Two studies assessed the positive affective correlates of secure attachment in infancy and the relation between secure attachment in infancy and competence in the peer group at 3 1/2 years of age. (JMB)

The purpose of this study was to test the effects of subjects reading passages from the novel, "Under the Ribs of Death," by John Marlyn, and then being asked role exchange questions. Subjects were pre-tested with a dogmatism scale and post-tested with a measure of empathy. No significant treatment or interaction effects were found.…

Presented are five arguments for implementing the affective objective of "develop a good attitude toward learning and teaching science" for preservice science teachers. (SL)

Noting that students in health professions education, irrespective of the specific discipline, often experience difficulty with interpersonal encounters in the clinical setting, the author contends that in addition to academic requirements, curricula should include experiential opportunities for students to develop their competencies in affective…

Evaluates the extent to which mutual regulation occurs in mother-infant interactions by assessing the relationship of their affective and attentional involvement. (MH)

Notes that the study of language attitudes is rich in a history stretching across several decades and social scientific disciplines. Points out that beliefs about language use can bias social interaction and decision making and that more study is required to increase understanding of the language attitude process. (74 references) (Author/CK)

Examined relationships between social contingency in mother-child interaction and the social competence of 47 two-year-olds from low-income families. Found that social contingency was related to children's use of self-regulatory strategies but not to empathic responsiveness. Child negative emotionality and gender contributed to explanations of…

Reviews the literature on shame and on adolescence and suggests that attention to the role of shame in adolescent development is warranted. Discusses how social-cognitive, physical, and interpersonal changes associated with adolescence may be associated with normative increases in shame, and how shame may be implicated in gender-related shifts in…

Individual differences in the ability to connect thoughts to emotions were studied with 321 participants who read the writings of a target group and guessed the emotions of targets. Findings are interpreted to mean that some forms of emotional problem solving require emotional openness as well as general intelligence. (SLD)

Examined parents' awareness of their daughters' attitudes, beliefs, and feelings about their bodies. Sixty-six adolescent daughters completed an eating disorder scale, a body figure rating scale, and made ratings of their shape and weight. Greater discrepancies between parents' estimates of daughters' body esteem and daughters' self-reported body…

Applied Affect Control Theory (ACT) to investigate the interaction process between leisure participants and their environment. Surveys of people on an urban, multiple-use trail indicated that most exhibited a dynamic emotional experience even though they were in the setting a short time. Respondents exhibited different emotions across events.…

The second of a four-part series on the development of infants and toddlers, this article reviews current research on social and emotional development during the first two years and provides a selected list of activities designed to promote infants' optimal development. Attachment behavior and affective behavior are two major topics explored. (EV)

Responds to a letter from a parent facing serious problems in putting her child to sleep at night. Suggests that a child's eagerness to spend as much time as possible with his or her parents can create problems at bedtime. Proposes increasing shared time, and putting the child to bed, but handing over to the child responsibility for sleeping. (AA)

A test-retest study of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator with 99 graduate students over 20 months yields findings consistent with previous studies, but an examination of type dynamics using log-linear analyses indicates that dominant thinking and dominant sensing do not retest as well as dominant intuition and feeling. (SLD)

Latent-variable confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the interrelationships of depressive and anxious symptomatology and 12 measures of psychosocial functioning in 5,900 adolescents in the community. Findings are discussed in terms of potential contributors to gender differences in distress and psychosocial functioning. (SLD)