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Arias, Ileana; Johnson, Patti – 1986
The occurrence of physical aggression in marriage is quite high. On the basis of frequency of occurrence among the general population, a distinction has been made between ordinary violence (frequent slapping, pushing) and severe violence (less frequent use of hitting with objects or use of lethal weapons). This study was conducted to examine how…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Standards, College Students, Experience
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Minturn, Leigh – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1984
Commune residents and university students were asked to compare present and past social interactions in terms of 13 questions derived from differences between nuclear and extended families. Findings confirmed the hypothesis that communal social roles evolve to become similar to those in extended families, with the exception of work roles.…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Collective Settlements, Extended Family, Group Experience
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Crick, Nicki R. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Studied the adjustment status associated with engagement in gender normative versus gender nonnormative aggression for boys and girls. Teacher and self-reports were used to assess internalizing and externalizing difficulties. Found that 9- to 12-year olds who engaged in gender nonnormative aggression were more maladjusted than children who engaged…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Standards, Bullying, Child Behavior
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Morgan, Elyse; Farber, Barry A. – Adolescence, 1982
Evaluates the effects of expanding sex-role alternatives on the passage of American middle-class women through the Eriksonian model of identity achievement. Contrasts contemporary norms regarding appropriate feminine roles with the more constricted social expectations of Erikson's time. Discusses validity of Erikson's original model of female…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Behavior Standards, Females, Interpersonal Relationship
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Cheung, Ping Chung; Ma, Hing Keung; Shek, Daniel T. L. – Journal of Adolescence, 1998
Data from a sample of 673 Chinese adolescents lent support to the hypothesis that concepts of success or achievement goals affect both inclination to and the actual performance of prosocial acts. Sex differences and grade differences in the relationship between conceptions of success and prosocial and antisocial behaviors were found. Discusses…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Standards, Chinese
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Leaper, Campbell – Child Development, 1991
Children's discourse with peers was examined in relation to speaker gender, partner gender, and age level. Girls' and boys' communication patterns were more similar than different, but gender-related differences with medium to large effect sizes were found. Findings are interpreted in terms of developmental and contextual accounts of gender and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Standards, Early Childhood Education, Females
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Miller, Darla F.; Ginsburg, Mark B. – Journal of Education, 1989
Examines sociolinguistic codes and social relations in daycare settings populated by children of four different social classes. Observations suggest that particular forms of social relations and attendant social control mechanisms do not have a one-to-one correspondence with particular sociolinguistic codes. Discusses links between gender…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Differences, Day Care
Boland, Pat, Ed. – 1995
Violence is a part of daily life in the United States, which leads the world in homicides, rapes, and assaults. Violence is also part of the daily reality for many children in today's society, both at home and in school. The school system can be a key intervention point in providing students with the information necessary to understand and prevent…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Standards, Crime, Crime Prevention
Jandt, Fred E. – 1973
Emanuel M. Berger's scale for testing the expressed acceptance of others is based on statements describing behavior, particularly verbal communicative behavior, of others, in a study of 561 subjects, Berger's scale evidenced need of modification in explaining small group interaction and especially the differing attitudinal responses of males' and…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Communication (Thought Transfer), Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
Gubitosi, Annie – 1996
This study examined how social interaction norms and promotion and tenure norms effected job satisfaction, focusing on how these variables effected on underrepresented faculty at a predominantly white, four-year, public, urban university. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with a total of nine faculty (white male, white female, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, College Faculty, Collegiality, Faculty Publishing
Miller, Kevin; Frey, Susan – 1978
This annotated bibliography focuses on the ethological study of child development and the educational process. Topics covered include: (1) evolution; (2) dominance hierarchies and social organization; (3) agonistic, affiliative, and epistemic behaviors; (4) nonverbal communication; (5) play; (6) biological constraints on learning; and (7) relevant…
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, Annotated Bibliographies, Antisocial Behavior, Assertiveness
Tyack, David B.; Strober, Myra H. – 1981
In examining the sexual structuring of employment in public education from 1840 to 1980, the following social phenomenon are discussed: (1) socially accepted attitudes on the role of women in the early part of the nineteenth century; (2) the structure of schooling and cultural emphasis upon the "natural" abilities of women to instruct young…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Career Choice, Career Development, Educational Administration