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Hughes, Claire; Ensor, Rosie – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
Building on an existing latent variable analysis of executive function (EF) in children (N=191, 57% boys and 43% girls) making the transition to school (Hughes et al. (2010), "Developmental Neuropsychology", vol. 35, pp. 20-36), the current study both documented average developmental improvements from 4 to 6 years of age and examined individual…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Individual Differences, Verbal Ability, Neuropsychology
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Arsenio, William F.; Gold, Jason; Adams, Erin – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2004
A total of 50 behaviorally disruptive (conduct-disordered or oppositional defiant-disordered) adolescents and 50 comparison adolescents assessed how they expected to feel following both aggressive and nonaggressive situations. Compared with their peers, behaviorally disruptive adolescents expected fewer normative emotions and exhibited somewhat…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Behavior Problems, Adolescents, Aggression
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Zebrowitz, Leslie A.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1991
Two studies examined parent expectations and punishments of mature-faced children as compared to their baby-faced peers. Study 1 revealed that parents allocated more cognitively demanding chores to mature-faced 11 year olds depicted in photographs than to baby-faced children. Study 2 revealed that parents perceived misbehaviors of mature-faced…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Development, Maturity (Individuals), Parent Attitudes