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Xie, Sha; Wu, Dandan; Liang, Luyao – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: Since 2011, China has started to loosen its tight on the One-child Policy (OCP), which has impacted parent's child-rearing beliefs and the provision of home learning environment that constitutes family environment. Utilizing parent-reported data on 4,364 zero- to eight-year-olds from the China Family Panel Study (CFPS, wave…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Profiles, Predictor Variables, Family Structure
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Van Berkel, Sheila R.; Van der Pol, Lotte D.; Groeneveld, Marleen G.; Hallers-Haalboom, Elizabeth T.; Endendijk, Joyce J.; Mesman, Judi; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
Sharing is an important indicator of internalised prosocial values. We examined predictors of sharing of 302 preschoolers with their younger siblings in a one-year longitudinal study. Sharing was observed during different home visits, once with father and once with mother. We examined the following predictors: both children's externalising…
Descriptors: Influences, Siblings, Parents, Parent Influence
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White, Naomi; Ensor, Rosie; Marks, Alex; Jacobs, Lorna; Hughes, Claire – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: Studies of children's prosocial behavior typically focus on prosocial acts with a specific partner (e.g., a friend, peer, or sibling), and comparisons of prosociality in different contexts are rare. To address this gap, the current study examined predictive links among children's spontaneous sharing (a common and important form…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prosocial Behavior, Preschool Children, Young Children
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Volling, Brenda L. – Early Education and Development, 2001
Examined relation of early attachment relationships and preschoolers' emotion regulation. Found that preschoolers who ignored younger siblings' distress were more likely to experience personal distress and use avoidant coping strategies. Preschoolers with insecure-resistant infant-mother attachment at 1 year were more likely to seek comfort from…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Emotional Development, Emotional Response
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Teti, Douglas M.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined first-born preschoolers' adjustment to siblinghood, as indexed by security of attachment, in 194 2-parent families. Security of firstborn attachment decreased significantly after a secondborn's birth, but the decrease was smaller among firstborn under 24 months than among 2- to 5-year-olds. Mothers' marital harmony, affective involvement,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Childhood Attitudes
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Slomkowski, Cheryl L.; Dunn, Judy – Developmental Psychology, 1992
A study of 33-month-old children, their mothers, and their older siblings concentrated on arguments used when 2 family members were in conflict with a third. There were some direct relationships between partners' arguments. Arguments children used with their mothers differed from those they used with their siblings. (BG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Conflict, Family Problems
Poris, Michelle P. – 1999
This study examined the associations between the early family environment, older siblings' early characteristics, and later sibling relationships. Participating were 37 families with infants and preschool-age older siblings who were observed in the laboratory at 3 time points and followed-up 3 years later. Findings indicated that parents' early…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Early Childhood Education