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Muñoz Marco, Victor; Cano Martil, Samuel; Munoz Sastre, Maria Teresa; Sorum, Paul C.; Mullet, Etienne – Infant and Child Development, 2017
Knowing the way children and adolescents assess the risk of disease transmission is important because this kind of knowledge may allow health caregivers to better communicate with them. We had 587 students in Spain and France aged 7-16 judge the risk of disease transmission in 28 scenarios of students visiting a sick friend. The scenarios were…
Descriptors: Risk, Diseases, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Giles, Jessica W.; Legare, Cristine; Samson, Jennifer E. – Infant and Child Development, 2008
The present study compared indigenous South African versus African-American schoolchildren's beliefs about aggression. Eighty 7-9 year olds (40 from each country) participated in interviews in which they were asked to make inferences about the stability, malleability, and causal origins of aggressive behaviour. Although a minority of participants…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Inferences
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Leflot, Geertje; Onghena, Patrick; Colpin, Hilde – Infant and Child Development, 2010
This study examined whether teacher-child interactions characterized by teacher involvement, structure, and autonomy support at the beginning of second grade predicted children's global, academic, social, and behavioural self-concept at the end of second grade. The study was conducted in 30 second grade classrooms with 570 children and their…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Self Esteem
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Betts, Lucy R.; Rotenberg, Ken J. – Infant and Child Development, 2007
The aim of present study was to examine the relationship between young children's peer-reported trustworthiness and their school adjustment. Two hundred and eleven (103 male and 108 female) children in the United Kingdom (mean age = 6 years 2 months) took part in this study. Measures of peer-reported trustworthiness, child-rated school adjustment,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Friendship, Student Adjustment, Credibility