Background: There is growing interest in research understanding the individual-specific predictors of child callous-unemotional (CU) traits, particularly in early childhood. Objective: This study reviewed evidence from studies that investigated the relationship between early child temperament factors (between 0 and 3 years) and CU traits in…

Purpose: We sought to determine whether speech perception and language skills measured early after cochlear implantation in children who are deaf, and early postimplant growth in speech perception and language skills, predict long-term speech perception, language, and neurocognitive outcomes. Method: Thirty-six long-term users of cochlear…

This study examined the impact and predictive ability of parental personality and perceived stress on behavior problems of their deaf child. One hundred and fourteen parents with a deaf child completed measures of personality, parenting stress, and child behavioral functioning. Higher parental neuroticism, which reflects a susceptibility to…

An index of the quality of life for children in Ireland's four provinces containing thirty-two counties is generated from three domains of information in the (1841) census of Ireland. The average of three regression-weighted indexes derived from educational, demographic and housing data is labelled the Quality of Life for Irish Children-1841…

Two studies assessing the predictive validity of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA) are reported. Children who scored low on the MSCA General Cognitive Index had significantly lower California Achievement Test scores in all grades than did children scoring within the normal range. (Author/BL)

The problems which can arise in predicting the presence or absence of statistical interactions when a theoretical model is not set into correspondence with the experimental design model are considered in the context of a specific study of developmental differences in distractibility. (Author/HS)

Calculated Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) factor deviation quotients (DQ) for Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Organization, and Freedom From Distractibility. DQs were then compared to the Adaptive Behavior Scale. Results indicated Community Self-Sufficiency and the Comparison Score were significant. Verbal scores were…

Some of the conceptual and methodological problems in identifying and measuring creativity in young children are presented. Among the issues raised are: (1) the prediction of validity of creativity tests, (2) the problem of predicting adult creativity from evidence of childhood creativity, and (3) the need to identify and adequately measure the…

Investigated the relationship between subtest scatter on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and higher intellectual potential as indicated by subsequent reexamination and grouping of children. Results indicated that scatter on the initial examinations is a poor indicator of the presence of higher intellectual potential. (Author/RC)

The purpose of this study was to measure the relationship between the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) IQs and subtest scaled scores of preschool children and their reading achievement in grade one. Further study of the predictive power of the Geometric Designs and Arithmetic subtests was suggested. (Author)

Summarizes a two-year study of juvenile sexual offenders in Washington. Evaluates both community- and institution-based treatment programs. Offers a demographic profile of the typical juvenile sexual offender and the recidivism data from a mean 20-month follow-up period. Surprisingly few variables were found to have a significant relationship to…

Forty-six nonretarded children in kindergarten through grade 2 were compared with 47 retarded children in primary through prevocational levels to determine the best predictors of behavior, explanation, and scores for conservation of two dimensional space, substance, continuous quantity, and weight. (MC)

Subjects were 18 mothers and their clinic-referred children. A stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that two maternal behaviors, beta commands and total rewards, displayed in the clinic were the best predictors of child compliance in the home. (Author)

Both Negro and white children depict Santa Claus as a Caucasian, although they use different colors in their drawings. This difference in the use of colors could reflect a Negro preoccupation with race or could merely be the result of different environmental influences. (CK)

Scores from a scoring system for the Bender-Gestalt and Beery's Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration for a group of 86 elementary students were correlated with Wide Range Achievement Test scores, controlling for WISC-R IQ. Results suggested that visual-motor ability may not contribute to the prediction of achievement. (Author)