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Bialecka-Pikul, Marta; Bialek, Arkadiusz – Developmental Psychology, 2021
The dichotomy between explicit and implicit theory of mind remains controversial. This study proposed a developmental and social-constructionist perspective that challenges this notion through a model showing that coordination of perspectives (CoP) is a continuously developing ability in children. Our tested model comprises eight distinct…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Perspective Taking, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries
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Haase, Claudia M.; Heckhausen, Jutta; Wrosch, Carsten – Developmental Psychology, 2013
How can individuals regulate their own development to live happy, healthy, and productive lives? Major theories of developmental regulation across the life span have been proposed (e.g., dual-process model of assimilation and accommodation; motivational theory of life-span development; model of selection, optimization, and compensation), but they…
Descriptors: Well Being, Age Differences, Case Studies, Models
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Spilman, Sarah K.; Neppl, Tricia K.; Donnellan, M. Brent; Schofield, Thomas J.; Conger, Rand D. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
This study evaluated a developmental model of intergenerational continuity in religiosity and its association with observed competency in romantic and parent-child relationships across 2 generations. Using multi-informant data from the Family Transitions Project, a 20-year longitudinal study of families that began during early adolescence (N =…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship, Models, Religion
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Davies, Patrick T.; Martin, Meredith J.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Ripple, Michael T.; Cicchetti, Dante – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Two studies tested hypotheses about the distinctive psychological consequences of children's patterns of responding to interparental conflict. In Study 1, 174 preschool children (M = 4.0 years) and their mothers participated in a cross-sectional design. In Study 2, 243 preschool children (M = 4.6 years) and their parents participated in 2 annual…
Descriptors: Coping, Parents, Interpersonal Competence, Conflict
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Specht, Jule; Egloff, Boris; Schmukle, Stefan C. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Perceived control is an important variable for various demands involved in successful aging. However, perceived control is not set in stone but rather changes throughout the life course. The aim of this study was to identify cross-sectional age differences and longitudinal mean-level changes as well as rank-order changes in perceived control with…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Structural Equation Models, Gender Differences, Aging (Individuals)
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Robinson, Byron F.; Mervis, Carolyn B. – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Used growth curves and dynamic-systems modeling to examine early lexical and grammatical development of one male child. Found that lexical development described a pattern of logistic growth. Plural growth began after reaching a threshold in vocabulary size. Lexical growth slowed as plural growth increased, and increased when plural use reached…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Goodness of Fit, Grammar