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Davies, Patrick T.; Manning, Liviah G.; Cicchetti, Dante – Child Development, 2013
This study examined whether children’s difficulties with stage-salient tasks served as an explanatory mechanism in the pathway between their insecurity in the interparental relationship and their disruptive behavior problems. Using a multimethod, multi-informant design, 201 two-year-old children and their mothers participated in 3 annual…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Parent Child Relationship, Behavior Problems, Structural Equation Models
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El-Sheikh, Mona; Kelly, Ryan J.; Buckhalt, Joseph A.; Hinnant, J. Benjamin – Child Development, 2010
Relations were examined between children's sleep and their externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Longitudinal relations were examined when children were in 3rd (T1) and 5th (T2) grades, and cross-sectional relations were assessed at T2. Participants included 176 children at T1 (M = 8.68 years) and 141 children at T2 (M = 10.70 years). Sleep…
Descriptors: African American Children, Academic Achievement, Sleep, Depression (Psychology)
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Shultz, Thomas R. – Child Development, 1974
A study of the development of elementary school children's appreciation of riddles was conducted within the framework of the incongruity and resolution theory of humor. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Humor
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Labouvie, Erich W.; And Others – Child Development, 1974
The effects of selective dropout and retesting on the assessment of developmental changes in abilities during adolescence are examined. (ST)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Measurement