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Piechowski, Michael M. – Roeper Review, 2014
Some terms of Dabrowski's theory are misleading. The construct of level and the concepts of integration and disintegration mean different things. The concept of primary integration as a starting point for personality development is untenable in light of research on child development. In its place, Level I as a type of development that is…
Descriptors: Gifted, Individual Development, Personality Development, Emotional Development
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Zentner, Marcel; Bates, John E. – European Journal of Developmental Science, 2008
This article provides a review and synthesis of concepts, research programs, and measures in the infant and child temperament area. First, the authors present an overview of five classical approaches to the study of child temperament that continue to stimulate research today. Subsequently, the authors carve out key definitional criteria for…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Development, Children, Infants
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Lee, Ying-Chiao; Chen, Ying-Sheue – Journal of Adolescence, 1998
Temperament characteristics of Chinese adolescents in Taiwan were explored using a Chinese Adolescent Temperament self-rating questionnaire which had been previously standardized. Stepwise multiple regression with backward elimination disclosed five significant temperament factors including age, gender, sibling order, and parental education…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries
Harris, Belinda M. – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2007
This practical book deals with the emotional and moral dimensions of school leadership. The author sets out the intra-personal and interpersonal attributes, attitudes and behaviours necessary to develop emotional and moral leadership within the school community. The book provides a range of person-centred strategies for building communities of…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Textbook Content, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Qualities
Brody, Gene H.; Stoneman, Zolinda – Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
This study represents further work into the area of what specific processes determine whether a sibling relationship will be positive or negative. Specifically addressed was the influence of each child's personality or temperament in shaping the quality and type of sibling relationship. Significant attention was paid to analyzing sibling…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Emotional Development, Family Influence, Family Role
Furman, Wyndol; Lanthier, Richard P. – Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
This study examined the role personality variables play in sibling relationships. It proposed that the characteristics of sibling relationships are influenced by: family constellation variables such as birth order, gender, and age spacing; parent-child relationships including quality of relationship and parent management of siblings; and the…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Emotional Development, Family Life, First Born
Weston, Denise Chapman; Weston, Mark S. – 1996
Noting that we are raising our children in a morally ambiguous world and we have to do more than just discipline them and hope for the best, this book is a manual for raising children who are emotionally and intellectually capable and confident, by means of play activities that imbue a sense of right and wrong. Each chapter of the manual begins…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Codes of Ethics, Consciousness Raising