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Direct linkQi, Hongyuan; Mikami, Amori Yee; Owens, Julie Sarno – Child Development, 2022
This study examined bidirectional associations between cross-racial friendships and children's social and academic adjustment. Participants were 583 elementary school-age children in western Canada, or the midwestern United States (4-10 years; 279 girls; 143 Asian, 88 Black, 65 Hispanic or Latinx, 171 White, 116 mixed). Children's adjustment…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Friendship, Student Adjustment, Elementary School Students
Callanan, Maureen A.; Castañeda, Claudia L.; Luce, Megan R.; Martin, Jennifer L. – Child Development, 2017
Children's developing reasoning skills are better understood within the context of their social and cultural lives. As part of a research-museum partnership, this article reports a study exploring science-relevant conversations of 82 families, with children between 3 and 11 years, while visiting a children's museum exhibit about mammoth bones, and…
Descriptors: Museums, Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Science Education
Andrews, Naomi C. Z.; Martin, Carol L.; Field, Ryan D.; Cook, Rachel E.; Lee, Jieun – Child Development, 2016
This study examined children's expectancies about interactions with own- and other-gender peers. Goals were to examine expectancies about the outcomes related to own- versus other-gender group interactions, assess cohort and temporal changes in expectancies, and assess the effect of expectancies on school-related outcomes. Students in second and…
Descriptors: Expectation, Interaction, Peer Relationship, Grade 2
Skalická, Vera; Belsky, Jay; Stenseng, Frode; Wichstrøm, Lars – Child Development, 2015
The hypothesis was tested that the new open-group Norwegian day-care centers would more than traditionally organized centers negatively affect (a) current and (b) future teacher-child relationships, and (c) the developmental legacy of preschool problem behavior. The focus was on eight hundred and fifty 4-year-olds from 153 centers who were…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Conflict, Child Care Centers, Hypothesis Testing
Brown, William H.; Pfeiffer, Karin A.; McIver, Kerry L.; Dowda, Marsha; Addy, Cheryl L.; Pate, Russell R. – Child Development, 2009
The twofold purposes of the investigation were (a) to describe with direct observation data the physical activity behaviors and the accompanying social and environmental events of those behaviors for children in preschools and (b) to determine which contextual conditions were predictors of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and…
Descriptors: Play, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedHay, Dale F.; Ross, Hildy S. – Child Development, 1982
Investigates whether disputes arising between 21-month-old children, meeting for the first time in a laboratory playroom, showed one or more of the following social hallmarks: (1) a patterned interactive structure, (2) explicitly communicative content, including conventional gestures and intelligible speech, and (3) antecedent and consequent…
Descriptors: Conflict, Infant Behavior, Peer Influence, Predictor Variables
Sisters, Brothers, and Delinquency: Evaluating Social Influence during Early and Middle Adolescence.
Peer reviewedSlomkowski, Cheryl; Rende, Richard; Conger, Katherine J.; Simons, Ronald L.; Conger, Rand D. – Child Development, 2001
Examined sibling influence on delinquency in 164 brother and sister pairs over 4-year period. Found that sibling similarity for self-reports of delinquent behavior were highly correlated for brothers and sisters. Conditional effects of high hostile-coercive relationships and older sibling delinquency predicted younger sibling delinquency in both…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Delinquency, Family Influence
Peer reviewedSameroff, Arnold J.; And Others – Child Development, 1982
Examines mother characteristics, child behavior, and mother's temperament ratings when their babies were 4 months old. The social status, anxiety level, and mental health status of the mother were all related to temperament ratings on the Carey Infant Temperament Questionnaire. Results suggest that individual differences in mothers may be the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Mental Health
