Conflict management is a skill best learned early in life, and lays a foundation for the development of future relationships. The present study examined the strategies children use when negotiating roles in a dynamic play situation. Participants were 156 children (M age = 6.5 years) in 39 groups of four, who were videotaped in a play activity that…

Stress-related growth is defined as the perception or experience of deriving benefits from encountering stressful circumstances and, thus, has been identified as a protective factor against stress. The current study revised and subsequently validated scores on an existing measure of stress-related growth in a sample of racial/ethnic minority…

This article describes NIPPA and its effort to give young children a voice on issues which affect them. NIPPA, the Early Years Organisation, is the largest voluntary organisation in Northern Ireland working with children 0-12 and their families. Embedded in the culture of the organisation is a philosophy of actively listening to young children.…

The present research indicated substantial variation within the 5 RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional) profiles obtained by each of 99 individuals who responded to the same 5 interest inventories. The authors concluded that the RIASEC indicators on each inventory probably reflect different portions of the…

This bibliography was developed for the use of researchers and practitioners in the area of individual differences, learning and instruction. It is not exhaustive, given the enormous amount of writing on the topic, but hopefully it contains a useful selection of the work in this area. (Author)

A gradient method is used to obtain least squares estimates of parameters in constrained multidimensional scaling in N spaces. Features and constraints of the method and two applications of the procedure are presented. (Author/JKS)

Mainstreaming must be conceived of, not as changing the special child so that he will fit back into the unchanged regular classroom, but rather as changing the nature of the regular classroom so that it is more accommodating to all children. (Author)

Cognitive functioning at 15 months (as measured by the Uzgiris and Hunt scales) was examined in terms of individual differences in habituation of independent groups at 2, 3, and 4 months of age. (Author/JMB)

Investigated the relationship between education and organizational commitment. Results indicated that education has an indirect positive effect on organizational commitment by increasing work rewards, but a direct negative effect when work rewards are held constant. The latter finding is due to the higher work values associated with increased…

Compares attachment relationships of infants at 12 months to their visual self-recognition at both 18 and 24 months. Individual differences in early attachment relations were related to later self-recognition. In particular, insecurely attached infants showed a trend toward earlier self-recognition than did securely attached infants. (Author/NH)

The paper reviews research on the creative process and the conditions necessary for the liberation of creative ideas. Suggests that each creative individual needs an essentially personal environment, stimulus, and working conditions in order to be able to function creatively. (Author/CL)

Compared the psychological state and background variables of female first offenders and women who had served previous terms (N=61). Depression, anxiety, and social/emotional adjustment of the two groups were similar. First offenders were more likely to be married and to have more children and less likely to have been abused. (JAC)

Studied 30 outpatient psychotherapy clients and assessed their relative change of status at termination and six months posttreatment. The vast majority of clients indicated improvement. Socioeconomic status, age, total psychotherapy sessions, initial neuroticism, and initial extraversion were identified as predictors of positive change in status.…