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Harkness, Sara; Super, Charles M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
The seven papers in this issue address a variety of challenges that parents in several different cultural places encounter as they do their best to ensure their children's safe, happy, and successful development from infancy through middle childhood: infant sleep, developmental agendas, temperament, preschools, academic success, and learning to be…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Barriers, Cultural Differences, Child Development
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Lamers-Winkelman, Francien – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2002
Presents a response to de Zoysa's article "Child Sexual Abuse in Sri Lanka: The Current State of Affairs and Recommendations for the Future" (this issue). Discusses the many historic and socio-cultural factors that contribute to the sexual abuse of young children and discusses how Sri Lanka has made a major effort to combat such abuse.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Delivery Systems
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Meeus, W.; Iedema, J.; Vollebergh, W. – Developmental Review, 1999
Examines similarities and differences between American and Dutch research on identity formation and psychological well-being in adolescent and young adults. Concludes that identity development is systematically progressive and may be described with the trajectory diffusion?closure/moratorium?achieving commitment. Age differences are found in the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries