early Adolescents, Intervention, Middle School Students
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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
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Wang, Li; Chen, Xinyin; Chen, Huichang; Cui, Liying; Li, Miao – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
Emotional control has traditionally been emphasized in Chinese culture. The primary purpose of the study was to examine the relevance of early affect to social functioning in Chinese children. A sample of children, initially at two years of age, and their mothers in the People's Republic of China participated in this two-year longitudinal study.…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Mothers, Asian Culture, Child Rearing