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Lin, I-Fen; Fee, Holly R.; Wu, Hsueh-Sheng – Family Relations, 2012
Using data from the 2004 wave of the National Long-Term Care Survey, we examined how negative and positive caregiving experiences differ by caregivers' gender and relationship to care recipients. We further considered how their caregiving experiences are affected by caregivers' demographic characteristics, care recipients' problem behavior and…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Risk, Data Analysis, Surveys
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Skilling, Tracey A.; Doiron, James M.; Seto, Michael C. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
This study examined the extent of, and explored several possible explanations for, the discrepancies found between adolescent and parent reports of conduct problems in adolescent sexual and nonsexual offenders. We found that adolescent sexual offenders scored lower on measures of conduct problems than did nonsexual offenders, whether on the basis…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior, Parent Attitudes
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Wahl, Klaus; Metzner, Cornelia – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
The development of aggressiveness between 5 and 17 years and some parental influences on this development were analyzed using data from Germany. International studies have shown a "camel humps" curve, i.e., a peak of aggression of children (primarily boys) between 2 and 4 years and a second peak of antisocial or aggressive behavior of…
Descriptors: Social Status, Aggression, Daughters, Parenting Styles
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Vuchinich, Samuel; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
This study examined gender differences in early adolescents' adaptation to stepfamilies in which the mother had custody. Parent-child interaction was compared in mother-custody stepfamilies and intact families. Results indicated that girls had more difficulty interacting with stepfathers than sons did. (SH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Daughters