A psychiatrist contributes to an understanding of anxiety by detailing the sources of young children's fears. He suggests ways adults may help children deal with these fears. (Author/WY)

Highlights of the extensive literature on infant socioemotional development are discussed with particular emphasis on the influence of fathers on infant development. (Author/RH)

The article is concerned with the alleged above average IQ of deaf children with deaf parents. Data are reported which show that, when the cognitive ability of such children (8 to 11 years old) is compared with that of genetically deaf children with hearing parents, no difference is evident. (Author)

Briefly argues that Lytton's article in this issue is wrong in arguing that boys with conduct disorder cultivate their own deviance by driving social exchanges with their parents. Presents the view that parental insensitivity sets the stage for child maladjustment. In this view, children diminish parental nonsynchrony through antisocial behavior.…

Explored the ways parents (n=123) and young adults (n=156) socially constructed the interactive domain of parental influence. Results revealed that interactions perceived as key elements in career development referred to either the process or outcomes of parental influence and addressed responsibility, autonomy, open communication, support and…

The full 2010 survey results are reported in "Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975;2010: Volume I, Secondary School Students". That monograph contains a description of MTF's design and purposes, as well as extended reporting on substance use of all kinds, licit and illicit, and a number of related factors such as…

Frantic parents trying to ensure that their children can maintain an edge throughout their school careers have become a fixture of today's society. Perhaps one key to the puzzle of academic motivation is to make school make sense, not just to those who structure the school systems or rely on them to educate their children, but to the young people…

In this longitudinal study, 83 parents of infants between 3 and 12 months completed questionnaires assessing demographic information, infant temperament, and maternal depression. When these children were at least 18 months of age, parents completed follow-up questionnaires assessing toddler temperament and depression-like symptoms. We were…

A portion of social-cognitive career theory (R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994) was tested by examining contextual factors related to the educational aspirations of 186 Mexican American high school students. A 3-step hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to determine the influence of gender, generation level, parents'…

This study investigated the associations among psychologically controlling parenting, relational aggression, friendship quality, and loneliness during adolescence. A model was proposed in which relational aggression plays an intervening role in the relations between both parental psychological control and friendship outcomes. In a sample comprised…

This study used longitudinal data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) to examine the role of neighbourhood quality, assessed when cohort members were aged five, in boys' and girls' school leaving age. It was expected that, since context is in general more strongly predictive of boys' rather than girls' behaviour, neighbourhood quality would…

This study examined exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), a major public health problem. ETS has been found to be associated with an increased risk of adverse health effects in children. This study utilizes data from a community-based, longitudinal investigation examining the relation between children's exposure to ETS and later…

The purpose of this study was to see if systematic contrasts in educational culture and curricular emphases might affect the underlying structure of teachers' attributions for children's behaviour. Thus, responses to a questionnaire developed from earlier work by Miller and colleagues (2000, 2002) were gathered from primary and secondary school…

This paper explores the influence of parenting beliefs and practices on children's talent development through a specific perspective of several Chinese American families with gifted children. In-depth interviews were employed to collect data from the parents, and research questions focused on the daily practice of parenting and parents' beliefs…