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Silverman, Irwin W. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
Bjorklund and Kipp (1996) hypothesized that due to selection processes operative during human evolution, females have an inborn advantage over males in the ability to suppress inappropriate responses on tasks in the behavioral and social domains. To test this hypothesis, a meta-analysis was conducted on gender differences on simple delay tasks in…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Meta Analysis, Inhibition, Gender Differences
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Meyer, Sara; Raikes, H. Abigail; Virmani, Elita A.; Waters, Sara; Thompson, Ross A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
There is considerable knowledge of parental socialization processes that directly and indirectly influence the development of children's emotion self-regulation, but little understanding of the specific beliefs and values that underlie parents' socialization approaches. This study examined multiple aspects of parents' self-reported…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Socialization, Child Development, Emotional Development
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Weierstall, Roland; Haer, Roos; Banholzer, Lilli; Elbert, Thomas – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
Appetitive aggression--a rewarding perception of the perpetration of violence--seems to be an adaptation common to adverse conditions. Children raised within armed groups may develop attitudes and values that favour harming others when socialized within a combat force. Combatants who joined an armed force early in their lives should, therefore,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Socialization, Military Personnel, Foreign Countries
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Zhao, Siman; Chen, Xinyin; Wang, Li – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
This study examined the relations of maternal warmth, behavioral control, and encouragement of sociability to social, school, and psychological adjustment in migrant children in China. The participants were 284 rural-to-urban migrant children (M age = 11 years, 149 boys) in migrant children's schools and their mothers. Data on parenting were…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parenting Styles, Emotional Adjustment, Affective Behavior
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Seidl-de-Moura, Maria Lucia; Lordelo, Eulina; Vieira, Mauro Luis; Piccinini, Cesar Augusto; Siqueira, Jose de Oliveira; Magalhaes, Celina Maria Colino; Pontes, Fernando Augusto Ramos; Salomao, Nadia Maria; Rimoli, Adriana – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
The present study aimed to investigate Brazilian mothers' socialization goals. The participants in the study were 349 primiparous mothers, whose ages ranged from 17 to 47 years (mean = 26.6 years), who had children aged between 1 and 48 months (mean = 16.4 months). The families were living in seven different cities representing each of the five…
Descriptors: Socialization, Socioeconomic Status, Mothers, Infants
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Ritchie, Fiona K.; Toner, Ignatius J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1984
Investigates the influence on Scottish preschool children's self-control of labels regarding patience given directly to the children themselves, and of the expectations regarding the children's patience provided to adult testers. Childrens self-control was assessed in a task in which each child's possession of accumulating candy rewards was made…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Delay of Gratification, Experimenter Characteristics, Labeling (of Persons)