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Peer reviewedFrankenburg, William K.; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Results indicate that the test-retest stability of the DDST is quite satisfactory for a screening test. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Examiners, Measurement Techniques, Observation, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedReid, Molly; And Others – Child Development, 1989
Investigated perceptions of social support of 249 children of 6-12 years. Data indicated that subjective impressions about social support can be measured with reliability and validity and that children understand and care about the quality and differentiation of support. (RJC)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Measurement Techniques, Social Cognition
Peer reviewedDavis, Albert J. – Child Development, 1971
Findings suggested a reliability problem and raised a question of validity with the use of total response frequencies based on relatively unlimited free responses to the SCST-Form A. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Individual Characteristics, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedDavis-Kean, Pamela E.; Sandler, Howard M. – Child Development, 2001
Conducted meta-analysis of preschool and early elementary school self-esteem instruments, using reliability as criterion variable and different aspects of methodology used in testing an instrument as predictor variables. Found that reliability could be predicted by study setting, number of items in the scale, age of children being studied, method…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Data Collection, Measurement Techniques, Measures (Individuals)
Peer reviewedMeaselle, Jeffrey R.; Ablow, Jennifer C.; Cowan, Philip A.; Cowan, Carolyn P. – Child Development, 1998
Examined psychometric properties of self-perception scales of the Berkeley Puppet Interview (BPI) with children at preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. Found that young children have a multidimensional self-concept that can be reliably measured. The BPI was sensitive to normative change and individual differences. Support for validity was…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Individual Differences, Interviews, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedBornstein, Marc H.; Sigman, Marian D. – Child Development, 1986
Reviews bases for contemporary discontinuity theories of mental development, presents findings that support alternative proposition of continuity and scrutinizes assessment methods from which these continuity results derive. Also offers several models that help explain the continuity findings, and argues that individual differences in mental…
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Continuity
Peer reviewedDowney, Geraldine; Lebolt, Amy; Rincon, Claudia; Freitas, Antonio L. – Child Development, 1998
Three studies examine the relationship of rejection sensitivity measured on the Children's Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire to individual differences in response to peers' social rejection in urban, minority fifth to seventh graders. Found that rejection-sensitive children behaved more aggressively and experienced increased interpersonal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aggression, Anger, Attribution Theory
Peer reviewedMarsh, Herbert W.; Craven, Rhonda; Debus, Raymond – Child Development, 1998
Used new administration procedure of Self Description Questionnaire to assess dimensions of young children's self-concept in a multicohort-multioccasion study. Found that the scale's reliability and stability improved with age and from one year to the next. Gender differences were stable over age. Time 1 teacher ratings contributed to the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cohort Analysis, Factor Analysis, Individual Development
