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Haviland, Amelia; Nagin, Daniel S.; Rosenbaum, Paul R.; Tremblay, Richard E. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
A central theme of research on human development and psychopathology is whether a therapeutic intervention or a turning-point event, such as a family break-up, alters the trajectory of the behavior under study. This article describes and applies a method for using observational longitudinal data to make more transparent causal inferences about the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Longitudinal Studies, Individual Development, Inferences

Muller-Brettel, Marianne; Dixon, Roger A. – Human Development, 1985
Reports an evaluation of the perceived visibility and quality of human development journals in France, Great Britain, and West Germany. Overall, the dominance of English-language journals (and especially American journals) is notable. Achieving particular international prominence were "Child Development,""Developmental…
Descriptors: Bias, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Individual Development

Enns, James T.; Cameron, Sharon – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1987
Examined relationships between three components of tasks used in developmental studies of attention--visual search, filtering, and priming--as measured in tasks performed by children and adults. (PCB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Child Development, Foreign Countries

Brandtstadter, Jochen – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Findings highlight the importance of development-related control efforts and beliefs for achieving a subjectively favorable balance of developmental gains and losses and for maintaining an optimistic perspective in middle and later adulthood. Results are discussed with reference to a theoretical model of development-related control activities. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Beliefs, Correlation, Cross Sectional Studies

Skuse, David. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1984
In this description of an unusual family, accounts are given of the later development of two sisters who had suffered severe social and emotional deprivation in infancy. The development of a half brother who was raised elsewhere is recounted, and discrepancies in development are discussed.(RH)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Experience, Family Environment

Skuse, David. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1984
Reviews five previously published and one novel case history of children who suffered extreme deprivation in early childhood. Aspects of cognitive, emotional, and social development are critically appraised, and three issues central to theories about the origins of developmental disorders are addressed.(RH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developmental Disabilities, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Experience
Govako, Boris Ivanovich – Soviet Education, 1990
Presents results of survey and questionnaire research on how both single and married young people spend their leisure time in the Soviet Union. Finds that a number of traditional leisure pastimes are being crowded out by new technical and artistic activities. Expresses concern that student families have little leisure time largely because of…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Family Life, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Lindgren, Gunilla W.; Katoda, Hiroshi – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
Comparison of growth rates and menarcheal age for groups of boys and girls, ages 6 to 15, in Tokyo (Japan) found that children with mental retardation had a smaller growth spurt during puberty but did not differ in maturational rate defined by age at pubertal height spurt or age at menarche. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Body Height, Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Maturity (Individuals)
Tirri, Kirsi; Pehkonen, Leila – 2000
This study explored the moral reasoning and scientific argumentation skills of 31 gifted Finnish adolescents participating in a science program at the University of Helsinki. Students were given the Defining Issues Test (DIT) to determine their level of moral reasoning and the Raven test to evaluate their scientific reasoning. The argumentation…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Case Studies

Plooij, Frans X.; And Others – American Behavioral Scientist, 1990
Describes two studies involving chimpanzee mother-infant pairs in Tanzania between 1980 and 1987 that implemented control theory concepts. The first identified behavioral development in infant chimps; the second observed the growth of independence and parenting patterns. Concludes that the hierarchy of controlled variables develops consecutively…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Child Rearing, Ethology

Krebs, Dennis L.; And Others – Journal of Moral Education, 1994
Reports on a study of 20 male and 20 female adults who responded to 2 forms of Kohlberg's tests. Concludes that the results are partially consistent with the possibility that Kohlberg's tests and scoring system are partially biased against females. (CFR)
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Males
Potvin, Bernie; Parsons, Jim – 1986
An attempt was made to describe the experience of Christian religious education for its participants. This research is both ethnographic and hermeneutic. Thick descriptions gathered from ethnographic methods like participant observation, in-depth interviews, and journal keeping served as text for analysis. Weekly visits of one to four hours were…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Catholics, Christianity, Developmental Stages
Krapp, Andreas; Schiefele, Ulrich – 1986
West German research on children's interests is described, with emphasis on a 3-year longitudinal study of 12 children, aged 3 to 7. Two main lines of interest research are identified: (1) research activities rooted in the tradition of differential psychology emphasizing vocational interests, traits, and attitudes; and (2) research based on a new…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Early Childhood Education
Silbereisen, Rainer K. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
It is well known that human development is influenced by social change. In particular, as evidenced by research on German unification, the rapid change of social institutions can impact on various aspects of behaviour and development. Based on my own research experience in this field, I want to show the necessity for a better interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Self Efficacy, Group Unity, Social Change

Wright, Maijaliisa Rauste-von – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1984
In a longitudinal study of socialization processes, 182 Finnish students were asked--at ages 15 and 18--about the importance of schooling. At both ages 164 subjects considered schooling had terminal/instrumental value. By age 18 differences in other variables formed a consistent pattern, suggestive of two different life orientations toward…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Individual Development