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Metzger, Aaron; Smetana, Judith G. – Child Development, 2009
Judgments and justifications for different forms of civic involvement and their associations with organized and civic behavior were examined in 312 middle-class primarily White adolescents (M = 17.01 years). Adolescents applied moral, conventional, and personal criteria to distinguish involvement in community service, standard political, social…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Citizen Participation, Adolescents, Organizations (Groups)
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Hagan, Lisa Kindleberger; Kuebli, Janet – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
This study examined how parents influence sex differences in young children's physical risk taking behaviors. Eighty three- and four-year old, mostly middle class and Caucasian children climbed across a five-foot high catwalk and walked across a three-foot high beam under their mother or father's supervision. Based on average preschooler gross…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Middle Class, Preschool Children, Mothers