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Autonomy and Children's Reactions to Being Controlled: Evidence that Both Compliance and Defiance May Be Positive Markers in Early Development
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Dix, Theodore; Stewart, Amanda D.; Gershoff, Elizabeth T.; Day, William H. – Child Development, 2007
This study examined reactions of 1-year-olds and young 2-year-olds to being controlled by mothers. Mothers' supportive behavior predicted children's willing compliance. However, contrary to research with older children, defiance was also associated with variables linked to maternal competence, specifically, mothers' supportive behavior,…
Descriptors: Mothers, Depression (Psychology), Toddlers, Behavioral Science Research
Dissociations, Developmental Psychology, and Pedagogical Design
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Lillard, Angeline – Child Development, 2006
Although dissociations in children's responses are sometimes about "getting it right" for an experimenter, they might also often reflect differences between conscious and subconscious processing that are not geared to correct performance. Research with adults also reveals many cases of dissociation, and adults can more easily be subjected to…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Processes, Instructional Design, Children
Programs Advancing Developmental Psychopathology.
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Rolf, Jon; Read, Peter B. – Child Development, 1984
Describes recent attempts to integrate developmental perspectives in research involving infant and child psychopathology. Definitions are offered, and various methods to foster the growth of developmental psychopathology are presented. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Definitions, Interdisciplinary Approach
Analysis and Interpretation of Twin Studies Including Measures of the Shared Environment
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Turkheimer, Eric; D'Onofrio, Brian M.; Maes, Hermine H.; Eaves, Lindon J. – Child Development, 2005
Recent reports using a classical behavior genetic research design in which twin data are combined with a measured characteristic of their shared family environment have made striking claims about estimating environmental influences on behavior with genetic effects controlled. Such claims are overstated for two related reasons. First, when a…
Descriptors: Twins, Environmental Influences, Family Environment, Genetics
A Final Note.
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Hartup, Willard W. – Child Development, 1990
This editorial discusses the "Child Development" journal's 25 percent manuscript acceptance rate, the publishing of good papers, the absence of editorial bias in the journal, and the conservatism of scientific research. The increase in studies of adolescent development is noted. Editorial and writing standards are stressed. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Authors, Behavioral Science Research, Bias
Children's Distributive Justice Judgments: Aversive Racism in Euro-American Children?
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McGillicuddy-De Lisi, Ann V.; Daly, Melissa; Neal, Angela – Child Development, 2006
Euro-American 2nd- and 4th-grade children (Ms=7.67 and 9.82 years) heard stories about Black and White characters who produced artwork yielding a windfall reward. Children allocated rewards to characters, justified their allocations, and judged the fairness of patterns representing different justice principles. Older children allocated more money…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Racial Attitudes, Children, Racial Bias
Intergroup Attitudes of European American Children Attending Ethnically Homogeneous Schools
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McGlothlin, Heidi; Killen, Melanie – Child Development, 2006
Intergroup attitudes were assessed in European American 1st-grade (M=6.99 years, SD=0.32) and 4th-grade (M=10.01 years, SD=0.36) children (N=138) attending ethnically homogeneous schools to test hypotheses about racial biases and interracial friendships. An Ambiguous Situations Task and an Intergroup Contact Assessment were administered to all…
Descriptors: Intergroup Relations, Childhood Attitudes, Grade 1, Grade 4
Infant Day-Care, Attachment, and the "File Drawer Problem."
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Roggman, Lori A.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
This study of 105 12-month olds replicated 4 similar studies that showed that infants in day care are at risk for insecure attachment. Failure to reproduce significant results suggests that the research literature on infant day care and attachment may be biased by the unavailability of "file drawer" studies--unpublished data showing no…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Bias, Day Care