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Peer reviewedGuinagh, Barry J. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence, Learning
Peer reviewedOrasanu, Judith; And Others – Child Development, 1979
Investigated the extent to which category clustering in recall is dependent on preferred organization of the to-be-recalled items and whether preferred organization or recall performance is associated with ethnic or economic group membership. White children sorted taxonomically more often than Black children, who preferred functional organization…
Descriptors: Blacks, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedNolen, Patricia S. – Child Development, 1972
Differences in the recall of printed language patterns were explored with 156 Negro and Caucasian low-socioeconomic-status children. (Author)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedRuhland, David; Feld, Sheila – Child Development, 1977
The autonomous and social comparison achievement motivation of 197 black and white children was assessed at the end of first or fourth grades and again at the end of second and fifth grades. Level of aspiration and projective story telling measures of motivation were used. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Achievement, Aspiration, Black Students, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedCrook, Thomas; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Reports a comparison of depressed and nondepressed subjects undertaken to identify aspects of the early parent child relationship that may be associated with depressive illness in adult life. Results show maternal rejection was found more closely associated with depression in female children; the effect was essentially the same among Black and…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology), Fathers
Peer reviewedDunifon, Rachel; Kowaleski-Jones, Lori – Child Development, 2002
This study examined how family structure affected children's delinquency and math test scores, parenting practices as a mediator, and racial differences in these effects. Findings indicated that single parenthood related to reduced well-being among European American children, but not African American children. Cohabitation related to greater…
Descriptors: Black Students, Child Development, Children, Cohabitation
Peer reviewedBrooks-Gunn, Jeanne; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined differences in intelligence test scores of black and white five-year-olds born premature with low birth weight. Found that black children's IQ scores were 1 SD lower than those of white children. Adjustments for ethnic differences in poverty reduced the differential by half; adjustments for differences in home environment reduced it by…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Family Environment, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedSpieker, Susan J.; Larson, Nancy C.; Lewis, Steven M.; Keller, Thomas E.; Gilchrist, Lewayne – Child Development, 1999
Analyzed individual developmental trajectories of disruptive behavior problems (DBP) between 3.5 and 6.0 years for children of adolescent mothers. Found that DBP decreased with age. Boys and children of more depressed/anxious mothers exhibited higher levels of DBP. Maternal negative control was associated with level of DBP and change rate, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis
