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Figueiredo, Sandra – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
The main goal of this study is to examine the differences between school-aged children with different chronotypes who are only children or have a sibling in the household, regarding their sleeping habits and performance in intelligence tasks. The main measures used were Chronotype Questionnaire for Children and Raven's Coloured Progressive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intelligence Tests, Grade 1, Sleep
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Feldman, Ruth; Gordon, Ilanit; Zagoory-Sharon, Orna – Developmental Science, 2011
Studies in mammals have implicated the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) in processes of bond formation and stress modulation, yet the involvement of OT in human bonding throughout life remains poorly understood. We assessed OT in the plasma, saliva, and urine of 112 mothers and fathers interacting with their 4-6-month-old infants. Parent-infant…
Descriptors: Cues, Mothers, Child Rearing, Infants
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Haydon, Katherine C.; Collins, W. A.; Salvatore, Jessica E.; Simpson, Jeffry A.; Roisman, Glenn I. – Child Development, 2012
To test proposals regarding the hierarchical organization of adult attachment, this study examined developmental origins of generalized and romantic attachment representations and their concurrent associations with romantic functioning. Participants (N = 112) in a 35-year prospective study completed the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and Current…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Statistical Analysis
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Vieira, Joana Marina; AVila, Marisa; Matos, Paula Mena – Family Relations, 2012
Given the increasingly challenging task of balancing multiple adult life roles in contemporary society, this study examined the influences of both conflicting and (positively) synergistic work and family roles in mediating associations between the quality of adult attachment and both parental satisfaction and parenting stress. Participants were…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Child Rearing, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship
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Nosko, Amanda; Tieu, Thanh-Thanh; Lawford, Heather; Pratt, Michael W. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
In this longitudinal study, a quantitative and qualitative examination of the associations among parent-child relations, adult attachment styles, and relationship quality and theme in romantic narratives was conducted. Parenting and adult attachment style were assessed through questionnaires, whereas overall quality of romantic relationships…
Descriptors: Prediction, Child Rearing, Intimacy, Attachment Behavior
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Howard, Kimberly S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Relationships between fathers' romantic attachment style, parenting beliefs and father-child attachment security and dependence were examined in a diverse sample of 72 fathers of young children. Paternal romantic attachment style was coded based on fathers' endorsement of a particular style represented in the Hazan and Shaver Three-Category…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Child Development
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Steinberg, Sara J.; Davila, Joanne – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
This study tested associations between adolescent romantic functioning and depressive symptoms and predicted that adolescents with emotionally unavailable parents would be most likely to show an association between poor romantic functioning and depressive symptoms. Data collected from 80 early adolescent nonreferred girls (average age of 13.45; SD…
Descriptors: Females, Early Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Pickhardt, Carl E. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
One-child households have doubled over the last two decades making it one of the fastest growing family units in America. The author aids families in understanding the common traits of many adult "onlies"--like shyness, perfection, and intolerance--so that they can better prepare for potential outcomes. He also celebrates the positive qualities of…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Children, Aspiration, Anxiety
Abbott, Susan – 1989
Family solidarity runs strong in Appalachia, where young adults typically settle near their parents in kin-based rural neighborhoods. One child rearing practice that may contribute to this closeness is parent-child co-sleeping. Interviews with 107 mothers in eastern Kentucky focused on the sleeping location history of one child. Most subjects were…
Descriptors: Appalachian Studies, Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Family Life