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Dodge, Kenneth A.; Bai, Yu; Godwin, Jennifer; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Bates, John E.; Pettit, Gregory S.; Jones, Damon – Child Development, 2022
The hypothesis was tested that some children develop a defensive mindset that subsumes individual social information processing (SIP) steps, grows from early experiences, and guides long-term outcomes. In Study 1 (Fast Track [FT]), 463 age-5 children (45% girls; 43% Black) were first assessed in 1991 and followed through age 32 (83% retention). In…
Descriptors: Defense Mechanisms, Personality Traits, Emotional Response, Social Cognition
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Sandler, Irwin N.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined stress and coping symptoms of 258 children whose parents were divorced. Found that, in the cross-sectional model, avoidance coping partially mediated the relations between negative events and symptoms; while active coping moderated between negative events and conduct problems. In the longitudinal model, significant negative paths were…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Children