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Peer reviewedHolmes, George R.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory to parents (N=342) of children seen for psychiatric services at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute during the 1970s. Results suggested a parent population in which mothers were suffering considerably more psychological distress or psychopathology than fathers during the 1975-79…
Descriptors: Children, Parents, Psychiatric Services, Psychological Patterns
Peer reviewedDowns, A. Chris; Langlois, Judith H. – Sex Roles, 1988
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)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Standards, Child Development, Children
Peer reviewedCohen, Nancy J.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1988
Examined the relationship of individual and composite measures of child competence with family background and adult ratings of psychopathology. Children scoring high on a composite competence index were rated by parents and teachers as showing fewer problems. Composite measures related more strongly to parent and teacher ratings than did single…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Children, Competence, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedRyan, Christopher M.; Morrow, Lisa A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
The self-esteem of 125 diabetic and 82 nondiabetic adolescents was examined with the Piers-Harris scale. Girls who developed diabetes before five years of age had poorer self-concept scores than early onset boys, whereas boys and girls in the later onset or control groups had equivalent scores. This interaction was restricted to Physical…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Anxiety, Body Image
Spence, Janet T.; And Others – 1978
This study investigated the relationship of psychological masculinity and feminity in children to trait stereotyping and toy preferences. Subjects (157 boys and 157 girls in Grades K-4) were tested on a Child Test Battery, including the Child's Personal Attributes Questionnaire based on the adult PAQ (Spence, Helmreich & Stapp, 1974, 1975),…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Femininity
Download full textHenderson, N. B.; And Others – 1971
Perinatal variables were used to predict 7-year outcome for 538 children, 32% Negro and 68% white. Mother's age, birthplace, education, occupation, marital status, neuropsychiatric status, family income, number supported, birth weight, one- and five-minute Apgar scores were regressed on 7-year Verbal, Performance and Full Scale IQ, Bender, Wide…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Black Youth, Children, Correlation
