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Peer reviewedBlock, Jeanne H.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Parental agreement was found to be more implicative for the psychological functioning of boys than girls and was positively related to the development of ego control in boys but negatively related to the development of ego control in girls. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Fathers, Females, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedMiller, William R.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Results of this comparison of treatment methods indicated that all groups improved significantly on drinking measures. Breath testing was found to be unhelpful as an assessment procedure. The degree to which therapists showed accurate empathy proved to be a good predictor of client outcome. (Author)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Modification, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Techniques
Peer reviewedChurch, Avery G. – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1983
Studied differences between 43 female and male students in academic achievement; level of occupational plans; delay of gratification; feelings of personal control; and concepts of present self, ideal self, and self in five years. Differences favored the females for academic achievement and the males for level of occupational plans. (JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Delay of Gratification, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRubin, Kenneth H.; Burgess, Kim B.; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Hastings, Paul D. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
This study examined toddler precursors of preschoolers' externalizing behaviors. Findings indicated that boys initiated more conflictual-aggressive interactions as toddlers and had more externalizing difficulties 2 years later, yet girls' (not boys') conflict-aggressive initiations at age 2 related to subsequent externalizing problems. The…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Conflict, Longitudinal Studies
Download full textBlock, Jack; Gjerde, Per F. – 1985
This paper examines the conceptual and empirical relationships differentially associated with antisocial behavior and undercontrol, two concepts that frequently are confused. The personality characteristics conceptually associated with antisocial behavior were specified by seven psychologists using the California Child Q-sort (CCQ) to describe…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Child Rearing, Children
Peer reviewedKochanska, Grazyna; Murray, Kathleen T.; Harlan, Elena T. – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Examined young children's social development of effortful control in a longitudinal study. Found that between 22 and 33 months, effortful control improved considerably, its coherence increased, it was stable, and it was higher for girls. Found that children's focused attention at 9 months, mothers' responsiveness at 22 months, and mothers'…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Child Development, Emotional Development
Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn – 1987
Early personality and environmental characteristics that predict later problematic aggression and depression in children were investigated longitudinally. A developmental psychopathology approach was taken. (This approach assumes that patterns of adaptation and maladaptation in development can best be understood when explored simultaneously and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Depression (Psychology), Infants
