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Children's Daily Routines during Kindergarten Transition
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Wildenger, Leah K.; McIntyre, Laura Lee; Fiese, Barbara H.; Eckert, Tanya L. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2008
Routines are an important feature of family life and functioning in families with young children. Common daily routines such as dinnertime, bedtime, and waking activities are powerful organizers of family behavior and may be instrumental to children and families during times of transition, such as elementary school entry. Daily routines were…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Family Life, Young Children
Family Rituals in the Early Stages of Parenthood.
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Fiese, Barbara H.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1993
Studied organization of family system among 54 couples whose oldest child was 12 months and 61 couples whose oldest child was between 24 and 66 months. Couples completed interviews, Family Ritual Questionnaire, and Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Preschool family group reported more family rituals than did infant group. Preschool families who reported…
Descriptors: Family Life, Infants, Marital Satisfaction, Parents
The Family Narrative Consortium: A Multidimensional Approach to Narratives.
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Fiese, Barbara H.; Sameroff, Arnold J. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
Discusses a theoretical rationale for studying family narratives as indicators of family functioning and influence on child development. Considers the development of a multidimensional coding scheme for these narratives. Presents analyses conducted across four study sites, including data on interrater reliability, confirmatory factor analysis, and…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family History, Family Influence, Family Life
Dinnertime Stories: Connecting Family Practices with Relationship Beliefs and Child Adjustment.
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Fiese, Barbara H.; Marjinsky, Kathleen A. T. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
The Syracuse Dinnertime project investigated the relationship between family dinnertime rituals and narratives and child behavior. Findings indicated that couples that worked together to tell their family story also worked together and with their children in positive dinnertime exchanges. Narratives were not significantly related to child behavior…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Family Environment, Family History, Family Influence
Narrative Connections in the Family Context: Summary and Conclusions.
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Sameroff, Arnold J.; Fiese, Barbara H. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
Investigated reliability of the Family Narrative Consortium (FNC) scales for measuring the effect of social context on construction of family narratives. Analyzed data from four FNC studies to determine reliability of scale dimensions of narrative coherence, narrative interaction, and relationship beliefs. Found that the scale was a set of…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Family Environment, Family History, Family Influence