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Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Briggs, Rahil D.; McClowry, Sandra G.; Snow, David L. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
This study examined relationships between mother-child interactions and children's behaviors in 119 urban African American mothers and their 6-7 year old children. Interactions during a cooking task and a follow-up child clean-up task were videotaped. Principal components analyses of behaviors during the cooking task yielded two factors in mothers…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship
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Mulvaney, Matthew K.; Mebert, Carolyn J.; Flint, Jacqueline – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
The focus of this study was to examine the relations between parental characteristics and ratings of children's behavior problems. Although there is a considerable body of research that indicates that parental reports of children's behavior are biased by the characteristics of the parent, a number of limitations of past research have precluded…
Descriptors: Parents, Psychological Characteristics, Bias, Evaluation
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Gartstein, Maria A.; Bridgett, David J.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Kaufman, Noah K. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
Caregiver depression has been described as leading to overreport of child behavior problems. This study examines this "depression-distortion" hypothesis in terms of high-risk families of young adolescents. Questionnaire data were collected from mothers, teachers, and fathers, and self-report information was obtained from youth between ages 10 and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Psychopathology, Child Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
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Stauffacher, Kirstin; DeHart, Ganie B. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2006
Children often learn and apply behaviors in sibling interactions before they routinely use such behaviors in peer interactions. As part of a longitudinal study of relational aggression, 46 children were videotaped at home in semi-structured free play situations with siblings and with friends at age 4 and again at age 8. Observations revealed that…
Descriptors: Aggression, Sibling Relationship, Siblings, Children
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Hagan, Lisa Kindleberger; Kuebli, Janet – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
This study examined how parents influence sex differences in young children's physical risk taking behaviors. Eighty three- and four-year old, mostly middle class and Caucasian children climbed across a five-foot high catwalk and walked across a three-foot high beam under their mother or father's supervision. Based on average preschooler gross…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Middle Class, Preschool Children, Mothers
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Crick, Nicki R.; Ostrov, Jamie M.; Burr, Jean E.; Cullerton-Sen, Crystal; Jansen-Yeh, Elizabeth; Ralston, Peter – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2006
To understand the development of relational aggression during early childhood, 91 girls and boys ("M" age=39.0; "SD"=7.6 months) and their teachers participated in an 18-month longitudinal study. Children were observed for relational and physical aggression during free play in four time periods. Individually administered interviews were conducted…
Descriptors: Aggression, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Play
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Casas, Juan F.; Weigel, Stephanie M.; Crick, Nicki R.; Ostrov, Jamie M.; Woods, Kathleen E.; Yeh, Elizabeth A. Jansen; Huddleston-Casas, Catherine A. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2006
This study investigated early parent-child relationships and how children's use of relational and physical aggression varies with aspects of those relationships during the preschool years. Specifically, parenting styles, parents' use of psychological control, and parents' report of their children's reunion behaviors were assessed. Analyses…
Descriptors: Early Parenthood, Aggression, Preschool Children, Family Environment