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Mantzouranis, Gregory; Zimmermann, Gregoire; Mahaim, Elodie Biermann; Favez, Nicolas – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
Psychological control refers to parental behaviors that intrude on the psychological and emotional development of the child. In 2010, Soenens et al. proposed a distinction between two domain-specific expressions of psychological control, that is, Dependency-oriented Psychological Control (DPC) and Achievement-oriented Psychological Control (APC).…
Descriptors: Validity, Adolescents, Emotional Development, Speech Communication
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Razza, Rachel A.; Martin, Anne; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
This study examined the role of anger in infancy and its interaction with maternal warmth in predicting children's socioemotional development. Participants included a demographically diverse sample of 316 mothers and children from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) study. Infants were followed across 3 waves of data…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Psychological Patterns, Parent Child Relationship, Infants
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Merrell, Kenneth W.; Felver-Gant, Josh C.; Tom, Karalyn M. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2011
Based on the premises that strength-based assessment of children and adolescents is an important emerging area, and that additional tools for this purpose are needed, this study details development and validation efforts on a new strength-based assessment: the Social-Emotional Assets and Resilience Scale, parent form (SEARS-P). Following careful…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Construct Validity, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Epstein, Michael H.; Synhorst, Lori – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2008
The Preschool Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (PreBERS) is a standardized, norm-referenced instrument that assesses the emotional and behavioral strengths of preschool children. Two studies that investigated the test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the PreBERS are reported. In the first study, teachers rated preschool children (N = 96)…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Preschool Children, Behavior Rating Scales, Measures (Individuals)
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Kenyon, DenYelle Baete; Koerner, Susan Silverberg – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2008
Utilizing longitudinal data from a project that examined the post-divorce lives of mothers and adolescents, we addressed two questions: (a) Does exposure to negative maternal disclosure about the ex-husband/father impact adolescents' perceptions of the father-adolescent relationship? and (b) Are adolescents with low emotional autonomy and high…
Descriptors: Divorce, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents