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When Do Mothers' Executive Functions Contribute to Their Representations of Their Child's Mind? A Contextual View on Parental Reflective Functioning and Mind-Mindedness
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Yatziv, Tal; Kessler, Yoav; Atzaba-Poria, Naama – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Parental mentalization refers to parents' capacity to treat their children as having minds of their own and consider the mental states underlying their behaviors. This study examined the roles of mothers' executive functions (EFs), a group of processes supporting self-regulation, in 2 aspects of parental mentalization--spontaneity as measured by…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Reflection
The Interplay between Values and Aggression in Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study
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Benish-Weisman, Maya – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Values, or the guiding standards of adolescents' lives, influence which behaviors are considered more justified than others. The relationship between values and social behavior has been established across many studies including the relationship of values and aggression. But only a few studies have examined these relationships among youth.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Values, Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies
Effects of Domestic Violence on Children's Behavior Problems and Depression.
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Sternberg, Kathleen J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Parents and children completed measures that assessed children's behavior problems and depression. Children had experienced abuse, witnessed spouse abuse, experienced and witnessed abuse, or experienced no domestic violence. Reports of effects of domestic violence on children varied, depending on the type of violence and the person reporting it.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Children, Depression (Psychology)
A Story of a Pot, or a Cross-Cultural Comparison of Basic Moral Evaluations: A Response to the Critique by Turiel, Nucci, and Smetana (1988).
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Nisan, Mordecai – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Nisan responds to Turiel, Nucci, and Smetana's (1988) critique by stating that it merely serves to emphasize the difficulty involved in distinguishing between the moral and the conventional without reference to the cultural meaning of the act. (PCB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Moral Development
A Cross-Cultural Comparison about What? A Critique of Nisan's (1987) Study of Morality and Convention.
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Turiel, Elliot; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1988
This critique of Nisan's (1987) study of morality and convention addresses methodological considerations for cross-cultural research on children's moral and conventional concepts. (PCB)
Descriptors: Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries
Maternal Adjustment and Infant Outcome in Medically Defined High-Risk Pregnancy.
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Levy-Shiff, Rachel; Lerman, Maya; Har-Even, Dov; Hod, Moshe – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Explored relation of biological and psychosocial risk factors to infant development among pregnant women who had pregestational diabetes, gestational diabetes, or were nondiabetic. Found that infants of diabetic mothers scored lower on the Bayley Scales at 1 year and revealed fewer positive and more negative behaviors than infants of nondiabetic…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Coping, Diabetes