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Kilbride, Howard W.; And Others – Child Development, 1977
Presents a study of the early home experiences of a group of 2-week-old infants, equally divided according to social class, birth order and sex. (JMB)
Descriptors: Birth Order, Early Experience, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Musun-Miller, Linda – 1991
A study explored the extent to which a child's birth order is associated with differential treatment by others. Twenty pairs of siblings between 4 and 9 years of age were observed interacting in a laboratory setting. All were white, middle-class children whose mothers had at least some college education. The children played with and without their…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Children, Interaction Process Analysis, Mothers
Gallas, Howard B.; Lewis, Michael – 1977
This study explored the relationship between the mother-infant interaction and the concurrent perceptual-cognitive and intellectual status of the infant. One hundred and eight-nine 12-week-old infants were given a battery of perceptual-cognitive tasks, including the Mental Developmental Index (MDI) of the Bayley Scales, the Corman-Escalona Scales…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Rothbart, Mary K. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Achievement, Birth Order, Expectation, Interaction Process Analysis
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Nelson, Jo Ann N.; Simmerer, Norma J. – 1983
This report summarizes three related studies of 3- to 5-year-old children's temperament and its relationship to their social competence, ability to solve interpersonal problems, locus of control, parent behavior and teacher/child interactions. Fifty-eight children, predominantly middle class participants in a laboratory preschool, and their…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Order, Fathers, Individual Differences