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Household Income Predicts Trajectories of Child Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries
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Lansford, Jennifer E.; Malone, Patrick S.; Tapanya, Sombat; Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe; Zelli, Arnaldo; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Bornstein, Marc H.; Chang, Lei; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Giunta, Laura Di; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
This study examined longitudinal links between household income and parents' education and children's trajectories of internalizing and externalizing behaviors from age 8 to 10 reported by mothers, fathers, and children. Longitudinal data from 1,190 families in 11 cultural groups in eight countries (Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines,…
Descriptors: Family Income, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Socioeconomic Status
Age Differences in Resistance to Peer Influence
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Steinberg, Laurence; Monahan, Kathryn C. – Developmental Psychology, 2007
Prior research describes the development of susceptibility to peer pressure in adolescence as following an inverted U-shaped curve, increasing during early adolescence, peaking around age 14, and declining thereafter. This pattern, however, is derived mainly from studies that specifically examined peer pressure to engage in antisocial behavior. In…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Age Differences
Authoritative Parenting, Psychosocial Maturity, and Academic Success among Adolescents.
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Steinberg, Laurence; And Others – Child Development, 1989
Examined the relation between authoritative parenting and school achievement in 120 adolescents of 10-16 years. Adolescents who described their parents as treating them warmly, democratically, and firmly were more likely than their peers to develop positive attitudes toward their achievement and do well in school. (RJC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Rearing
Impact of Puberty on Family Relations: Effects of Pubertal Status and Pubertal Timing.
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Steinberg, Laurence – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Examines the impact of pubertal status and timing, independent of chronological age, on the family relationships of adolescents in 204 families with a firstborn child between the ages of 10 and 15. Measures included adolescent and parental reports of closeness, confict, and autonomy and assessments of adolesents' pubertal status and pubertal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Check Lists, Conflict, Parent Child Relationship
Authoritative Parenting Promotes Adolescent School Achievement and Attendance.
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Steinberg, Laurence; Elmen, Julie D. – 1986
As adolescents progress from elementary to secondary school, their academic success increasingly depends on their ability to manage their own time and behavior. Because the family plays such an important role in the development of responsible autonomy, this study examined authoritative parenting and the hypothesis that authoritative parents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Attendance
The Vicissitudes of Autonomy in Early Adolescence.
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Steinberg, Laurence; Silverberg, Susan B. – Child Development, 1986
Examines the development of, and interrelations among, three types of autonomy during the transition from childhood into adolescence: emotional autonomy in relationships with parents, resistance to peer pressure, and the subjective sense of self-reliance. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Emotional Development, Individual Development