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Emma Armstrong-Carter; Jasmin Wertz; Benjamin W. Domingue – Grantee Submission, 2021
Recent genetic discoveries offer a new lens through which to study cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social processes that are foundational to children's development. In this article, we review the latest advances in genomics--genome-wide association studies and the polygenic scores that have come out of them--and discuss how these techniques…
Descriptors: Child Development, Genetics, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Development
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Kranzler, John H.; Floyd, Randy G.; Bray, Melissa A.; Demaray, Michelle K. – School Psychology, 2020
Conoley, Powers, and Gutkin (2020) called for an increased emphasis on models of psychological service delivery that are primarily indirect, adult-focused, and geared toward systems-level change in the schools. They asserted that research in school psychology should not focus on the problems of individual children and youth but address the…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Student Needs, Individual Development, Genetics
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Rose, Amanda J.; Rudolph, Karen D. – Psychological Bulletin, 2006
Theory and research on sex differences in adjustment focus largely on parental, societal, and biological influences. However, it also is important to consider how peers contribute to girls' and boys' development. This article provides a critical review of sex differences in several peer relationship processes, including behavioral and…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Gender Differences, Emotional Development, Behavior Development
Algozzine, Robert; Salvia, John – 1976
An investigation of the relationship between appearance and psychological development is presented in this paper. The central hypothesis of the investigation is that appearance is an important stimulus property in the psychological development of children, and as such has an effect on an individual's response to his environment as well as the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Development, Body Image, Emotional Development
Bovey, T.; Strain, P. – 2003
Research has indicated a strong relationship between low peer status in childhood of children with and without and later problems in adolescence and adulthood and children with social deficits often show similar patterns of behavior. They may be withdrawn and hesitant to interact with peers, socially aloof and "unaware" of their peers, or they may…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
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Jacobson, Joseph L.; Wille, Diane E. – Child Development, 1986
Investigates the influence of infant-mother attachment patterns on the development of peer interaction between the toddler and preschool periods. Notes that, in an initial encounter with an unfamiliar peer, attachment patterns appear to be related more to the child's attractiveness as an interactive partner than to the child's own active interest…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Emotional Development