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Muro, Joel H.; Stulmaker, Hayley; Rose, Katherine Kensinger – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2012
Understanding the developmental stages of children is crucial for coaches. Equally important is the way adults communicate with children. In his seminal work describing the influence of society and social interactions on the psychosocial development of children, Erikson (1950, 1963) described the developmental crises faced by children at each…
Descriptors: Play, Adolescents, Developmental Tasks, Developmental Stages
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Laing, Sarah V.; Fernyhough, Charles; Turner, Michelle; Freeston, Mark H. – Infant and Child Development, 2009
Previous studies of childhood fear, worry, and ritualistic behaviour have been limited by restricted age ranges, narrow ranges of anxiety phenomena, non-comparable methodologies, and assessment of typical behaviour within a pathological context. Content and intensity of fear, worry, and ritualistic behaviour, and associations among these…
Descriptors: Children, Interviews, Fear, Anxiety
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Shiner, Rebecca L.; Masten, Ann S. – European Journal of Developmental Science, 2008
In this paper, we review findings from Project Competence on the nature of personality development from middle childhood through the early adult years and place these findings in the context of current research on temperament and personality traits. In a series of studies using data drawn from the Project Competence longitudinal project, we have…
Descriptors: Child Development, Personality Traits, Program Descriptions, Adolescents