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Andrew J. Ross; Elizabeth D. Handley; Sheree L. Toth; Dante Cicchetti – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
Despite findings that developmental timing of maltreatment is a critical factor in predicting subsequent outcomes, children's developmental stage is understudied in maltreatment research. Moreover, childhood maltreatment is associated with the development of maladaptive peer relationships and psychopathology, with social cognition identified as a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Peer Relationship, Psychopathology
Guirguis, Ruth V.; Longley, Jennifer M. – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2021
Vygotsky (1978) describes play as having three main components, one being the ability for a child to create an imaginary situation, the second taking on and acting out roles, and the third, following a set of rules that were determined by the roles children took on during play during social or group settings. Hence, supporting much needed social…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Play, Trauma
Nishina, Adrienne; Witkow, Melissa – Grantee Submission, 2019
The population of multiracial youth in the United States is expected to grow in the coming decades (exceeding 11% by 2060). In this article, we aim to convince child development researchers who do not usually examine race and ethnicity in their work to consider multiracial youth. We describe ways in which youth from more than one racial background…
Descriptors: Child Development, Educational Researchers, Multiracial Persons, Minority Groups
Harper, Gary W.; LaBoy, Richard; Castillo, Marne; Johnson, Gabriel L.; Hosek, Sybil G.; Jadwin-Cakmak, Laura – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2022
Younger members of the House and Ball Community (HBC) have created an emerging social scene called "Kiki" that has shared elements with the HBC. Given the growing popularity of the Kiki scene in urban communities with large numbers of Black gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) adolescents and emerging adults, it is important to…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, African Americans, Adolescents, Young Adults
Kranzler, John H.; Floyd, Randy G.; Bray, Melissa A.; Demaray, Michelle K. – School Psychology, 2020
Conoley, Powers, and Gutkin (2020) called for an increased emphasis on models of psychological service delivery that are primarily indirect, adult-focused, and geared toward systems-level change in the schools. They asserted that research in school psychology should not focus on the problems of individual children and youth but address the…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Student Needs, Individual Development, Genetics
Bauml, Michelle; Patton, Mary Martin; Rhea, Deborah – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2020
Recess in the United States is decidedly limited in elementary schools, despite numerous research findings that support unstructured play as a vehicle for development across multiple domains. It is widely understood that recess breaks promote prosocial behaviors, physical activity, and attentiveness in class. However, few researchers in the United…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Time Management
Legette, Kamilah – Educational Psychology Review, 2020
Research examining the effects of track placement in the USA has predominantly focused on racial/socio-economic differences in access to learning opportunities. However, track assignment might also create academic social groups within schools that shape students' social-cognitive processes. This article provides a conceptual model that describes…
Descriptors: Social Development, Cognitive Development, Track System (Education), Student Placement
Koçak, Duygu; Incekara, Sema – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2020
In this study, it is aimed to determine the opinions of preschool teachers and classroom teachers about school readiness. As in the current situation, since this research is aimed to be a qualitative approach, the research is a case study of qualitative research type. In the study, interviews were conducted with a total of 25 teachers including 15…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Grade 1, Young Children
Laghi, Fiorenzo; Lonigro, Antonia; Pallini, Susanna; Baiocco, Roberto – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2018
Background: To date, research on spontaneous social interactions in mixed and non-mixed groups has not included exchanges with peer buddies. Object: In Study 1, socio-cognitive factors associated with the intention to volunteer to become a peer buddy for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were investigated. In Study 2, spontaneous social…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Peer Relationship, Adolescents
Leach, Jamie; Howe, Nina; DeHart, Ganie – Infant and Child Development, 2017
The present study investigated children's internal state language during play with their sibling and friend across early and middle childhood. Specifically, the category type of internal state language (e.g., cognitions and goals), referent (e.g., own and other), and associations with children's birth order were examined. A total of 65 (T1: Time…
Descriptors: Play, Sibling Relationship, Peer Relationship, Birth Order
Bierman, Karen L.; Sanders, Michael T. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2021
Social-cognitive and emotional factors as well as behavior problems contribute to the social difficulties experienced by many students with or at high risk for emotional and behavioral disorders (EBDs). The way that teachers and peers treat and respond to these students can either mitigate or exacerbate their challenges in establishing and…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Behavior Problems, At Risk Students
Zakreski, Matthew J. – Gifted Child Today, 2018
Gifted individuals have unique social and emotional needs that often manifest as challenging interpersonal behavior. Chief among these needs are the fact that gifted students tend to be quite emotionally intense and that they tend to be quite cognitively rigid. Emotional intensity is defined as having stronger, more frequent, more complex, and…
Descriptors: Gifted, Interpersonal Competence, Personality Traits, Emotional Response
Bierman, Karen L.; Sanders, Michael T. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Social-cognitive and emotional factors as well as behavior problems contribute to the social difficulties experienced by many students with or at high risk for emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). The way that teachers and peers treat and respond to these students can either mitigate or exacerbate their challenges in establishing and…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Behavior Problems, At Risk Students
Margolius, Max; Doyle Lynch, Alicia; Hynes, Michelle; Flanagan, Sean; Pufall Jones, Elizabeth – Center for Promise, 2020
"What Drives Learning: Young People's Perspectives on the Importance of Relationships, Belonging, and Agency" is the third publication in the How Learning Happens research series. Together with "All of Who I Am" (see ED606338) and "The State of Young People during COVID-19," (see ED606305), this report places…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Interpersonal Relationship
Burnett Heyes, Stephanie; Jih, Yeou-Rong; Block, Per; Hiu, Chii-Fen; Holmes, Emily A.; Lau, Jennifer Y. F. – Child Development, 2015
Adolescence is characterized as a period of social reorientation toward peer relationships, entailing the emergence of sophisticated social abilities. Two studies (Study 1: N = 42, ages 13-17; Study 2: N = 81, ages 13-16) investigated age group differences in the impact of relationship reciprocation within school-based social networks on an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Social Networks, Peer Relationship, Social Development