Compared interaction patterns of 100 adolescent mothers and 29 nonadolescent mothers with their infants. During feeding, adolescent mothers demonstrated less expressiveness, less positive attitude, less delight, less positive regard, fewer vocalizations, and lower quality of vocalizations than nonadolescent mothers. During play, adolescent mothers…

Social experiences and stranger anxiety of infants of working mothers were compared with those of infants of nonworking mothers. Mothers' employment status, and sex and age of infants, were analyzed in relation to anxiety. Maternal work status was not found to be a significant parameter in infant reactions to a stranger except when physical…

Reconstructs a picture of aggressive behavior in one tribe's prereservation days and relates it to tribal members' current behavior. Presents a Freudian analysis of the roles of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle and casual child-rearing practices in the development of aggression, and discusses behavioral manifestations of suppressed aggression. (SV)

Reviews "Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School" (Barrie Thorne), which, using ethnological methods, analyzes children's gender differences in playground and classroom behavior. (ME)

Study investigates the behaviors and interactions of children in structured and unstructured groups as they worked together on a six-week social-studies activity each term for three school terms. The results show that the children in the structured groups were consistently more cooperative and they provided more elaborated and nonelaborated help…

Describes typical developmental traits for different age groups of campers to help camp counselors understand them. Lists characteristics such as curiosity for ages 5-7, group awareness for ages 10-12, conformity and self-awareness for ages 12-15, and expansive and changing ambitions for ages 15-17. (CDS)

This article discusses the difficulties some elementary children with hearing impairments have in developing social skills. The need to promote language development, to provide ample communication opportunities, and to analyze the level of social understanding is stressed. Positive reinforcement, provision of clear, concise rules for behavior, and…

Examines differences in interpersonal engagements between teen-teen dyads (n=865) and teen-adults dyads (n=190) in a mall. Results indicate that teen-teen dyads differed from teen-adult dyads on two variables: conversation and shopping evidence. Within teen-teen dyad comparisons yielded gender and racial differences, but only one age difference.…

A study involving a 12-year-old boy with autism, Fragile X syndrome, and intermittent explosive disorder, analyzed the effects of social stories in reducing precursors to tantrum behavior during morning work time and lunchtime. Results indicated a decrease in precursors to tantrums when the social stories were available to the student. (Author/CR)

A study investigated how 11 successful high school female students described the impact of competition on their academic and social lives. Competition was viewed by participants as a negative behavior. When faced with situations of competition, students preferred to concentrate on prosocial behaviors that promoted interpersonal relationships.…

This study investigated the duration, frequency, and trajectory of passive behavior in 14 children (developmental age 1-3) with Down syndrome and 14 controls over a 47-minute independent play session. Subjects exhibited more time in passive behavior and for some, passivity increased commensurate with time spent in the play session. (Contains…

Examines frequently used measures and procedures in social comparison research. The question of whether a method truly captures social comparison requires a clear understanding of what social comparison is; hence a definition of social comparison is proposed, multiple ancillary processes in social comparison are identified, and definitional…

Interaction of the working alliance with the therapy microprocess was explored in a sequential analytic study of brief therapy (n=32). The alliance was largely formed within the first session and was most associated with a mutual emotional engagement process. Thereafter, log-linear modeling revealed marked alliance-related and primarily…

Explores theoretical and measurement issues that have impeded age norm studies. Conducts a study of age norms using data from three work organizations. Results show that age norms can be measured across organizations; sharing of age norms increases with organization stability; and age norms influence behavior and are social, not individual,…

Study provides one of the first investigations of adolescent dating aggression in Britain. Determined that almost half of sampled boys, and more than half of sampled girls experienced psychological, physical, and/or sexual aggression. In considering "symmetry of violence" theory, the study concluded that when meaning and context of…