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Demopoulos, Carly; Hopkins, Joyce; Davis, Amy – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
The aim of this study was to compare social cognitive profiles of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and ADHD. Participants diagnosed with an ASD (n = 137) were compared to participants with ADHD (n = 436) on tests of facial and vocal affect recognition, social judgment and problem-solving, and parent- and teacher-report…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Comparative Analysis, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Hsueh, JoAnn; Lowenstein, Amy E.; Morris, Pamela; Mattera, Shira K.; Bangser, Michael – Administration for Children & Families, 2014
In recent years, interest has increased in preschool programs that promote low-income children's early learning and development. Although research in this area has focused mostly on 4-year-olds, a growing number of 3-year-olds attend publicly funded preschool. In fact, in Head Start--a federally funded early childhood education program--the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Education, Social Development, Emotional Development
Hsueh, JoAnn; Lowenstein, Amy E.; Morris, Pamela; Mattera, Shira K.; Bangser, Michael – Administration for Children & Families, 2014
This report presents exploratory impact findings for 3-year-olds from the Head Start CARES demonstration, a large-scale randomized controlled trial implemented in Head Start centers for one academic year across the country. The study was designed primarily to test the effects of the enhancements on 4-year-olds, but it also provides an opportunity…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Education, Social Development, Emotional Development
Hsueh, JoAnn; Lowenstein, Amy E.; Morris, Pamela; Mattera, Shira K.; Bangser, Michael – Administration for Children & Families, 2014
Preschool has long been viewed as a way to promote low-income children's early learning and development. Some promising classroom-based strategies have been found to enhance preschool children's social, emotional, and behavioral competencies. Most of this research has focused on 4-year-olds, even as a growing number of 3-year-olds attend Head…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Education, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Keil, Vivien; Price, Joseph M. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
This study examined relations among social information-processing (SIP) variables in the domains of peer provocation and peer group entry. Using Crick and Dodge's [Crick, N. R., & Dodge, K. A. (1994). "A review and reformulation of social information-processing mechanisms in children's social adjustment." "Psychological Bulletin," 115, 74-101]…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Peer Relationship, Social Adjustment, Peer Groups
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Embregts, P.; van Nieuwenhuijzen, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: Children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and mild to borderline intellectual disability (ID) have less adaptive behaviour and more behaviour problems than children with mild to borderline ID. Social information processing appears to be an important mechanism in the explanation of the socially inadequate behaviour of children…
Descriptors: Social Development, Autism, Management Development, Cognitive Processes
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DeRosier, Melissa E.; Gilliom, Miles – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2007
We tested the efficacy of a social skills training program for the parents of school-aged children experiencing socio-emotional problems. Participating families (N = 42) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: parent social skills training; parent plus parallel child social skills training; or no-treatment control. The two treatment…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Emotional Problems, Social Behavior, Parents
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Neel, Richard S.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1990
This study of 10 aggressive and 9 nonaggressive preschool boys found that both groups attempted the same repertoire of social goals and used the same social strategies, but with varying relative frequencies. Aggressive children sought to stop or prevent action more often and used intrusive strategies more often than nonaggressive children.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Interpersonal Competence
Paul, Rhea – 1989
This study used several measures to compare 40 toddlers with delays in expressive language and 40 children acquiring language normally. Findings indicated that children with small expressive vocabularies at 2 years of age are not different from their normally speaking peers in terms of hearing, history of ear infections, birth order, or pre- or…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Delayed Speech, Expressive Language
Powers, Richard B.; Boyle, William – 1983
The purpose of the Commons Game is to teach students how social traps work; that is, that short-term individual gain tends to dominate long-term collective gain. Simulations of Commons Dilemma have grown considerably in the last decade; however, the research has used small face-to-face groups to study behavior in the Commons. To compare the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Fines (Penalties)
Kieren, Dianne K.; Hurlbut, Nancy L. – 1987
This study focused on the problem-solving of family groups including an adolescent diabetic. The study sought to: compare three methods used to identify and analyze phases in family problem-solving interactions, establish criteria to evaluate the methods, utilize the criteria to evaluate the three methods, and select a method. The three methods…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Rating Scales, Comparative Analysis, Diabetes
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Toro, Paul A.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
A comparison of 86 learning-disabled children, aged 7-11, and 86 age-matched controls found that subjects were able to generate fewer alternatives for solving social problems, showed less adaptive assertiveness and tolerance for frustration, exhibited more classroom behavior problems, displayed less personal and social competence, and had more…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Competence
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Hazel, J. Stephen; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1982
The efficacy of training learning disabled (LD) adolescents in social and problem-solving skills was evaluated. While all three groups of adolescents showed increased skill levels following training, LD adolescents demonstrated only a slight gain when compared to non-LD and court adjudicated youths on the cognitive problem-solving skill.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency, Feedback
Peters, R. DeV.; Bernfeld, Gary A. – 1980
The major purpose of this study was to assess the degree to which cognitive style, as indexed by the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT), is related to the way in which children respond to problems with social or interpersonal content. Fifty-two reflective and 64 impulsive first- and second-grade boys were presented with a number of stories in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Conceptual Tempo
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Martsch, Martin D. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objective: This study compared two group treatments for aggressive behavior in adjudicated male adolescents: a cognitive-behavioral program (low process) and a program integrating group interaction with cognitive-behavioral training (high process). Method: The court-ordered adolescents were divided into two age groups, younger and older, and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Conflict, Adolescents, Group Dynamics
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