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Chen, Xinyin; Fu, Rui; Li, Dan; Chen, Huichang; Wang, Zhengyan; Wang, Li – Child Development, 2021
This study examined relations between behavioral inhibition in toddlerhood and social, school, and psychological adjustment in late adolescence in China. Data on behavioral inhibition were collected from a sample of 2-year-olds (initial N = 247). Follow-up data were collected at 7 years for peer relationships and 19 years for adjustment across…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Child Behavior, Young Children, Late Adolescents
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Watamura, Sarah Enos; Phillips, Deborah A.; Morrissey, Taryn W.; McCartney, Kathleen; Bub, Kristen – Child Development, 2011
Using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Child Care Research Network (NICHD SECCYD), the authors examined whether interactions between home and child-care quality affect children's social-emotional adjustment at 24, 36, and 54 months (N = 771). Triadic splits on quality of home and child care were used to…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Care, Family Environment, Emotional Adjustment
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Gauthier, Karine; Genesee, Fred – Child Development, 2011
The French language development of children adopted (n = 24) from China was compared with that of control children matched for socioeconomic status, sex, and age. The children were assessed at 50 months of age, on average, and 16 months later. The initial assessment revealed that the 2 groups did not differ with respect to socioemotional…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Receptive Language, Foreign Countries, Expressive Language
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Smider, N. A.; Essex, M. J.; Kalin, N. H.; Buss, K. A.; Klein, M. H.; Davidson, R. J.; Goldsmith, H. H. – Child Development, 2002
Examined whether activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system, as indexed by average home afternoon levels of cortisol in children age 4.5 years, would predict socioemotional adjustment measured a year and a half later. Found that higher cortisol levels were associated with withdrawal-type behaviors of internalizing and social…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Biochemistry, Child Behavior, Emotional Adjustment
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Hatzichristou, Chryse; Hopf, Diether – Child Development, 1996
Explored sociometric status group differences in psychosocial adjustment and academic performance among Greek elementary and secondary school students. Findings extended previous descriptions of rejected, neglected, and controversial groups. Gender and age differences were found in profiles of rejected and controversial groups, which were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Cultural Context, Elementary School Students
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Shaw, Daniel S.; Winslow, Emily B.; Flanagan, Clare – Child Development, 1999
Investigated effects of divorce and family relations on young children's development in ethnically diverse low-income families. Found that soon-to-be-divorced families demonstrated higher rates of preschool-age behavior problems, and already-divorced families showed similar trends. Parental conflict and behavior problems accounted for pre-divorce…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis
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Deater-Deckard, Kirby – Child Development, 2000
Examined environmental and gene-environment processes linking parenting (affect, control, responsiveness) and preschoolers' behavioral adjustment difficulties (noncompliance, conduct problems). Found that estimates of shared environmental variance and mediation were greatest for observational data, and estimates of child genetic variance and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Compliance (Psychology)