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Miller, Lucy Jane; Schoen, Sarah A.; Camarata, Stephen M.; McConkey, John; Kanics, Ingrid M.; Valdez, Andrea; Hampton, Shannon – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2017
Playground design is critical to school-based practice, insuring access and use for all children. The play behavior of children with special needs is qualitatively and quantitatively different than their typically developing peers. However, empirical data is needed to support the therapeutic value of playground equipment used with school-aged…
Descriptors: Play, Child Behavior, Playground Activities, Playgrounds
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Weisman, Omri; Feldman, Ruth; Burg-Malki, Merav; Keren, Miri; Geva, Ronny; Diesendruck, Gil; Gothelf, Doron – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Mother-child interactions in 22q11.2 Deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) and Williams syndrome (WS) were coded for maternal sensitivity/intrusiveness, child's expression of affect, levels of engagement, and dyadic reciprocity. WS children were found to express more positive emotions towards their mothers compared to 22q11.2DS children and those with…
Descriptors: Mothers, Children, Parent Child Relationship, Genetic Disorders
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Bai, Sunhye; Repetti, Rena L.; Sperling, Jacqueline B. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Research on family socialization of positive emotion has primarily focused on the infant and toddler stages of development, and relied on observations of parent-child interactions in highly structured laboratory environments. Little is known about how children's spontaneous expressions of positive emotion are maintained in the uncontrolled…
Descriptors: Children, Emotional Response, Affective Behavior, Child Behavior
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Burkitt, Esther; Watling, Dawn – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
The present study was designed to investigate the impact of familiarity and audience age on children's self-presentation in self-drawings of happy, sad and neutral figures. Two hundred children (100 girls and 100 boys) with the average age of 8 years 2 months, ranging from 6 years 3 months to 10 years 1 month, formed two age groups and five…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Age Differences, Children, Freehand Drawing
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Haven, Erin L.; Manangan, Christen N.; Sparrow, Joanne K.; Wilson, Beverly J. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This study examined associations between parent-child interactions and the development of social skills in 42 children (21 typically developing and 21 with autism spectrum disorders) between the ages of 3 years, 0 months and 6 years, 11 months. We expected that positive parent-child interaction qualities would be related to children's social…
Descriptors: Correlation, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Interpersonal Competence
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Taylor, Zoe E.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Spinrad, Tracy L. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
The goal of this study was to examine physiological and environmental predictors of children's sympathy (an emotional response consisting of feelings of concern or sorrow for others who are distressed or in need) and whether temperamental effortful control mediated these relations. Specifically, in a study of 192 children (23% Hispanic; 54%…
Descriptors: Physiology, Environmental Influences, Predictor Variables, Children