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Some Misgivings about the Matching Familiar Figures Test as a Measure of Reflection-Impulsivity
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Block, Jack; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1974
Discusses the discrepancy between the conceptualization of reflection-impulsivity and its operationalization. In a study of 100 children, the separate contributions of latency and accuracy were evaluated. Data indicated that accuracy had important personality concomitants; latency was inconsequential. (Author/SDH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conceptual Tempo, Individual Characteristics, Personality Measures
Emotion Regulation among School-Age Children: The Development and Validation of a New Criterion Q-Sort Scale.
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Shields, Ann; Cicchetti, Dante – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Two studies examined psychometric properties of a new criterion Q-sort for children's emotion regulation and autonomy. Multitrait-multimethod matrix and factor analyses indicated impressive convergence among the emotion regulation Q-scale and established affect regulation measures. The new scale was not discriminable from measures of related…
Descriptors: Children, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Development, Emotional Response
Security of Attachment between Preschoolers and Their Mothers: Relations among Social Interaction, Parenting Stress, and Mothers' Sorts of the Attachment Q-Set.
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Teti, Douglas M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Examined Attachment Q-Set security scores as indexes of attachment security. Found that Q-Set scores (1) related positively to sensitive mothering and preschoolers' sociability toward mother during laboratory observations; (2) related negatively to children's negative affectivity during free play; and (3) were associated with levels of parenting…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Parents' Responses to the Emotional Distress of Their Children: Relations with Children's Competence.
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Roberts, William; Strayer, Janet – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Examined parents' responses to emotional distress in their preschool children and assessed the relation of these responses to children's competence. Data on parent-child interactions was collected for 30 families by means of home observations, parent self-reports, observer ratings, and child interviews. Preschool competence was assessed by teacher…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Rearing, Interpersonal Competence
Q-Sort Assessment of Attachment Security during the Preschool Years: Links from Home to School.
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DeMulder, Elizabeth K.; Denham, Susanne; Schmidt, Michelle; Mitchell, Jennifer – Developmental Psychology, 2000
This study investigated relations among preschoolers' attachment security to mothers, family stress, and peer and teacher relationships. Less family stress was related to more secure mother-child relationships. Less securely attached children expressed more anger-aggression in preschools. Boys' family stress was related to anger- aggression and…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Family School Relationship, Peer Relationship, Preschool Children
Child-Parent Attachment and Children's Peer Relations: A Quantitative Review.
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Schneider, Barry H.; Atkinson, Leslie; Tardif, Christine – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Used meta-analysis to examine premise that the early child-parent bond is reflected in interpersonal relationships across the life span. Found that overall effect size (ES) for child-mother attachment was small to moderate. ESs were similar in studies using Strange Situation and Q-sort methods. ESs were larger for middle childhood and adolescent…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Attachment Behavior, Children, Comparative Analysis