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Peer reviewedKahn, Paul; Ribner, Sol – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Developed a brief behavior rating scale consisting of 28 items divided into seven categories for use in a school setting. Test validity was based upon the successful discrimination between neurologically impaired, socially maladjusted, emotionally handicapped, and normal children. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Children, Classification
Peer reviewedStams, Geert-Jan J. M.; Juffer, Femmie; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Followed from infancy to age 7 internationally adopted children placed before 6 months. Found that girls were better adjusted than boys, except in cognitive development, and that easy temperament related to higher levels of social, cognitive, and personality development and fewer behavior problems. Attachment security and maternal sensitivity…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoptive Parents, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedClark, M. Louise; And Others – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1989
A small group program designed to improve social interaction between children and their autistic siblings is evaluated. Problem solving, role playing, rehearsal, homework projects, and contingency management procedures are used in group sessions. Results of the observational assessment confirm the feasibility of successful interactional training…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Problems, Children, Contingency Management
Peer reviewedJuvonen, Jaana; Bear, George – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
Social adjustment of 46 children with and 199 children without learning disabilities (LDs) who were integrated full time in third grade team approach to mastery (TAM) classrooms were examined. Children with LDs, particularly boys, were well-integrated socially in TAM classes. The mixture of students may enhance acceptance of children with LDs.…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedSnyder, Jessica R. – Developmental Review, 1998
Summarizes the main theoretical frameworks attempting to explain the causal mechanisms connecting marital conflict to child adjustment. Outlines the implications of accumulated gender-related research findings for each theoretical framework. Argues that gender may be a moderator of many of the mechanisms outlined in existing theoretical frameworks…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Causal Models, Children, Conflict
Peer reviewedMattanah, Jonathan F. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2001
Examined links between 91 fourth graders' academic competence and behavioral adjustment and mothers' and fathers' psychological autonomy, controlling for effects of parental limit-setting and warmth. Found that fathers' psychological autonomy was a unique correlate to greater academic competence and fewer signs of depression in the classroom,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Behavior, Children, Emotional Adjustment
Peer reviewedLockwood, Rebecca L.; Kitzmann, Katherine M.; Cohen, Robert – Child Study Journal, 2001
Examined links between children's sibling and peer relationships. Found that sibling warmth was associated with more positive peer relations; sibling conflict was associated with both positive and negative peer outcomes, independent of sibling warmth; and sibling relationships were not more strongly associated with measures of friendships quality…
Descriptors: Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Environment, Interpersonal Competence
Direct linkSolomon, Marjorie; Goodlin-Jones, Beth L.; Anders, Thomas F. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2004
This paper reports the findings of a 20-week social adjustment enhancement curriculum for boys aged 8-12. The curriculum was designed to address three areas hypothesized to be deficient in persons with HFA, AS, and PDDNOS: emotion recognition and understanding; theory of mind; and executive functions/real life type problem solving. Parents…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Social Adjustment, Intervention, Autism
Irvin, Larry K.; Tobin, Tary J.; Sprague, Jeffrey R.; Sugai, George; Vincent, Claudia G. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2004
Office discipline referrals (ODRs) are widely used by school personnel to evaluate student behavior and the behavioral climate of schools. In this article, the authors report the results of a review of the relevant literature to evaluate the validity of ODR data as indices of school-wide behavioral climate, the effects of school-wide behavioral…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Discipline, Behavior Modification, Validity
Mikami, Amori Yee; Hinshaw, Stephen P. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2006
Examined a risk-resilience model of peer rejection and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a 5-year longitudinal study of 209 ethnically and socioeconomically diverse girls aged 6-13 at baseline and 11-18 at follow-up. Risk factors were childhood ADHD diagnosis and peer rejection; hypothesized protective factors were childhood…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Adolescents, Peer Relationship, Rejection (Psychology)
Nandan, Yash – 1978
The East Indian family in the United States may be understood in terms of its ethnicity and the international character of its migration. East Indians, like other immigrants, possess certain experiential traits that make them vulnerable to "Anglo-conformity." Indo Americans participate in American society, while retaining ethnic/cultural identity…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Children, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Download full textSOLTYS, JOHN J., JR.
THE ABILITY TO HAVE AND EXPRESS FEELINGS IN THE YOUNG CHILD IS CLOSELY LINKED TO BODILY FUNCTIONS AND MOVEMENTS. AS HE GROWS, HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS GIVE MEANING AND DIRECTION TO THE EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS. AGGRESSION AND ANGER ARE EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS THAT ARE RELATED BUT NOT IDENTICAL. AGGRESSION MAY BE ROOTED IN ANGER, BUT IT POSITIVE SENSE, IT…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anxiety, Child Development, Children
Peer reviewedKelly, Barbara – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Claims that children's peer relations are significant in their social, cognitive, and moral development, and are correlated to later problems in social adjustment. Includes a brief historical perspective on the subject, and explores direct and indirect influences. Claims that peer relations develop within ecological frameworks, and identifies the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Caregiver Child Relationship, Children, Cognitive Development
Grotberg, Edith H. – 1976
This paper reviews the problems of identifying the kinds of risks to which subjects in research projects are exposed, establishes the role of federal funding agencies in risk identification and suggests ways to protect children who are research subjects. The risks cited are primarily psychological, sociological, physiological, and/or academic.…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children, Civil Liberties
Kassier, Marjorie Rose – 1980
The study examined the effectiveness of videotapes showing cooperative prosocial interaction between models on the behavior of 6 female and 14 male severely emotionally disturbed withdrawn children (aged between 9 and 14 years old). An introductory review of the literature considers general modeling theory, variables of the modeling act and their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Children
