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Conway, Anne – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2009
Many children and youth have difficulty controlling emotions and impulsive behavior. Brain science is shining new light on the process by which children develop self-regulation and controls from within. This article expands upon Fritz Redl and David Wineman's pioneering work aiding children in the development of flexible and effective controls…
Descriptors: Brain, Self Control, Children, Cognitive Development
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Meichenbaum, Donald H.; Goodman, Joseph – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Inner Speech (Subvocal)
Strickland, Bonnie R.; Nowicki, Stephen, Jr. – 1971
The relationships between locus of control and other personality variables were studied, using the Nowicki-Strickland Scale. The broad hypotheses were that internal locus of control would be related to a number of other competence-type behaviors and adaptive social functioning. Results of various studies are presented, and it is concluded that the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Competence
Bolstad, Orin D.; Johnson, Stephen M. – 1972
This study compared self-regulation and external regulation procedures in the treatment of children's disruptive classroom behavior. Following the collection of baseline data, three of the four most disruptive children in each of 10 first and second grade classrooms were reinforced by the experimenter for achieving low rates of disruptive…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Child Psychology