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Dubow, Eric F.; Huesmann, Rowell L.; Boxer, Paul; Pulkkinen, Lea; Kokko, Katja – Developmental Psychology, 2006
The authors examined the prediction of occupational attainment by age 40 from contextual and personal variables assessed during childhood and adolescence in 2 participant samples: (a) the Columbia County Longitudinal Study, a study of 856 third graders in a semirural county in New York State that began in 1960, and (b) the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Outcomes of Education, Prediction, Achievement
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Vollebergh, W. A. M.; Iedema, J.; Raaijmakers, Q. A. W. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2001
Examines the intergenerational transmission and the formation of cultural orientations in adolescence. Results revealed late adolescence is the "formative phase" for the establishment of cultural orientations and suggested psychological processes such as internalization guide this formation. It was concluded that the investigated…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship
Schneewind, Klaus A. – 1975
Family socialization patterns were examined from the viewpoint of the child and the parent in terms of parental socialization practices, attitudes, and goals. Questionnaires were developed and used to collect data on the parents of about 1,300 families and the children (7-13 years old) of approximately 400 families in West Germany. Results of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Intelligence
Evans, Ellis D. – 1981
Recent research about children's early personal-social learning and development is reviewed in relation to three basic psychological questions. The first concerns extent of stability or consistency in stylistic patterns of personal-social behavior across infancy, the preschool years, and the early school years. The second concerns current…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Emotional Development
Vaughan, Jerry L. – 1984
This discussion argues that two approaches are helpful in reconciling the dissonance and conflict between attitudes and behavior in families, that results from faulty expectations in childrearing processes. One such approach is to change attitudes so they conform to actual behavior. An alternative approach is to change behavioral patterns to make…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Family Life
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Edwards, J.B. – Educational Research, 1965
Imprecise concepts and vagueness in the field of moral development of children should be counterbalanced by future research by educationalists and psychologists. From a review of the scanty research available in moral development it can be concluded that (1) moral development is more complex than heretofore conceived; (2) individual differences in…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Children, Development, Individual Characteristics
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. – 1972
Some characteristics of children, their families, the programs they attended, and the relationship of these experiences to their development are covered in this national report on the immediate changes associated with participation in full year Head Start programs. Major emphasis was placed on the child's cognitive and social development in the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Child Development, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development