Studies have used psychological games testing to measure children's bioaffinity (a child's love of/for or connection to nature) as a result of time spent in nature enriching children's well-being. Discrepancies found between two studies in different countries (Sweden and Canada) informed this research. Both studies used the same bioaffinity…

Examined (1) the possibility that children organize general statements into meaningful and consistent psychological concepts of themselves; (2) individual differences revealed in these concepts; (3) the possibility that these differences show stability over a one-month period. (PCB)

This paper presents a framework which may clarify differences in the definition of empathy, and examines various assessment techniques. In some instances inconsistencies were found between the conceptual and operational definitions. (Author)

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (Chicago, 1968).

Preliminary results are presented for an instrument to measure social behavior of preschool children, focusing on cooperation. Cooperation is defined either as behavior for the joint gain of the participants in an interaction or behavior in which each child attains his individual goal. The Oregon Preschool Test of Interpersonal Cooperation (OPTIC…

This report briefly describes the procedures for assessing children's psychological development and the data analytic framework used in the New York City Infant Day Care Study. This study is a 5-year, longitudinal investigation in which infants in group and family day care programs and infants reared at home are compared. Children in the study are…

The Minnesota Child Development Inventory (MCDI) measures the development of preschool-age children, using an inventory format to obtain mothers' observations. To demonstrate the validity of MCDI results, the authors compared them to the results of psychological evaluations, including data on intellectual functioning, fine motor skills, and…

Six different measures of sex typing were administered to 101 children aged three- to five-years-old. Results demonstrate that there is a weak correlation among measures of sex typing. Correlations were higher in magnitude and more numerous for boys than for girls, which suggests the possibility of separate patterns of sex-typed development. (BJV)

The relationship between children's cognitive developmental level, as assessed by Piagetian tasks, and their performance on measures of intellectual and neuropsychological functioning was studied. Eight female and 22 male children--ages 8 to 12 years (mean=10.3)--with negative electroencephalographs and neurologic screening and no history of brain…

The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) was administered to 54 exceptionally gifted (either high IQ's or high math science abilities) preadolescents and their parents. The profiles and factor structure of the 18 CPI scales were examined. The profiles of the parents were relatively even, suggesting that they are intellectually and socially…

The article describes an instrument--the Psychoeducational Profile (PEP)--that provides a comprehensive evaluation of developmental functioning and behavior, and discusses the utilization of such data in planning individualized educational programs for autistic children. (Author)