Examines (1) the relationship between children's scores on the Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME) Inventory and their achievement test scores, and (2) the relationship between children's intervening home environments and their school achievement. Data were gathered from 37 normal first-grade children and their families.…

Examines the effect of three types of school environment (informal, intermediate, and formal) on changes in figural creativity over a school year for first- and second-grade children. (Author/RH)

Assessed parent and child emotional expressiveness in a laboratory game, parent expressiveness at home, and children's understanding of emotions. Parent expressiveness at home and fathers' expressiveness in the laboratory were associated with children's peer relations. Children's understanding of emotions predicted their peer relations. (BC)

Two studies examined children's understanding of the origins, behaviors, and properties of objects. Children (1) were sensitive to the distinction between natural things and artifacts; (2) identified specific kinds of natural cause; and (3) understood the link between internal parts and self-generated activity. (BC)

Mothers and their kindergarten and third grade children watched a sympathy-inducing film. During the film, there were correspondences between mothers' and children's heart rate and facial expressions. Maternal distress was associated with children's distress, but maternal sympathy was associated only with girls' sympathy. (BC)

Early (during the child's first three years) and recent (during the previous three years) maternal employment were associated with less family poverty and higher scores on measures of home environment. Early maternal employment predicted second grade children's math achievement, and recent maternal employment predicted their reading achievement.…