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Look at That! Video Chat and Joint Visual Attention Development among Babies and Toddlers
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McClure, Elisabeth R.; Chentsova-Dutton, Yulia E.; Holochwost, Steven J.; Parrott, W. G.; Barr, Rachel – Child Development, 2018
Although many relatives use video chat to keep in touch with toddlers, key features of adult-toddler interaction like joint visual attention (JVA) may be compromised in this context. In this study, 25 families with a child between 6 and 24 months were observed using video chat at home with geographically separated grandparents. We define two types…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Child Development, Social Development
Epigenetic Patterns Modulate the Connection between Developmental Dynamics of Parenting and Offspring Psychosocial Adjustment
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Naumova, Oksana Yu.; Hein, Sascha; Suderman, Matthew; Barbot, Baptiste; Lee, Maria; Raefski, Adam; Dobrynin, Pavel V.; Brown, Pamela J.; Szyf, Moshe; Luthar, Suniya S.; Grigorenko, Elena L. – Child Development, 2016
This study attempted to establish and quantify the connections between parenting, offspring psychosocial adjustment, and the epigenome. The participants, 35 African American young adults (19 females and 16 males; age = 17-29.5 years), represented a subsample of a 3-wave longitudinal 15-year study on the developmental trajectories of low-income…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Adjustment (to Environment), Psychological Patterns, Social Development
The Company They Keep: Friendships and Their Developmental Significance.
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Hartup, Willard W. – Child Development, 1996
Argues that developmental significance of friendships cannot be examined without distinguishing between the concepts of having friends, the identity of the child's friends, and friendship quality. Concludes that the identity of the child's friends and friendship quality may be more closely tied to developmental outcomes than merely whether the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Child Development, Friendship, Individual Differences
A Study of Friendship Characteristics and Problem Behaviors among Middle Adolescents.
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Windle, Michael – Child Development, 1994
Examined individual differences in friendship characteristics and their cross-sectional and longitudinal interrelations with adolescent problems. Assessed four salient friendship characteristics: reciprocity of relations, overt hostility, covert hostility, and self-disclosure. Suggests that adolescent problem behaviors have a more potent…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Cross Sectional Studies
Masculinity, Femininity, and Sex Role Attitudes in Early Adolescence: Exploring Gender Intensification.
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Galambos, Nancy L.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Assessed differences in masculinity, femininity, and sex role attitudes in adolescent girls and boys, and the relation of pubertal timing to intensification of those attitudes. Found that sex differences in masculinity and sex role attitudes increased with age. Pubertal timing was unrelated to masculinity, femininity, and sex role attitudes. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences
Patterns of Competence and Adjustment among Adolescents from Authoritative, Authoritarian, Indulgent, and Neglectful Families.
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Lamborn, Susie D.; And Others – Child Development, 1991
Of 4,100 adolescents, those who characterized their parents as authoritative scored highest on psychosocial competence and lowest on behavioral dysfunction. The reverse was true for neglected adolescents. Adolescents from authoritarian homes scored high on obedience but low on self-perception. Adolescents from indulgent homes evidenced…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Authoritarianism, Behavior Problems