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Kidwai, Huma; Chen, Dandan – World Bank, 2016
This report presents the latest analysis of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and policies that affect young children in the People's Republic of China and poses overall recommendations to move forward. Shanghai, being a model for several developmental issues in China, is used as an example to help elucidate viewpoints whenever…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Government Role, Child Development
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Gullone, Eleonora; Hughes, Elizabeth K.; King, Neville J.; Tonge, Bruce – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Background: Emotion regulation involves intrinsic and extrinsic processes responsible for managing one's emotions toward goal accomplishment. Research on emotion regulation has predominantly focused on early developmental periods and the majority of emotion regulation research examining the pre-adult years has lacked a comprehensive theoretical…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Norms, Followup Studies, Child Development
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Peterson, Jean Sunde – Roeper Review, 2012
A 15-year phenomenological case study of an exceptional female from age 15 through 30 was focused on exploring the subjective experience of development during adolescence and young adulthood, with attention to how giftedness and context interacted. The main focus became her response to trauma, which was revealed early in the study. Data, including…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Phenomenology, Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies
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Estep, Rhoda E.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1977
The research reported tests three theoretical descriptions of the relative impact of childhood and later socialization experiences on adult behavior, using the specific context of female sexual socialization. The theories tested are derived from Freud, Brim, and Gagnon and Simon. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Females, Identification (Psychology)
Bell, David C.; Bell, Linda G. – 1981
This paper describes an ongoing project on the nature and effects of family structure and family interaction. The research presented involves the study of normal families, emphasizing the effects of system-level variables on the development of children within the family. A theoretical model is provided which focuses on the individuation process,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Development, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Wallace, Trudy; Walberg, Herbert J. – Roeper Review, 1995
This study identified early conditions of successful adults, via a historical analysis of psychological traits and childhood environments of 38 notable 20th-century American women writers. The study rated multiple traits and conditions representing cognitive, affective, familial, and educational aspects. Results focus on the degree of persistence…
Descriptors: Authors, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Educational Environment
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 1991
This report describes efforts made during 1990 by UNICEF and other organizations on behalf of the world's children. Nations attending the World Summit for Children in September committed themselves to achieving objectives to enhance the development of children by the year 2000. Efforts to benefit children in 1990 included programs dealing with…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Development, Child Health, Developing Nations