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The Development of Personal Identity in Adolescence: A Philosophical Dilemma Approach.
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Hart, Daniel – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1988
Outlines and contrasts themes and methods of philosophical inquiry into personal identity with other approaches to identity development. Describes a study of identity development in adolescence in philosophical context which provides new information about the psychology of identity. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Identification (Psychology)
The Development of Trait Explanations and Self-Evaluations in the Academic and Social Domains.
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Benenson, Joyce F.; Dweck, Carol S. – Child Development, 1986
Subjects of this study were 144 White, middle-class children in kindergarten, first, second, and fourth grades. Children were interviewed individually about their explanations for both academic and social outcomes and their evaluations of their own outcomes. Self-evaluations became less positive in both domains and less similar across domains with…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Children, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education
The Neighborhood Walk: Sources of Support in Middle Childhood.
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Bryant, Brenda K. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1986
Documents 168 children's perceptions of their involvement with self-development, family members, and members of the community and tests the relation between that network and aspects of social-emotional functioning during middle childhood. (HOD)
Descriptors: Children, Community Involvement, Community Support, Emotional Adjustment