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Direct linkRoberts, Brent W. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
In this commentary I make three points. First, the four articles presented in this special issue are critical examples of the viability and importance of the idea of childhood personality. Second, I identify several concerns, including the narrow scope of the study of childhood personality, the lack of focus on environmental factors that might…
Descriptors: Children, Personality, Personality Development, Personality Studies
Fields, Ann Brown – 1980
Father absence and measures of sex role attitudes in children have been examined in previous research. To investigate whether father presence is more likely to be positively related to instrumentality in both boys and girls, children and their parents completed questionnaires. Boys scored higher than girls on the instrumentality measures. Children…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Children, Family Environment
Peer reviewedWeddle, Charles D.; Wishon, Phillip M. – Children Today, 1986
Examines the problems and needs of the estimated seven million children who are growing up in alcoholic home environments--and the implications for professionals involved with young children. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alcoholism, Childhood Needs, Children
Rowe, David C. – 1994
This book examines socialization science, which is the empirical effort to understand how children acquire traits from their families and cultures. This work proposes that one part of the family influence process--broad differences in family environments, except for those that are neglectful, abusive, or without opportunity--may exert little…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Context Effect, Environmental Influences
Download full textCesarone, Bernard, Ed. – 1999
This guide offers a collection of resources gathered as part of the effort to create the ResilienceNet Web site on the resilience of children and families. The introduction to the guide describes the partnership between ASSIST INTERNATIONAL, INC. and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education that led to the development of…
Descriptors: Children, Coping, Emotional Adjustment, Family Environment
Peer reviewedHart, Daniel; Atkins, Robert; Fegley, Suzanne – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2003
Applied a person-centered approach to childhood personality development in 28 diverse samples of 3- to 6-year-olds studied over 6 years. Identified resilient, overcontrolled, and undercontrolled personality types. Found that the undercontrolled personality type related to intellectual decline over 6 years. The number of family risks predicted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Child Development
Nuba, Hannah, Ed.; And Others – 1994
Designed for use by both parents and professionals who work with young children, this reference work is intended to include all of the major areas in the field of early childhood education. Current topics such as AIDS and computers are addressed, as are more traditional concerns such as family and parenting issues. The book is organized into six…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Rearing
