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Cross-Cultural Differences in Parental Beliefs about Infant Motor Development: A Quantitative and Qualitative Report of Middle-Class Israeli and Dutch Parents
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van Schaik, Saskia D. M.; Oudgenoeg-Paz, Ora; Atun-Einy, Osnat – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The present study explored cultural differences in parental beliefs about motor development across 2 Western cultures: Israel and the Netherlands. Can 2 cultural models be distinguished regarding infant motor development in Israel and the Netherlands or are parental beliefs about motor development similar across these cultures? Using a…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Infants, Child Development
Trajectories of Individual Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: Gender and Family Relationships as Predictors
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Kouros, Chrystyna D.; Garber, Judy – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Depressive syndrome and disorders increase substantially during adolescence. Little is known, however, about how "individual" symptoms of depression change over the course of this developmental period. The present study examined within-person changes in symptom severity of each individual symptom of depression, utilizing longitudinal…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Measures (Individuals), Adolescents
Competitive versus Cooperative Exergame Play for African American Adolescents' Executive Function Skills: Short-Term Effects in a Long-Term Training Intervention
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Staiano, Amanda E.; Abraham, Anisha A.; Calvert, Sandra L. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Exergames are videogames that require gross motor activity, thereby combining gaming with physical activity. This study examined the role of competitive versus cooperative exergame play on short-term changes in executive function skills, following a 10-week exergame training intervention. Fifty-four low-income overweight and obese African American…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Intervention, Adolescents, Control Groups
Quantifying Gender Differences in Physical Performance: A Developmental Perspective.
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Smoll, Frandk L.; Schutz, Robert W. – Developmental Psychology, 1990
When 2,142 students in Grades 3, 7, and 11 were tested on 6 motor tasks, performance decrements resulting from fatness were found for boys and girls equally and constantly across the grades. Boys exhibited progressively greater performance superiority across grades. However, for specific tasks, an age-related decrease was found in degree to which…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Body Composition, Body Height