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Contreras, Josefina M. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2000
Examined association between parents' recollections of childhood parental acceptance and their children's socioemotional functioning. Assessed children's peer functioning through observers' ratings, mothers' reports, and children's self-perceptions. Children of mothers who recalled greater parental acceptance perceived themselves as more accepted…
Descriptors: Children, Competence, Interaction, Memory
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DeSantis, James P.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1990
Black adolescents estimated the degree to which they cared about whether their parents and friends perceived them as being smart, athletic, popular, and good students. A comparison sample of White adolescents from tenth grade was also assessed. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Athletics
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Flannagan, Dorothy – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1996
Analyzed conversations within mother-kindergartner dyads for tendencies to discuss specific categories of child-other relationships, differences in tendencies with gender and ethnicity, and the association between discussed categories and children's perceived peer acceptance. Found that discussion categories varied with gender, ethnicity, and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Cultural Differences, Early Childhood Education