The wishes of 403 normal boys and girls ages 10 to ll were compared with the wishes of 139 boys and girls who were seen by a psychiatrist. Significant differences between the wishes of the two groups, as well as between normal boys and girls, were found. (MP)

The Behavior Problem Checklist was used to assess the prevalence of behavior problems in deaf children (N=192) and compare these results to earlier studies of hearing and hearing-impaired children. Results were more consistent with past findings among children with no hearing problems. (Author/RC)

Hyperactive children were less compliant and more negative than were nonhyperactive controls, and their mothers responded more negatively to their compliance than mothers of nonhyperactive children. Mothers of hyperactive children reported more psychological difficulties in relatives and rated their children as more deviant than nonhyperactive…

Compared mothers' and fathers' as well as parents' and their 11-year-old children's beliefs about children and child development. Results revealed more similarities than differences in maternal/paternal beliefs. However, within-family analyses revealed little agreement between mothers and fathers. There was also little agreement between parents…

Administered the WISC and the WISC-R in a counterbalanced design to 20 Hispanic children. Revealed the WISC-R to be as culturally biased as the WISC and that more Hispanic children may be labeled as mentally deficient. Suggested that verbal IQ reflects the extent of acculturation, while Performance IQ reflects actual ability. (Author)

Adults' conceptions of children's abilities were examined as a function of three factors: the nature of the subject group, the particular ability in question, and the particular questions asked about the ability. Subjects were 60 adults equally divided among four groups: female parents, female nonparents, male parents, and male nonparents. (MP)

Compared how 8-, 10-, and 12-year-olds responded to provocation by a same- or an other-gender peer in a laboratory play session. Found that responses to other-gender peer were more negative than to same-gender peer during baseline and provocation periods. With other-gender partners, participants reported liking them less, trying less to get along,…

Parents' reactions to the attractiveness of children and the influence of children's gender on parents' reactions were investigated. It was expected that, when rating attractive children, parents would give higher evaluations and have greater expectations than when rating unattractive children. It was further expected that parents would exhibit…

Two experiments found support for the proposition that, when cognitive cues (knowledge of children's chronological age) conflict with perceptual cues (perceived height), the latter cues, although inappropriate, are more salient in determining adult expectations for achievement. (MP)

Fifth-grade and kindergarten boys and girls were exposed to a violent televised episode introduced as a fictional portrayal or as a news broadcast or were not exposed to the violent episode. Aggressive reponses and helping responses were recorded immediately following exposure. Results revealed girls were less aggressive in the no-TV and reality…

This study assessed second-, third-, fifth-, and sixth-graders' perceptions of relationship quality with a reciprocal classroom friend and a reciprocal classroom best friend. Findings demonstrated that best friends rated higher in quality than did friends on four of seven dimensions. Best friends exhibited more response congruence than did friends…

Related Swedish mothers' ratings of their children's shyness with the children's later timing of marriage and parenthood and career success. Shy boys married and became fathers later than non-shy boys, but their careers were not affected by shyness. Shy girls married and became mothers at the same time as non-shy girls. Compared results with…

Examined second-, third-, fifth-, and sixth-graders' evaluations of parent-child inductive discipline situations. Found that for physical transgressions, victim-oriented induction was evaluated as more appropriate and fair than parent-oriented induction. Younger children evaluated parent-oriented induction as more appropriate than older children.…

Controversial claims made about characteristics of "women's speech" are examined in a comparison of certain aspects of the language used by 17 ten-year-olds (9 boys and 8 girls) and 20 adults (10 men and 10 women, mean age 20.0 years), all native speakers of English. The subjects were asked to pretend to speak on the telephone to a person of…

The present study is part of a larger research project which is concerned with the cultural dimensions of interpretations of sexual differentiation in children's drawings. The basic assumption of this study is that the first figure drawn when a child is asked to draw a person is significantly related to, but does not necessarily establish, the…