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Peer reviewedCowan, Philip A. – New Directions for Child Development, 1988
Presents a nine-celled matrix to explain psychological stability and change. Considers the relationship between various levels of analysis and internal forces, external forces, and interactive theories. (PCB)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Heredity, Individual Development, Intervention
Peer reviewedNoam, Gil G. – New Directions for Child Development, 1988
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)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Individual Development
Peer reviewedNucci, Larry P.; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1996
Examines negotiation of children's construction of autonomy and the personal domain within the context of parent-child and teacher-child interaction. Provides a model for examining the emergence of autonomy out of adult-child negotiation. Describes several studies documenting how adults negotiate with children over personal issues about which a…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Children, Individual Development, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedSherrod, Lonnie R. – New Directions for Child Development, 1996
Discusses the significance of research on the transition to adulthood, examining social-historical changes that may increase the role of individual and familial factors structuring this phase of the life course. Reviews leaving home in regard to its importance as a factor in late adolescence and the transition to adulthood. (HTH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmental Stages, Family Environment, Family Influence
Peer reviewedWindle, Michael; Lerner, Richard M. – New Directions for Child Development, 1986
Reviews the research that has tested the "goodness of fit" model of temperament-context relations and proposes that research aimed at testing this model should examine how inter-individual differences in interactions between children and their contexts over time establish correlations between individuals and their settings. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Goodness of Fit, Individual Development
Peer reviewedMcHale, James P.; Kuersten, Regina; Lauretti, Allison – New Directions for Child Development, 1996
Examines new studies of family-level dynamics that explain individual variability in early socioemotional development. Shows that family processes help explain unique variance in conceptually related measures of child development. Reviews studies showing prospective links between family processes during infancy and behavior at age 4, and…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Family Environment, Family Influence, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedWalker, Katrina; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1995
Examines research on effects of African American culture on development of black children's positive self-esteem. Finds that black children do not seem to have lower self-esteem than their white counterparts; they develop positive self-esteem and ethnic identities assisted by a supportive family environment, a strong kinship network, and the…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Family, Blacks, Child Development
