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Purdie, Nola; Carroll, Annemaree; Roche, Lawrence – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
This study examined the relationship between adolescents' academic and non-academic self-regulation (SR), authoritative parenting (as demonstrated by high levels of Involvement, Strictness, and Autonomy Granting), and parent self-efficacy in four areas. Participants were 214 Australian high school students and their parents. There was a moderate…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Self Efficacy, Adolescent Attitudes, High School Students
Park, Sung-Yun; Cheah, Charissa S. L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
The purpose of the present study was to examine the proactive socialisation beliefs (goals, attributions, strategies) of Korean mothers regarding preschoolers' social skills (sharing, controlling negative emotions, and helping others). Participants were 116 mothers in Seoul, Korea. The reasons that mothers provided for the importance of each…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Mothers, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
Edwards, Ellen P.; Eiden, Rina D.; Colder, Craig; Leonard, Kenneth E. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2006
This study examined the development of aggressive and oppositional behavior among alcoholic and nonalcoholic families using latent growth modeling. The sample consisted of 226 families assessed at 18, 24, 36, and 48 months of child age. Results indicated that children in families with nonalcoholic parents had the lowest levels of aggressive…
Descriptors: Aggression, Alcoholism, Behavior Development, Child Behavior
Gordon, Kimberly A. – 1996
Resilience is the ability to thrive, mature, and increase competence in the face of adverse circumstances. Recent research has uncovered personal and environmental characteristics that contribute to resilience during infancy and toddlerhood, as well as characteristics that predict resilience in later years. Resilient infants and toddlers are…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Family Environment
Oberlander, June R. – 1992
This videotape workshop, available in both English- and Spanish-language versions, demonstrates some of the 260 weekly "Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready" developmental activities for children from birth to age 5. The videotape is narrated by the retired kindergarten teacher who developed the activities based on her 25 years of experience. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Individual Development
Parker, Kandis Cooke – 1991
This paper explores the literature on attachment disorders in order to discover if the school setting can be an appropriate treatment option for children with mild attachment disorders, and in order to investigate how counselors can implement this treatment option. The introduction discusses the effects of recent changes in family structure on…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Counselor Role, Elementary Education
Poeske, Jack; And Others – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1975
Describes a health curriculum created by two sixth grade teachers. The program they designed includes exercises to help students build up their self image, and study units on smoking, alcohol, drugs, and nutrition. (BD)
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Behavior Development, Drug Education, Elementary Education
Williamson, E. G. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1975
Discusses the role of Student Personnel Services in aiding students to identify and evaluate, through rational dialogue, the "causal variables" of human misery and degradation as the strategy of their preparation to innovate societal change. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, College Students, Discussion, Educational Theories
Trautman, Retta C.; Ryley, Anderia Trail – 1989
A case study of a 3-year-old autistic child and her family is presented, following the child through a 3-year intensive intervention program with a multidisciplinary team in a day treatment program. The day treatment program plan included academic goals, language goals, parental goals, and home training goals. A major component of the program was…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Development, Case Studies, Cognitive Development
Pelzer, Dagmar F. – 1986
Beginning with the fall 1983 semester, a set of behavioristic principles was incorporated into the classroom management techniques used in the high school completion and general educational development (GED) programs offered at the South Dade Adult Education Center in Homestead, Florida. A study examined the effectiveness of these principles in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Development, Behaviorism, Classroom Techniques
Garcia, John; Garcia y Robertson, Rodrigo – 1984
This paper introduces seven principles of learning, enduring over the last five centuries of psychological thought, to discuss the evolution of the "Biophyche" (the brain in action) in the development of humans and other large organisms. It describes the conditioning theories of Darwin, Pavlov, and Thorndike and critically reviews the…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Biological Influences
Wyly, M. Virginia; And Others – 1988
The Nurse-Parent Training Project, developed in cooperation with Children's Hospital of Buffalo (New York), was designed to provide developmental supportive care for premature infants, and to reduce stress while optimizing neurobehavioral development. A program was conducted to train nurses working in neonatal intensive care nurseries, to enable…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Child Development, Hospitalized Children
Jesness, Bradley – 1985
Written by a methodological behaviorist, this treatise critiques neo-Hullian, Freudian, Eriksonian, and Piagetian theories and presents an ethological perspective on behavior and personality development. The critique is extended to cover social learning, cognitive-developmental, neo-Freudian, and Skinnerian theories, as well as the ideas of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Case Studies
Hays, Donald G. – Guidelines for Pupil Services, 1976
A model program for high school guidance is presented. It is based on the idea that each individual should be provided the maximum opportunities for self-determination. Thus its primary goal is the facilitation of considered decision-making in the students' development of personal and career goals. The model is presented in terms of four steps:…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Career Planning, Counseling Services, Decision Making
Young, E. R.; Parish, T. S. – 1972
This study was carried out with a group of 98 female volunteers. The control group consisted of 27 who had not lost their fathers; the experimental group consisted of 71 who had lost their fathers due to death or divorce. All subjects were administered two checklists to measure personal adjustment and security. Results revealed that fatherless…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Development, College Students, Divorce