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Social, Academic, and Psychological Characteristics of Peer Groups in Chinese Children: Same-Domain and Cross-Domain Effects on Individual Development
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Liu, Mengting; Chen, Xinyin; Fu, Rui; Li, Dan; Liu, Junsheng – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The primary purpose of the present study was to examine the contributions of social, academic, and psychological characteristics of peer groups to individual development in the same and different domains in Chinese children. Participants included 1,864 elementary school students (945 boys, M[subscript age] = 11 years) in China. One-year…
Descriptors: Social Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Psychological Characteristics, Foreign Countries
How Imitation Begets Imitation and Toddlers' Generation of Games.
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Eckerman, Carol O.; Stein, Mark R. – Developmental Psychology, 1990
When imitated, toddlers were more likely to continue to act on an object; if continuing, repeat the same action on the object; generate games, especially imitation games, and look at their partner's face. These social influence processes are thought to operate naturally in peer interactions and contribute to the behavioral organization that…
Descriptors: Games, Imitation, Individual Development, Interpersonal Competence
Development of Maternal Social Skills in Multiproblem Families: Effects on the Mother-Child Relationship.
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Booth, Cathryn L.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Tested a two-step infant preventive intervention model. Subjects were 147 multiproblem mothers and their infants. Data partially supported the model. Additional analyses explored factors associated with individual differences in delivery of services and response to treatment. (RH)
Descriptors: Family Problems, High Risk Persons, Individual Development, Individual Differences
Beyond Cognition: Expanding the Search for the Early Roots of Internalization and Conscience.
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Kochanska, Grazyna – Developmental Psychology, 1994
Notes that Grusec and Goodnow's model of discipline encounters as context for children's internalization of parental values seems best suited for middle childhood and adolescence. Suggests that processes such as social referencing, sensitivity to standard violations, emergence of self, and self-regulation may be important antecedents and signs of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Theories, Children
Girls' Dating Behavior as a Function of Social Context and Maturation.
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Gargiulo, Janine; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Study examined how environmental and physical characteristics contribute to the emergence of adolescent girls' dating behavior. Subjects were girls who attend dance schools and girls who do not.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Dance, Dating (Social)
Predicting Developmental Outcomes at School Entry Using a Multiple-Risk Model: Four American Communities.
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Greenberg, Mark T.; Lengua, Liliana J.; Coie, John D.; Pinderhughes, Ellen E. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Examined contributions of different risk factors to predicting children's psychological and academic outcomes at end of first grade. Found that each analysis level contributed to prediction of most outcomes; 18 to 29% of outcome variance was predicted; a common set of predictors predicted numerous outcomes; ethnicity showed little unique…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Child Development