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Parenting and Children's Externalizing Behavior: Bidirectionality during Toddlerhood
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Verhoeven, Marjolein; Junger, Marianne; van Aken, Chantal; Dekovic, Maja; van Aken, Marcel A. G. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2010
This study examined the bidirectional relationship between parenting and boys' externalizing behaviors in a four-wave longitudinal study of toddlers. Participants were 104 intact two-parent families with toddler sons. When their sons were 17, 23, 29, and 35 months of age, mothers and fathers reported on a broad range of parenting dimensions…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Toddlers, Males, Parent Child Relationship
Where Self-Control Comes from: On the Development of Self-Control and Its Relationship to Deviance over Time
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Vazsonyi, Alexander T.; Huang, Li – Developmental Psychology, 2010
The current study tested a set of interrelated theoretical propositions based on self-control theory (M. R. Gottfredson & T. Hirschi 1990). Data were collected on 1,155 children at 4.5 years, at 8.5 years (3rd grade), and at 10.5 years (5th grade) as part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development longitudinal study over a…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Child Health, Grade 5, Grade 3
Domain-Specificity of Self-Concept and Parent Expectation Influences on Short-Term and Long-Term Learning of Physics
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Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Kuppan, Loganantham; Foong, See Kit; Wong, Darren Jon Sien; Kadir, Munirah Shaik; Lee, Paul Choon Keat; Yau, Che Ming – New Horizons in Education, 2010
Background: Students' academic self-concepts are known to be domain specific. Researchers have also identified two related components of self-concept:cognitive (how competent students feel about a subject domain) and affective (their interest in the subject). This paper examines whether both components are domain specific. Research has also shown…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Self Concept, Student Surveys
A Structural Equation Model Analyzing the Relationship of Student Achievement Motivations and Personality Factors in a Range of Academic Subject-Matter Areas
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Tempelaar, Dirk T.; Gijselaers, Wim H.; Schim van der Loeff, Sybrand; Nijhuis, Jan F. H. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007
The question of subject-specificity of achievement motivations is important, both for educational psychology, as well as for educational policy. This study contributes to the investigation of the heterogeneity in achievement motivations in the context of the expectancy-value model. Whereas existing research deals with middle and high school…
Descriptors: Personality, Educational Policy, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement
Do Teachers' Own Learning Behaviors Influence Their Classroom Goal Orientation and Control Ideology?
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Gordon, Scarlette C.; Dembo, Myron H.; Hocevar, Dennis – Teaching & Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2007
This study explored the relationship between teachers' own learning behaviors and their teaching practices. Experienced teachers taking graduate courses responded to an instrument measuring their self-regulated learning as students and their teaching practices as indicated by how they conveyed the purpose of engaging in academic work (i.e., goal…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Classroom Techniques, Ideology, Teaching Methods