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Effects of Workplace Intervention on Affective Well-Being in Employees' Children
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Lawson, Katie M.; Davis, Kelly D.; McHale, Susan M.; Almeida, David M.; Kelly, Erin L.; King, Rosalind B. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Using a group-randomized field experimental design, this study tested whether a workplace intervention--designed to reduce work-family conflict--buffered against potential age-related decreases in the affective well-being of employees' children. Daily diary data were collected from 9- to 17-year-old children of parents working in an information…
Descriptors: Well Being, Intervention, Family Work Relationship, Affective Behavior
The Impact of the Developmental Timing of Trauma Exposure on PTSD Symptoms and Psychosocial Functioning among Older Adults
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Ogle, Christin M.; Rubin, David C.; Siegler, Ilene C. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
The present study examined the impact of the developmental timing of trauma exposure on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and psychosocial functioning in a large sample of community-dwelling older adults (N = 1,995). Specifically, we investigated whether the negative consequences of exposure to traumatic events were greater for traumas…
Descriptors: Trauma, Developmental Stages, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
A New Look at Children's Understanding of Mind and Emotion: The Case of Prayer
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Bamford, Christi; Lagattuta, Kristin Hansen – Developmental Psychology, 2010
Multiple methods were used to examine children's awareness of connections between emotion and prayer. Four-, 6-, and 8-year-olds and adults (N = 100) predicted whether people would pray when feeling different emotions, explained why characters in different situations decided to pray, and predicted whether characters' emotions would change after…
Descriptors: Children, College Students, Emotional Response, Comprehension
Children's Coping Strategies: Moderators of the Effects of Peer Victimization?
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Kochenderfer-Ladd, Becky; Skinner, Karey – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Examined the role of coping strategies as moderators of the effects of peer victimization on children's adjustment among 9- and 10-year-olds. Found that strategies such as problem solving that were beneficial for non-victimized children exacerbated difficulties for victimized children. Social support seeking buffered victimized girls but not boys.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Children, Coping, Defense Mechanisms
Children's Responses to Same- and Other-Gender Peers: An Experimental Investigation with 8-, 10-, and 12-Year-Olds.
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Underwood, Marion K.; Schockner, Alyssa E.; Hurley, Jennifer C. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Compared how 8-, 10-, and 12-year-olds responded to provocation by a same- or an other-gender peer in a laboratory play session. Found that responses to other-gender peer were more negative than to same-gender peer during baseline and provocation periods. With other-gender partners, participants reported liking them less, trying less to get along,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis, Conflict
Resolution and Children's Responses to Interadult Anger.
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Cummings, E. Mark; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Children from 5 to 19 years of age viewed videotaped segments of resolved, partially resolved, and unresolved conflicts. The negativity of children's responses corresponded to the degree that fights were unresolved. Numerous age and sex effects were found. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Anger, Children
Attachment-based Assessments of Parent-Child Relationships in Middle Childhood.
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Kerns, Kathryn A.; Tomich, Patricia L.; Aspelmeier, Jeffery E.; Contreras, Josefina M. – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Examined validity of attachment-based measures of parent-child relationships designed for 9- to 12-year-olds. Measures included self-reports of perceptions of security and avoidant and preoccupied coping, a projective interview assessing attachment state of mind, parents' reports of willingness to serve as an attachment figure, and ratings of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Children, Coping, Cross Sectional Studies