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Tomasik, Martin J.; Napolitano, Christopher M.; Moser, Urs – Child Development, 2019
Thriving is a developmental process that is shaped by previous and current interactions within developmental contexts. We hypothesized that academic performance in the school context will positively predict thriving in young adulthood. Data of N = 2,043 students from Zurich were assessed with standardized tests in Grades 1, 3, 6, and 9. Results…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compulsory Education, Young Adults, Individual Development
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Malti, Tina; Gummerum, Michaela; Keller, Monika; Buchmann, Marlis – Child Development, 2009
Two studies investigated the role of children's moral motivation and sympathy in prosocial behavior. Study 1 measured other-reported prosocial behavior and self- and other-reported sympathy. Moral motivation was assessed by emotion attributions and moral reasoning following hypothetical transgressions in a representative longitudinal sample of…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Motivation, Child Behavior, Psychological Patterns
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Larivee, Serge; Normandeau, Sylvie; Parent, Sophie – Child Development, 2000
Presents French-speaking researchers' contribution to differential developmental psychology. Traces methodological and theoretical transformations necessary for understanding individual differences within a general theory of cognitive development. Provides overview of pluralistic and multidimensional model of cognitive functioning/development…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Individual Differences