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Direct linkPowell, Lesley; Gilchrist, Mollie; Stapley, Jacqueline – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2008
This study reports on an intervention involving massage, yoga and relaxation delivered to young children with identified emotional and behavioural difficulties, and at risk of exclusion. Children (n = 126) were invited by the head teacher to participate in the Self-discovery Programme (involving massage, yoga, breath work and relaxation) with…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Intervention, Emotional Disturbances, Relaxation Training
Download full textBlachman, Dara; Laughlin, Lynda; Lukacs, Susan; Pastor, Patricia; Howie, LaJeana; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Baum, Katrina; Lopez, Marsha; Jekielek, Susan; Nord, Mark; Morisi, Teri; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Colpe, Lisa; Fungwe, Thomas; Ghandour, Reem – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2009
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being" provides annual updates on the well-being of children and families in the United States across a range of domains. A more detailed report alternates every other year with a condensed version that highlights selected indicators. This year, the Forum is publishing the full report…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Well Being, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Cohen, Jeremy S.; Mendez, Julia L. – Early Education and Development, 2009
Research Findings: This study examined the stability of preschoolers' peer play behavior across the school year and the relations between emotion regulation, receptive vocabulary, and the trajectory of social competence deficits. Participants were 331 preschool children attending Head Start; they were primarily African American and from a low-SES…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Adjustment (to Environment), Receptive Language
Bachman, Heather J.; Coley, Rebekah Levine; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay – Applied Developmental Science, 2009
The present study investigated the association of mothers' marriage and changes in young adolescents' cognitive and socioemotional development and changes in family processes. Analyses employed longitudinal data from the "Three-City Study" to track maternal partnerships for 860 low-income adolescents (10-14 years-old in Wave 1) across a…
Descriptors: Mothers, Marriage, Early Adolescents, Cognitive Development
Lohaus, Arnold; Vierhaus, Marc; Ball, Juliane – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2009
This study addresses the development of health-related behavior during childhood and adolescence and the protective influence of an authoritative parenting style. The study is based on two samples followed from Grades 2 through 5 and from Grades 4 through 7. The first sample consisted of 432 second graders with a mean age of 7.9 years at the…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Parenting Styles, Health Behavior, Child Rearing
Dodd, Arleen Theresa; Wilson, Jeanne T. – 1998
This study examined the playfulness of toddlers, ages 18-24 months, participating in a situational context with a non-maternal adult play partner. The goal was to investigate adult interaction styles and outcomes in terms of children's playful dispositions. Play behaviors were observed and coded from videotapes. A qualitative analysis of…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Interaction
Chaney, Carolyn – 1993
This study examines the earliest jokes produced by three children and investigates how these jokes contribute to a model of humor development. Subjects were three male infants, and data was collected through a diary record procedure kept by the children's parents. Data was collected on one child at age 13 months; data collection for the other two…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
2003
Members met to discuss the various forms of interactive violence and the potential negative impact it has on children at this hearing. Statements made by the following individuals are included in this document: [Panel I]Senator Sam Brownback; Dr. David Walsh, President, National Institute on Media and the Family (additional documents); Mrs.…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Federal Regulation, Government Role, Interactive Video
Peer reviewedGrolnick, Wendy S.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined expressions of negative emotion among 37 toddlers and strategies used to reduce or change these expressions. Six strategies were identified and evaluated. Findings suggest that active engagement was most commonly used and most negatively associated with child distress. Use of strategies varied by context. (HTH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Emotional Development
Peer reviewedRuffman, Ted; Keenan, Thomas R. – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Three experiments using "backward reasoning" found that: age differences occurred in predicting surprise relative to false belief; by age five or six, children claim that surprise occurs when gaining knowledge where one was previously ignorant or held a false belief; by age seven to nine, they understand that surprise will more likely…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Behavior, Child Development, Children
Peer reviewedHeffner, Michelle; Greco, Laurie A.; Eifert, Georg H. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2003
Investigates preference for and compliance with literal versus metaphorical instructions commonly used to teach relaxation to children. Exposed 33 non-clinical preschool children to both literal and metaphorical instructions. Results show that all children preferred metaphors to literal instructions. Findings also suggest that internalizing…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Instructional Effectiveness, Metaphors, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedPiperakis, Stylianos M.; Papadimitriou, Vasiliki; Piperakis, Michael M.; Zisis, Panagiotis – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2003
Assesses Greek primary school children's understanding of sun exposure during summer vacation. Results indicate that children know the damaging effects of long time exposure and the precautions that should be taken during summer bathing. (Author/SOE)
Descriptors: Cancer, Child Behavior, Comprehension, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedManning, Maureen A.; Bear, George G. – Journal of School Psychology, 2002
Examines relations between specific types of moral reasoning (i.e., imminent, probable, physical, and psychological) and teacher-reported overt aggression in 203 first and second graders. Regression analyses indicated that psychological reasoning explained a significant amount of the variance in overt aggression. (Contains 55 references and 3…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Moral Values
Peer reviewedWood, C. Nannette; Gross, Alan M. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2002
Examines response decision processes of rejected-reactive aggressive, rejected-nonaggressive and average children in terms of the presence or absence of behavioral response alternatives. Congruent with previous research, rejected-reactive aggressive children made significantly more hostile attributions and generated a higher number of aggressive…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Behavior, Children, Decision Making
Peer reviewedGarner, Pamela W.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1994
Examined the relationship between sibling caregiving and social cognitive knowledge. For each of 55 sibling dyads, the frequency of preschoolers' caregiving acts and the number of seconds the younger siblings were distressed were recorded. Although emotional role taking, knowledge of caregiving scripts, and toddler distress were positively related…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Child Behavior, Preschool Children, Sibling Relationship
