Examined developmental changes in the influence of social goals on cooperative and competitive behavior in children between six and 13 years who played a game with a peer. Tendencies to engage in cooperative and combative moves and to use attentional words varied interactively with age, sex, order of instructions, instructions, and trials. (SKC)

A social development theory of self is introduced as a framework for developmental psychopathology. Built on some of Piaget's principles, the theory is taken into the social domain and used to define the movements of self and important others throughout life. (PCB)

Reports on school research identifying and setting priorities for essential skills needed by the end of primary school to enable students to function effectively in Australian society. (MD)

Research established a moderate relation between toy availability and children's development throughout early childhood. Several aspects of psychological theory appear to describe part of the relation: cognitive developmental theory, relating learning and development, script theory, theories of intrinsic motivation, and theories relating play to…

A hermeneutic or interpretive concept of human social life is discussed in this article. Suggestions are offered to physical educators for studying activities such as education and sports more holistically. Problems concerning generalizations in cultural research and problems related to seeking truth through interpretive cultural research are…

Reviews forms and functions of child-to-child interaction in classroom settings, emphasizing the complexity of children's strategies in communication. (CI)

Discusses research on the effect of integrating disabled children into early childhood programs. Finds fears that nondisabled children will imitate the socially unacceptable behaviors of disabled children or will not make adequate progress to be unfounded. Social integration of disabled children was found to be dependent on the attitudes and…

The paper reviews eight major classroom strategies ranging from environmental management to skill training approaches designed to enhance social competence of hearing impaired students. Observational procedures are discussed for identifying individual program approaches that surpass the general strategies. (Author/CL)

Summary scores for behaviors rated on Bayley's Infant Behavior Record were obtained by summing sequential ratings for same-sex twins participating in a longitudinal study. Composite scores were calculated for two behavioral clusters - one composed of behaviors related to primary cognitions and the other of behaviors related to extraversion.…

Organized sports have a powerful impact on the character of both spectators and participants. Coaches and athletic directors have a tremendous responsibility to make that impact a positive character-building experience. This book is a primer that allows coaches to put questions about character into a usable context, which, in turn, serves as a…

This paper presents a data-based, conceptual framework to assist researchers and practitioners in choosing programs that promote social and emotional competence in elementary school children. The following topics are addressed: (1) how the conceptual frameworks researched were chosen; (2) the utility of each framework; (3) description of the…

The purpose of the present study was to examine the efficacy of two social skills interventions, coaching and peer reinforcement, as treatments to enhance the social interactive skills in socially isolated preschool children. Ten preschool children were selected to participate in this study. Four of the participants were socially isolated children…

Over the past few years, computer applications such as games and the Internet have increased in popularity and children and teens are spending significant amounts of time interacting with them. In order to understand the growing impact of these interactive technologies on youth, this paper briefly reviews previous research on the impact of…

Author feels more consideration should be given to unfamiliar settings where youth can meet and truly express itself. (GB)