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Schwarz, J. Conrad – American Psychologist, 1979
Discusses implications of recent evidence for genetic influences on personality development and psychopathology. Presents a model of the childhood origins of psychopathology that incorporates genetics and gives special emphasis to the role of parental conflict in the previously neglected middle childhood years. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Conflict, Emotional Disturbances, Family Relationship, Genetics
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Cowan, Mary K. – American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1972
This investigation sought to compare male and female differences in play activities between 21 blind subjects and 21 matched control subjects in second through eighth grade. (Author)
Descriptors: Blindness, Childrens Games, Control Groups, Elementary School Students
Dennis, Wayne – 1973
This book reports the experiential deprivation and intellectual retardation of children from the Creche, a Lebanese social agency devoted to the care of foundlings from birth to 6 years. Begun in 1955, this study explored the role of environment, specifically, the effects of adoption, on IQ. Results showed that the mean IQ for both boys and girls…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Caregivers, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth