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Child and Contextual Effects in the Emergence of Differential Maternal Sensitivity across Siblings
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Browne, Dillon T.; Wade, Mark; Plamondon, Andre; Leckie, George; Perlman, Michal; Madigan, Sheri; Jenkins, Jennifer M. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The present study examined the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and sibling differences in birth weight on sibling differences in the receipt of maternal sensitivity (i.e., differential parenting). It was hypothesized that sibling differences in birth weight would predict "absolute" differential parenting across the sibship (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Children, Context Effect, Siblings, Body Weight
Predictors of Eating Behavior in Middle Childhood: A Hybrid Fixed Effects Model
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Bjørklund, Oda; Belsky, Jay; Wichstrøm, Lars; Steinsbekk, Silje – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Children's eating behavior influences energy intake and thus weight through choices of type and amount of food. One type of eating behavior, food responsiveness, defined as eating in response to external cues such as the sight and smell of food, is particularly related to increased caloric intake and weight. Because little is known about the…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Eating Habits, Child Behavior, Food
Psychobiological Influences on Maternal Sensitivity in the Context of Adversity
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Finegood, Eric D.; Blair, Clancy; Granger, Douglas A.; Hibel, Leah C.; Mills-Koonce, Roger – Developmental Psychology, 2016
This study evaluated prospective longitudinal relations among an index of poverty-related cumulative risk, maternal salivary cortisol, child negative affect, and maternal sensitivity across the first 2 postpartum years. Participants included 1,180 biological mothers residing in rural and predominantly low-income communities in the United States.…
Descriptors: Poverty, Mothers, Correlation, Metabolism
Processes Linking Weight Status and Self-Concept among Girls from Ages 5 to 7 Years.
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Davison, Kirsten Krahnstoever; Birch, Leann Lipps – Developmental Psychology, 2002
This longitudinal study examined peer teasing and parent criticism as mediators of the relationship between girls' weight status and self-concept. Findings indicated that at both ages 5 and 7, overweight girls reported lower self-concept. Peer weight-related teasing and parent criticism mediated relationship between weight status and self-concept…
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, Children, Females
Beyond Nature versus Nurture: DF Analysis of Nonshared Influences on Problem Behaviors.
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1994
Two studies of twin, sibling, and cousin pairs among children attempted to extend a model, called DF analysis, which separates hereditary and shared environmental influences. First study supported the validity of DF analysis applied to kinship height and weight data. The second study showed that spanking, reading, and quality of home environment…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Body Weight, Children, Environmental Influences
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