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Pellegrini, Anthony D. – 1983
This study examined a model suggesting that personal variables (age and gender) and environmental variables (activity centers) affect social-cognitive aspects of children's play. A total of 80 children (32 boys and 48 girls) participated. Same-age and same-gender dyads from each of two age groups (4- and 5-year-olds) were observed playing in an…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Learning Centers (Classroom), Models
Peer reviewedBarresi, Charles M.; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1984
Analyzes the effects of the environment on well-being among the aged (N=2,265). Presents a recursive causal model which indicates that perceived health and housing satisfaction contribute the most to well-being among the elderly. Emphasizes the importance of environmental satisfacton and neighborhood sociability. (JAC)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Gerontology, Housing, Life Satisfaction
Peer reviewedNisan, Mordecai – Child Development, 1976
The tendency to delay gratification as affected by sex and group participation was explored in 6- and 7-year-old children. (BRT)
Descriptors: Delay of Gratification, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Group Behavior
Peer reviewedLa Freniere, Peter; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Systematic observations of affiliative interaction in 15 stable peer groups were conducted across three years in an urban day care center. Groups contained 193 French-speaking children ranging in age from one to six years. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Ethology, Foreign Countries, Models
Peer reviewedMorgan, 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
Peer reviewedHuston, 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
McDonald, Gerald W. – 1982
Although the experience of jealously is among the most common of experiences in intimate relationships, little theoretical or empirical work has been done from a sociologial perspective to increase our understanding of this aspect of male-female relationships. An investigation of marital jealousy as a sociological rather than a psychological…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Emotional Response, Interpersonal Relationship, Jealousy
Peer reviewedHastings, Paul D.; Rubin, Kenneth H. – Child Development, 1999
Assessed mothers' childrearing attitudes and toddler behavior to predict mothers' emotions, attributions, parenting goals, and socialization strategies in response to vignettes depicting aggressive and withdrawn child behaviors two years later. Found that most child effects were moderated by maternal attitudes or gender effects. Authoritarian…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attribution Theory, Beliefs, Child Behavior
