Investigates two models of career development using 276 seventh- and eighth-grade girls and their mothers. Results indicate that in both models, adolescents' agentic characteristics (e.g., independence, assertiveness, willingness to take a stand) and maternal variables (e.g., education, employment, etc.) contributed significantly to adolescents'…

Proposes a model of parent and teacher influences on the science attitudes of eighth-grade students using data from the base year survey of the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS: 88). Utilizes structural equation modeling methodology for analysis of categorical data. Contains 61 references. (DDR)

Two studies examined the influence of maternal discourse style and security of attachment on preschoolers' emotion understanding. Findings indicated that neither predicted 3-year-olds' emotion understanding. Secure attachment predicted higher emotion understanding among 5-year-olds, especially in the context of maternal use of elaborative…

Used interviews and questionnaires to assess preschool teachers' beliefs about the importance of young children's social competence. Found that teachers valued peer competence in early childhood, but academic goals were more frequently valued than social goals. Teachers felt peer competencies were influenced more by the child's inherent nature…

Analysis of National Youth Survey data supports a symbolic interactionist model of gender and delinquency. For both males and females, parental appraisals significantly affected youths' reflected appraisals, which in turn predicted delinquency. However, for males, parental labeling and reflected appraisals had a greater effect on delinquency, and…

Examines the socialization of anxiety based on analyses of narrative interactions between an agoraphobic woman, her husband, son, and daughter, who has been diagnosed with separation anxiety. Notes that although children of agoraphobic parents are at risk for developing anxiety, little is known about the socialization process and anxiety may be…

Discusses the role of friendships in children's development. Examines the meaning of the term friendship; the roots of friendship development; the role of parents, teachers, and siblings; and concerns about children's choices. Suggests that positive attitudes, when established early in life, can affect physical and mental health and the quality of…

Argues that studies focus on parenting of young children and ignore parenting of adolescents. Considers the environment teens grow up in today. Reviews research on communication, supervision and monitoring of adolescents, power in the family, and role of parents. Concludes with suggestions for new research and a call for more support and research…

Studied the influence of divorce on children's grades. The grades earned by children of divorce (N=74) and by control group children were similar, but children of manual workers had lower grade point averages than did children of higher level nonmanual employees. Study indicates that divorce alone does not significantly lower grades. (RJM)

Investigates the effects of parenting style experiences during childhood has on the religious commitment of young adults. Surveyed Seventh-day Adventist young adults (n=653) in United States and Canada. Reveals that the affectionate constraint parenting style produced the largest percentage of members. Includes references. (CMK)

Queried South Asian students and parents living in England to determine how parents and teachers affected students' academic achievement. While all South Asians wished for success, there was a divergence between the experiences of South Asian Muslims and Indians (Hindus and Sikhs), largely due to economic, social capital, and knowledge differences…

Fourteen Mother-Infant pairs were studied at three, six, and nine months to determine whether mothers simplify speech during the second half of the infant's first year and whether speech adjustment influences later language acquisition by infants. A mother's mean length of utterance (MLU) was predictive of later language development by her infant.…

A study of perceptions of 562 Illinois secondary students and 45 business teachers regarding secretarial office occupations found students more negative than teachers and male students and teachers more negative than female students and teachers. Significant differences were found in student attitudes by mothers' educational level. (SK)

Reviews research on the psychological implications of gender identification and ways in which Kohlberg's 1966 paper foreshadowed new developments and insights in this area of study. (Author/BB)

Young adolescents (N=178) reported their perceptions of interparental conflict, while their mothers and fathers completed a self-report measure of their conflict. Results indicated that both parental report (particularly maternal) and adolescent perception of interparental conflict were significantly related to teacher assessment of adolescent…