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Ruble, Diane N.; Nakamura, Charles Y. – Child Development, 1973
This study examined variables related to problem-solving approaches of young children, using the theoretical framework provided by Zigler and collaborators in their work on outerdirectedness. Four aspects of outerdirectedness were examined: developmental trends, different types of reinforcement, task difficulty, and pride in accomplishment. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary School Students, Expectation
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Greenspan, Stanley I.; Porges, Stephen W. – Child Development, 1984
Presents an overview of a developmental structuralist model based on integration of psychoanalytic and Piagetian developmental psychology. Includes discussion of patterns and insights from a clinical-descriptive intervention study of multirisk families and suggests lines for future research. (RH)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Caregivers, Clinical Diagnosis, Criteria
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Howes, Paul; Markman, Howard J. – Child Development, 1989
Premarital and postbirth indices of parent's marital relationship were related to child functioning. For mothers, high satisfaction, low conflict, and high communication quality were related to child security of attachment and dependency. For fathers, higher levels of premarital conflict and lower levels of communication quality were positively…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict, Family Relationship
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Hetherington, E. Mavis – Child Development, 1989
Discusses results of a longitudinal study of effects of divorce and remarriage on children's adjustment. Results suggest that individual characteristics play an important role in either protecting children from negative consequences associated with their parents' marital transitions or in making children vulnerable to such consequences. (RJC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Divorce, Family Life, Family Relationship
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Dobkin, Patricia L.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Examined the role of individual characteristics and peer influences in evoking early substance abuse in young boys. Individual characteristics, such as fighting, hyperactivity, oppositional behaviors, and likability, were found to be pivotal in the development of substance abuse--more than friends' deviance. Results suggest that prevention…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Children, Delinquency
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