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Buta, Monica; Visu-Petra, George; Opre, Adrian; Koller, Silvia; Visu-Petra, Laura – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
Deception is a common phenomenon in everyday life, yet some people generally lie more than others and some people consider lying more acceptable than others do. Current knowledge about lie acceptability across development or about the individual differences in emotion or personality which shape it is still in an incipient stage. We aimed to expand…
Descriptors: Deception, Individual Differences, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
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Nocentini, Annalaura; De Luca, Lisa; Palladino, Benedetta Emanuela; Menesini, Ersilia – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
This study explored the profiles of Longitudinal Life Environmental Satisfaction (LLES) during the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluating their predicting role in social-emotional adjustment in children and early adolescents. 488 children (M[subscript age] = 8.54; SD = 0.63), and 129 early adolescents (M[subscript]age = 11.08, SD = 0.48) completed two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Almurtaji, Yousuf; Everatt, John; Almenaye, Nasser S.; Alazemi, Ahmad S.; Alradaan, Dalal Abdul Hadi – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2018
Previous studies have found significant differences between the classroom behaviour of boys and girls. Most are within a single broad cultural context and little work has been done within an Arabic/Kuwaiti one. The main aim was to investigate the differences in behaviour between boys and girls in Kuwait primary schools. Data were collected that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Student Behavior, Individual Differences
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Khalifian, Negin; Stites, Mallory C.; Laszlo, Sarah – Developmental Science, 2016
In the cognitive, computational, neuropsychological, and educational literatures, it is established that children approach text in unique ways, and that even adult readers can differ in the strategies they bring to reading. In the developmental event-related potential (ERP) literature, however, children with differing degrees of reading ability…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Reading Ability, Individual Differences, Vocabulary
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Ehm, Jan-Henning; Kerner auch Koerner, Julia; Gawrilow, Caterina; Hasselhorn, Marcus; Schmiedek, Florian – Developmental Psychology, 2016
The present longitudinal study aimed to investigate the influence of ADHD symptoms on reading development in elementary schoolchildren. To this end, repeated assessments of ADHD symptoms (teacher ratings of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity) and reading achievement (standardized tests of decoding speed and text comprehension) were…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary School Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Individual Differences
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Compton, Donald L.; Fuchs, Douglas; Powell, Sarah R.; Schumacher, Robin F.; Hamlett, Carol L.; Vernier, Emily; Namkung, Jessica M.; Vukovic, Rose K. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the contributions of domain-general cognitive resources and different forms of arithmetic development to individual differences in pre-algebraic knowledge. Children (n = 279, mean age = 7.59 years) were assessed on 7 domain-general cognitive resources as well as arithmetic calculations and word problems…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Algebra, Individual Differences, Knowledge Level
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Smiley, Patricia A.; Coulson, Sheri L.; Greene, Joelle K.; Bono, Katherine L. – Social Development, 2010
Individual differences in emotion, cognitions, and task choice following achievement failure are found among four- to seven-year-olds. However, neither performance deterioration during failure nor generalization after failure--aspects of the helpless pattern in 10-year-olds--have been reliably demonstrated in this age group. In the present study,…
Descriptors: Age, Individual Differences, Grade 2, Self Concept
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Bukowski, William M.; Sippola, Lorrie K.; Newcomb, Andrew F. – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Examined differences in attraction to same- and other-sex peers as a function of sex, age, individual characteristics, and context in adolescents studied longitudinally from elementary to middle school. Found attraction to aggressive peers and to peers standing out in observable ways increased with age and upon entry to middle school, whereas…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Age Differences, Aggression
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Newman, Richard S. – Developmental Review, 2000
Maintains that adaptive help seeking exemplifies how elementary- and middle-school students regulate their own learning and intellectual development. Discusses how parents, teachers, and peers contribute to the development of children's skills and attitudes associated with adaptive help seeking. Traces early help-seeking behaviors in the home and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Child Behavior, Child Development