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A Longitudinal Study of Negative Emotional States and Adjustment from Early Childhood through Adolescence.
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Lerner, Jacqueline V.; And Others – Child Development, 1988
Data were examined to determine (1) the stability of negative emotional characteristics from early life through adolescence; (2) the degree of relation between these emotional characteristics and adjustment in childhood and adolescence; and (3) the degree to which the characteristics differentially predict multiple adjustment dimensions in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Emotional Problems
Depressed Mothers' Touching Increases Infants' Positive Affect and Attention in Still-Face Interactions.
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Pelaez-Nogueras, Martha; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Investigated effects of depressed mothers' touching on their infants' behavior during still-face situation. Subjects were 48 mothers and their 3-month-old infants. Findings suggested that by providing touch stimulation for their infants, depressed mothers can increase infants' positive affect and compensate for negative effects often resulting…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attention, Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis
Preliminary Models of Risk and Protective Factors for Childhood Homesickness: Review and Empirical Synthesis.
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Thurber, Christopher A.; Sigman, Marian D. – Child Development, 1998
Examined predictors and sequelae of homesickness in 293 boys, ages 8 to 16 years, who spent two weeks at an overnight camp. Found that the "homesick disposition" and little prior separation together accounted for 69% of the variance in self-reported homesickness. Interpersonal attitudes and perceived control predicted 70% of the variance…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Experience