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Lamb, Michael E.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Type and quality of nonfamilial child care were found to have no significant effect on peer social skills, sociability with strange adults, and child personality. The major determinants of personality maturity were background variables. Prior social skills and age were the best predictors of peer social skills. (PCB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Family Characteristics
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Persson, Andreas; Kerr, Margaret; Stattin, Hakan – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
In a study of adolescents in the 1970s, girls were high in normbreaking if they attended youth recreation centers "and" were heavily involved with peers or boys (Stattin et al., 2003). The present study investigated whether these results could be replicated on a modern sample, and then examined parent-child relationships and personality…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Recreation, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior
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Andersson, Helle Wessel; Sommerfelt, Kristian – Child Study Journal, 1999
Investigated long-term effects of infant temperament on problem behavior and cognitive abilities at age 5 years, taking into account interactions between infant temperament and biological and social risk. Found that when high scores on temperamental factors are combined with social or biological risk, the level of later behavioral problems is…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Biological Influences, Birth Weight, Environmental Influences
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Hansson, Anna; Hilleras, Pernilla; Forsell, Yvonne – Social Indicators Research, 2005
Objectives: The aim of this study was to see if earlier findings about factors associated with well-being could be replicated in a large population-based sample in Sweden. To the best of our knowledge, no research on well-being has been conducted on such a large population in a country, which by most standards is regarded as one of the most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Adults, Well Being
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