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Smith-Schrandt, Heather L.; Ojanen, Tiina; Gesten, Ellis; Feldman, Marissa A.; Calhoun, Casey D. – Child Development, 2011
In accord with increasing recognition of the situation specificity of childhood social behaviors, individual and contextual differences in children's responses to potential peer conflict were examined (hostile attribution, behavioral strategies, and affective reactions; N = 367, 9-2 years, 197 girls). Situational cues from 2 sources, the…
Descriptors: Cues, Self Efficacy, Conflict, Friendship
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Carlson, Stephanie M.; Zayas, Vivian; Guthormsen, Amy – Child Development, 2009
Individual differences in affective decision making were examined by recording event-related potentials (ERPs) while 74 typically developing 8-year-olds (38 boys, 36 girls) completed a 4-choice gambling task (Hungry Donkey Task; E. A. Crone & M. W. van der Molen, 2004). ERP results indicated: (a) a robust P300 component in response to feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Punishment, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making
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Valentino, Kristin; Cicchetti, Dante; Rogosch, Fred A.; Toth, Sheree L. – Child Development, 2008
A depth-of-processing incidental recall task for maternal-referent stimuli was utilized to assess basic memory processes and the affective valence of maternal representations among abused (N = 63), neglected (N = 33), and nonmaltreated (N = 128) school-aged children (ages 8-13.5 years old). Self-reported and observer-rated indices of internalizing…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Prevention, Memory
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Eveloff, Herbert H. – Child Development, 1971
Normal and abnormal language development depends to a great degree on the nature of the infant-mother relationship. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Garner, Pamela W.; Power, Thomas G. – Child Development, 1996
Evaluated a conceptual model that links temperament, emotional knowledge, and family expressiveness to preschoolers' emotional regulation ability by giving "disappointing" prizes after a task. Subjects were 82 preschoolers. Found that children's positive displays when presented the disappointing prize were inversely related to the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior