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Lee, Kerry; Bull, Rebecca; Ho, Ringo M. H. – Child Development, 2013
Although early studies of executive functioning in children supported Miyake et al.'s (2000) three-factor model, more recent findings supported a variety of undifferentiated or two-factor structures. Using a cohort-sequential design, this study examined whether there were age-related differences in the structure of executive functioning among…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Age Differences, Children, Adolescents
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Cowan, Gloria; Avants, S. Kelly – Child Development, 1988
Investigates factors of social influence strategies employed by 195 children aged 11-15 and 114 mothers. Girls reported more frequent use and success of strategies anticipating noncompliance and boys more frequent use and success of autonomous strategies. Mothers reported differential reinforcement of boys' and girls' strategies. (RJC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Factor Structure, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
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Schmitz, Mark F.; Baer, Judith C. – Child Development, 2001
Examined factor structure of the emotional Autonomy Scale (EAS) in 3 samples of adolescents, with each sample consisting of 3 racial/ethnic groups. Found that the EAS exhibited poor construct validity and behaved quite differently for different grade and ethnic groups. Suggested that the most credible solution may be to reexamine the conceptual…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Construct Validity