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Yang, Raymond K.; Halverson, Charles F., Jr. – Child Development, 1976
To test the inversion of intensity interpretation based on negative relations between newborn and pre-school intensity behaviors, 106 normal children were examined at the neonatal and pre-school periods. Interpretations of intensity behaviors at both periods and their longitudinal relations are discussed. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Heart Rate, Infant Behavior, Infants, Longitudinal Studies
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Block, Jack – Child Development, 1982
Specifies some problems in the Piagetian characterizations of assimilation and accommodation and offers an alternative formulation intended to resolve some conceptual anomalies. On the basis of the revision, the orthogenetic law of developmental progression is explicitly derived. Further, Piaget's notion of "equilibrium" is extended into…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development
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Massad, Christopher M. – Child Development, 1981
Examined the relationship between sex role identity and two measures of adjustment--self-acceptance and peer acceptance--among adolescents. Sex differences were discovered regarding factors positively associated with self-acceptance. Findings suggest that a model of sex role differentiation during adolescence must recognize differential pressures…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Androgyny, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship
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Rowe, David C.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Used a longitudinal sibling research design and a large, nationally representative sample of 15- to 22-year-old siblings to study shared and unshared environmental influences on delinquency. Although no unshared family environmental influences were found for sisters and mixed-sex siblings, they may have existed for brothers. Data suggested…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Birth Order, Blacks
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Grotevant, Harold D.; Cooper, Catherine R. – Child Development, 1985
Developed a model of individuation in family relationships focused on communicative processes. Expressions of four dimensions of the model (self-esteem, separateness, permeability, and mutuality) were predicted to be positively associated with identity exploration in adolescents. Analysis of observations of families in a Family Interaction Task…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Environment, Family Relationship, Fathers
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Block, Jeanne H. – Child Development, 1983
The sex-differentiated socialization emphases of parents and other representatives of societal institutions are considered as they influence personality development and behavioral orientations. Such emphases, shaping behaviors, and teaching styles are evaluated with regard to the nature of "meta-messages" conveyed to children. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Achievement, Aggression, Anxiety, Child Rearing