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Eisenberg, Nancy; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1989
Investigates developmental change and gender differences in sympathy and personal distress reactions in children. Examines interrelations among indexes used to assess sympathy and personal distress. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Development, Children
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Lansford, Jennifer E.; Parker, Jeffrey G. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Observed functioning of same-sex triads of middle grade children during an intimate discussion, a cooperative puzzle task, a competitive game, and free play. Found that triads of girls were more intimate, exchanged more information, and were less aggressive than triads of boys. Girls and boys expressed similar attitudes toward triadic interaction,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Friendship
Park, Kyung Ja; Honig, Alice Sterling – 1991
This study examined (1) the effects of onset of timing for early nonparental care patterns on later child development, and (2) the effects of length of daily enrollment in care on later cognitive attainment and socioemotional behaviors. Preschool teachers rated 105 middle-class children on the Preschool Behavior Questionnaire (PBQ) and the…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Day Care
Popper, Sally D.; And Others – 1993
As part of a longitudinal study of postpartum adjustment and infant development, this study examined whether securely attached 12-month-old infants show greater object mastery motivation and social-object mastery motivation than do insecurely attached infants. Object mastery relates to infants' goal-directed behavior that is oriented toward…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology)
Kriegler, Julie A.; Bogat, G. Anne – 1985
Although much investigation of adult social support networks has been done, little attention has been paid to children's social support networks. Childhood patterns of social support probably influence adult patterns. A study was conducted to describe the social networks of third through sixth grade children. It also tests the validity of a new…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children, Intermediate Grades
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Huston, Aletha C.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines whether there are sex differences during middle childhood in children's choices to participate in activities differing in level of adult-provided structure; effects of structure on children's compliance, leadership, and recognition seeking directed to adults and to peers; and relation of sex-typed social skills or dispositions and…
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Behavior Development, Child Development
McGurk, Harry; Lewis, Michael – 1972
Fifty-two 44-month-old children were observed in a nursery school over a period of two weeks with peer and adult oriented behaviors recorded, and data analyzed in terms of the subjects' sex and birth order. Sex effects were as expected, but birth-order effects highlighted the second-born child as representing a distinct category. In particular,…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Bulletins, Child Development, Child Psychology
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Arntson, Paul; Turner, Lynn H. – Western Journal of Speech Communication, 1987
Examines differential effects of regulative and interpersonal contexts, together with sex of the parent, on perceptions and role playing responses of children. Indicates that both boys and girls, even aged five and six, have role expectations for parents that allow fathers to talk more and exert more power than mothers, especially in regulative…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Research, Cultural Context, Family Life
Baker, Therese – 1975
Examining theories from a wide spectrum of disciplines, this paper categorizes research on sex differences in social behavior into four groups and examines the implications of each. The first category of research interprets sex differences as the result of anatomical differences which later affect psychological roles. The implication of this…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Development, Cultural Influences, Developmental Psychology
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