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Smallbone, Stephen W.; Dadds, Mark R. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1998
Forty-eight incarcerated sex offenders were compared with 16 property offenders and 16 nonoffenders on self-report measures of childhood maternal and paternal attachment and adult attachment. Results suggest that insecure childhood attachments may be related to offending behavior generally and that certain combinations of childhood attachment…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Correctional Institutions, Criminals
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Fantuzzo, John; McWayne, Christy – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
Relationships between parental report of children's peer play at home and indicators of children's school readiness were examined. Behavior ratings and observational data were collected for preschool children from an urban Head Start program. Play competencies exhibited in the home environment were significantly associated with prosocial behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Family Environment, Interpersonal Competence
Winsler, Adam; De Leon, J. Rene; Carlton, Martha; Barry, Maryann J.; Jenkins, Tammy; Carter, Kermit L. – 1997
This study explored the inter-relationships and developmental stability of inhibitory motor control, attentional control, delay of gratification, and resistance to temptation with 32 preschool children, and related these components of self-regulation to children's behavior at home and in the classroom. The children completed the T.O.V.A.…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems