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Miller, David C.; Byrnes, James P. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Two experiments tested a self-regulation model of risk-taking among third through eighth graders in which inappropriate risk taking is associated with overconfidence, succumbing to dysregulating influences, and insensitivity to outcomes. Found that ability beliefs, preference for thrill seeking, peer nomination, competitiveness, and interest…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Context Effect
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Invernizzi, Antonella – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2003
Recounts an ethnographic study of children's work in Lima, Peru, examining concepts of work, family, and childhood; adult representations and norms passed on to children through work; and child's point of view regarding work and how it evolves with time. Argues children and parents' views and practices regarding work and socialization give a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Child Labor, Childhood Attitudes