Sex segregation is a powerful phenomenon in childhood. It occurs universally whenever children have a choice of playmates and is found in sub-human primates too. Adults are not directly responsible for sex segregation. Data do not support the hypothesis that the most ladylike girls and the most rough and active boys first form the segregated play…

Uniting research on parental control techniques with studies examining adolescents' perceptions of conjugal and parental power, this study investigates adolescent perceptions of parental persuasive communication. One hundred ninety adolescents from two small midwestern high schools were asked to complete a questionnaire. The first four sections of…

This study compared the perceptions of male and female high school students concerning selected aspects of parent-child relationships. One major conclusion of this study is that parents have a decidedly different effect on the lives of their sons and daughters. (Author/CS)

Research supported by a predoctoral fellowship (MH-17, 605-02) from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Studies in group homes have shown that behaviors suggestive of a reinforcing relationship with an adult and of adult teaching are inversely related to self-reported delinquency among group home adolescents. Adolescents (N=29) living in natural family settings completed several self-report measures of delinquency and drug use to determine whether…

The paper describes some of the major demographic differences between hearing impaired students with normal-hearing parents and those with hearing-impaired parents, based on Office of Demographic Studies data, and attempts to illustrate the complex interaction involved between these variables, academic achievement, and early parent-child…

Presented at the 1980 meeting of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the paper discusses how to deal with disruptive students. Aspects considered include the role of schools in America, a look through the student's eyes, the parent and family, and the educator's role. Several techniques that have been successful in working…

Directed to parents of preschool children, this booklet suggests that well-prepared children seldom fail to learn to read and recommends that parents prepare their children for reading by providing one-to-one learning situations. The book is divided into sections that describe learning experiences at home when parents read themselves and offer…

TESTS WERE CONDUCTED TO FIND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CHILD WHO FEELS THAT HIS ACHIEVEMENT IS A RESULT OF INTERNAL FACTORS AND THE CHILD WHO FEELS THAT HIS ACHIEVEMENT OR LACK OF IT IS A RESULT OF EXTERNAL FACTORS. INTERVIEWS, TESTS, AND OBSERVATIONS PROVIDED DATA FOR THE SUGGESTED RELATIONSHIPS. CHILDREN WHO FEEL ACHIEVEMENT TO BE A RESULT OF…

PARENTS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY IN REARING THEIR CHILDREN TO BECOME MATURE, RESPONSIBLE, AND USEFUL CITIZENS. CHILDREN SHOULD SEE AND UNDERSTAND HOW GROUPS BECOME DIFFERENTIATED. PARENTS CAN ALSO HELP CHILDREN BECOME SECURE WITHIN THEIR OWN GROUP, THEREBY LESSENING THE THREAT OF CONTACT WITH PEOPLE OF OTHER GROUPS. MAKING THE CHILDREN LOVED, WANTED,…

This paper presents the rudiments of a constructivist conceptual framework which school psychologists can use to help parents develop positive parenting concepts. Problems arise if school psychologists rely solely on a mechanistic paradigm when they identify causes of unwanted behaviors and suggest specific remedial strategies. Operating within a…

Sex-determined differences in socialization were investigated in seven families, two of which contained twins, two of which contained triplets and three of which contained quadruplets. Two psychologists observed the families in their homes from the infants fifth month of age until the children were 3 1/2 to 6 years of age. Children's dependency,…

This paper reports factors influencing developmental growth of disadvantaged 3- to 5-year-old preschool children in a Title I program at Euclid School, St. Louis, Missouri. A Preschool Academy was designed to serve 45 preschool pupils in an area served by two neighboring elementary schools. Pupils were divided into three groups and each group…

This paper is a technical report of analyses carried out to determine the effects of parents' involvement in a prekindergarten program on their children's cognitive development. The research was part of a longitudinal study of the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program. A multiple linear regression approach was used to test hypotheses…

As part of a longitudinal study of the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program, the effect of degree of parental involvement in the program on children's cognitive development was examined. Parent involvement included employment in the program, school visits, home visits by school personnel, group meetings, and incidental contacts such…