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Longhurst, Thomas M.; Stepanich, Lyanne – Child Study Journal, 1975
Analysis of mother-child interaction data for 36 children and their mothers revealed that the three groups of mothers' verbal interactions differed significantly in their mean length of utterance, percentage of yes-no questions, percentage of information questions, and percentage of clarification questions. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Psychology, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Patterns
Wuellner, Lance – 1969
The effect of a high-opportunity (HO) versus a low-opportunity (LO) play environment on the aggression of preschool children was investigated, hypothesizing that the LO play environment will elicit significantly more aggression than the HO play environment. The two environments were presented randomly to one group of 10 4-year-olds, five of each…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques
Hatfield, Loretta M. – 1974
This paper describes a family laboratory project designed to provide young children with opportunities to participate in learning experiences with babies, school age children, adolescents, adults who were single or married, parents and grand parents. A review of the literature focuses on the need for communication between children, parents,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Skills, Elementary School Students, Family Programs
Emlen, Arthur C.; And Others – 1971
A study on child day care is presented. The primary function of the research strategy was to pretest and develop an independent sample measurement scales to use in a panel study. The focus of the research is on family day care arrangements made by working mothers for children under six years of age. The sample used was a fairly successful one of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Child Care, Child Development, Data Analysis
Seegmiller, Bonni R.; And Others – 1979
This monograph presents a detailed description of the background, design, methods, and subjects of a study of sex-role socialization in the nursery school. The objectives of the study were to (1) define sex-role differentiation, (2) examine the relation between age and sex-role differentiation,, (3) describe and explain the influences of the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Employed Parents, Family Structure, Individual Characteristics
Steward, Margaret S. – 1971
This project was designed to study the process of parents teaching preschool age children using a direct observational method. Six mothers and their own three-year-old sons from seven ethnic groups participated: middle-class Anglo, lower-class Anglo, English-speaking Mexican-American, bilingual Mexican-American; Spanish-Speaking Mexican-American,…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Chinese