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Klaczynski, Paul; Daniel, David B.; Keller, Peggy S. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2008
We explored the hypotheses that adolescents have more negative obesity stereotypes than children and that age differences in obesity stereotypes are mediated by weight attributions, body esteem, and appearance idealization. Hispanic- and Caucasian-American children completed measures of appearance idealization, body esteem, and attributions about…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Ethnicity, Obesity, Females
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Critchley, Christine R.; Sanson, Ann V. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2006
This research examined individual difference and contextual effects on the disciplinary behavior of a representative sample of 296 parents. Both the use of power assertion and inductive reasoning were found to be higher when the child's behavior violated a moral compared to a conventional principle, and in response to deliberate versus accidental…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Context Effect, Discipline, Parent Child Relationship