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Howe, Nina; Leach, Jamie; DeHart, Ganie – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2022
Play materials designed to enhance children's pretense were investigated; namely, how the specific characteristics of the play sets (thematically open-ended village set vs thematically closed-ended train set) influenced children's play communication regarding their co-construction of shared meanings. Participants included 44 7-year-old focal…
Descriptors: Play, Interpersonal Communication, Young Children, Toys
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Owen, Daniela J.; Slep, Amy M. Smith; Heyman, Richard E. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
Noncompliance is a primary reason parents seek services for their young children. Research on socialization suggests that warning children about consequences is associated with greater compliance. In the current study, we test whether promised consequences (i.e., promises of parental responses to subsequent child behavior), compared with…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Behavior, Compliance (Psychology), Mothers
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Brotman, Laurie Miller; Kingston, Sharon; Bat-Chava, Yael; Caldwell, Melissa B.; Calzada, Esther J. – Early Education and Development, 2008
This study evaluates school personnel perceptions, knowledge, and behaviors before and after a 36-hr training program designed to prepare early childhood school personnel for implementation of an after-school family preventive intervention for conduct problems. Participants were 40 female school personnel (22 professionals and 18…
Descriptors: Intervention, School Personnel, Family Programs, Prevention