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Peer reviewedWahler, Robert G. – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Briefly argues that Lytton's article in this issue is wrong in arguing that boys with conduct disorder cultivate their own deviance by driving social exchanges with their parents. Presents the view that parental insensitivity sets the stage for child maladjustment. In this view, children diminish parental nonsynchrony through antisocial behavior.…
Descriptors: Child Responsibility, Children, Etiology, Males
Peer reviewedLytton, Hugh – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Lytton responds to two critical commentaries in this issue by restating the reasons why it is useful to try to disentangle child effects from parent effects. Argues that 10 convergent lines of research provide evidence that the child's tendencies are stronger contributors to conduct disorder than are parental influences. (RH)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Responsibility, Etiology, Parent Influence
Peer reviewedBennett, Mark; Yuill, Nicola; Banerjee, Robin; Thomson, Susan – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Two experiments examined the development of extended identity in children between 5 and 11 years. Findings indicated that only older children judged that they would be evaluated negatively through their association with a wrongdoer and that they would feel embarrassment. Responsibility for a younger child's actions was associated with an earlier…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Child Responsibility, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedDodge, Kenneth A. – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Critiques Lytton's article in this issue that argues against focusing on the relative strength of child effects versus environmental effects. It is recommended that researchers should instead focus on the issues on which mechanisms operate and how they interact during transactional development. (RH)
Descriptors: Child Responsibility, Children, Etiology, Individual Development
Peer reviewedWoods, Merilyn B. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
The primary focus of this research is upon a secondary or derived aspect of maternal employment, namely, the supervision of children whose mothers work. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Responsibility, Cluster Analysis, Correlation
Peer reviewedWalton, Marsha D. – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Naturalistic observations were made of "remedial interchanges" that occurred among kindergarten through fourth-grade children in open classrooms. Three approaches to development of moral judgments were considered: attributional, cognitive developmental, and symbolic interactionist. Data showed limited to no support for these theories and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Behavior Theories, Child Responsibility
Peer reviewedLytton, Hugh – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Evaluates theories that explain the origins of conduct disorder and the evidence supporting them. Evidence is interpreted as demonstrating the primacy of the child's contribution to conduct disorder within a reciprocal parent-child interactive system, and thus corroborating control systems theory. Citations number 106. (RH)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Responsibility, Children, Drug Rehabilitation
Peer reviewedFuligni, Andrew J.; Pedersen, Sara – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Examined changes in sense of family obligation (FO) among an ethnically diverse group of 745 Americans in transition from secondary school into young adulthood. Found that FO increased for all young adults, with slight variations according to ethnic and financial backgrounds. Implications of FO for employment and educational persistence depended…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Age Differences, Child Responsibility, Comparative Analysis
