Although the construct of solitary-active behavior calls for the aggregation of solitary-functional play and solitary-pretend play, there is little empirical support for combining them into one construct. Furthermore, little work has been done in early childhood to examine these behaviors on the playground. The purpose of this study was to observe…

Examined factors influencing Asian Indian immigrant acculturation references and how acculturation styles may be associated with adolescent psychological functioning. Found that parents and adolescents had similar acculturation styles, but adolescents were more likely to identify as Indian American. Adolescents with integrated acculturation style…

Two studies addressed the normative aspects of attachments to mothers and fathers in middle childhood. Using both cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons, we tested the hypothesis that children show no changes in perceptions of availability of attachment figures across the later middle childhood years, but do utilize attachment figures less…