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Direct linkElenbaas, Laura; Killen, Melanie – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Children's decisions regarding the allocation of societal resources in the context of preexisting inequalities were investigated. African American and European American children ages 5 to 6 years (n = 91) and 10 to 11 years (n = 94) judged the acceptability of a medical resource inequality on the basis of race, allocated medical supplies,…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Social Justice, Social Bias, African American Children
Bub, Kristen L.; Buckhalt, Joseph A.; El-Sheikh, Mona – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Relations between changes in children's cognitive performance and changes in sleep problems were examined over a 3-year period, and family socioeconomic status, child race/ethnicity, and gender were assessed as moderators of these associations. Participants were 250 second- and third-grade (8-9 years old at Time 1) boys and girls. At each…
Descriptors: African American Children, Ethnicity, Females, Academic Achievement
Seaton, Eleanor K.; Caldwell, Cleopatra H.; Sellers, Robert M.; Jackson, James S. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
The present study examined whether combinations of ethnicity, gender, and age moderated the association between perceived discrimination and psychological well-being indicators (depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and life satisfaction) in a nationally representative sample of Black youth. The data were from the National Survey of American Life,…
Descriptors: African American Children, Life Satisfaction, Adolescents, Racial Discrimination
Miner, Jennifer L.; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Trajectories of children's externalizing behavior were examined using multilevel growth curve modeling of data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. According to ratings by both mothers and caregivers/teachers when children were 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9 years old, externalizing behavior declined with age. However, mothers rated…
Descriptors: African American Children, Mother Attitudes, Caregivers, Child Rearing
Rowley, Stephanie J.; Burchinal, Margaret R.; Roberts, Joanne E.; Zeisel, Susan A. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
This study examined the effect of changes in racial identity, cross-race friendships, same-race friendships, and classroom racial composition on changes in race-related social cognition from 3rd to 5th grade for 73 African American children. The goal of the study was to determine the extent to which preadolescent racial identity and social context…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Racial Attitudes, Poverty
Burchinal, Margaret R.; Roberts, Joanne E.; Zeisel, Susan A.; Rowley, Stephanie J. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
The transition to middle school is often marked by decreased academic achievement and increased emotional stress, and African American children exposed to social risk may be especially vulnerable during this transition. To identify mediators and protective factors, the authors related severity and timing of risk exposure to academic achievement…
Descriptors: African American Children, Racial Discrimination, Academic Achievement, Child Rearing
Farmer, Thomas W.; Estell, David B.; Bishop, Jennifer L.; O'Neal, Keri K.; Cairns, Beverley D. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Teacher assessments of interpersonal characteristics were used to identify subtypes of rural African American early adolescents (161 boys and 258 girls). Teacher ratings of interpersonal characteristics were used to identify popular and unpopular aggressive subtypes for both boys and girls. Unpopular aggressive youths did not have elevated levels…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, African American Children, Aggression, Rural Youth
Jackson, Linda A.; von Eye, Alexander; Biocca, Frank A.; Barbatsis, Gretchen; Zhao, Yong; Fitzgerald, Hiram E. – Developmental Psychology, 2006
HomeNetToo is a longitudinal field study designed to examine the antecedents and consequences of home Internet use in low-income families http://www.HomeNetToo.org). The study was done between December 2000 and June 2002. Among the consequences considered was children's academic performance. Participants were 140 children, mostly African…
Descriptors: Internet, Academic Achievement, Low Income Groups, Longitudinal Studies
Xie, Hongling; Li, Yan; Boucher, Signe M.; Hutchins, Bryan C.; Cairns, Beverley D. – Developmental Psychology, 2006
Open-ended questions were used to obtain narrative accounts of what makes a girl (or a boy) popular (or unpopular) at school. The participants were 489 African American students in Grades 1, 4, and 7 recruited from high-risk inner-city neighborhoods. Appearance and self-presentation were mentioned the most in Grades 4 and 7. Prosocial…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 4, Grade 7, Child Development
Schaeffer, Cindy M.; Petras, Hanno; Ialongo, Nicholas; Poduska, Jeanne; Kellam, Sheppard – Developmental Psychology, 2003
The present study used general growth mixture modeling to identify pathways of antisocial behavior development within an epidemiological sample of urban, primarily African American boys. Teacher-rated aggression, measured longitudinally from 1st to 7th grade, was used to define growth trajectories. Three high-risk trajectories (chronic high,…
Descriptors: Males, Aggression, African American Children, Urban Youth
