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Direct linkKim, Amy M.; Yeary, Julia – Young Children, 2008
The authors explore the importance of early attachments; the effects of separation on infants, toddlers, and 3-year-olds; and ways teachers can support children and families during separations. They discuss the predictable stages of the Emotional Cycle of Deployment, a model used with military families, and strategies teachers can use to help…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Coping, Young Children, Developmental Stages
Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; Huang, Keng-Yen; Lima, Julie – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2009
We examined the differences in conflict interaction between depressed mothers and their toddler and non-depressed dyads and whether these differences mediated the association of maternal depression with compromised child socioemotional development. Mother/child interaction was videotaped during a teaching task and during a free play task as part…
Descriptors: Play, Mothers, Conflict, Home Visits
Hughes, Fergus P. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2010
Children, Play, and Development, Fourth Edition, discusses the relationship of play to the physical, social, intellectual, and emotional growth of the child. Author Fergus P. Hughes focuses on the historical, sociocultural, and ethological context of play; the role of development in play; and the wide range of theories that provide a framework for…
Descriptors: Play, Cultural Differences, Emergent Literacy, Gender Differences
Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; Bos, Karen; Bunkers, Kelley McCreery; Dobrova-Krol, Natasha A.; Engle, Patrice L.; Fox, Nathan A.; Gamer, Gary N.; Goldman, Philip; Groark, Christina J.; Greenberg, Aaron; Grotevant, Harold D.; Groza, Victor K.; Gunnar, Megan R.; Johnson, Dana E.; Juffer, Femmie; Kreppner, Jana M.; Le Mare, Lucy; McCall, Robert B.; Muhamedrahimov, Rifkat J.; Nelson, Charles A., III; Palacios, Jesus; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.; Steele, Howard; Steele, Miriam; Tieman, Wendy; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Vorria, Panayiota; Zeanah, Charles H. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2011
This monograph reviews literature pertaining to children without permanent parents. Chapters review (1) the development of children while institutional residents; (2) the development of postinstitutionalized children transitioned to family environments (i.e., adoption); the effects of institutionalization on (3) attachment behaviors, (4) physical…
Descriptors: Evidence, Childrens Rights, Child Welfare, Young Children
Alexander, Pamela C.; Tracy, Allison; Radek, Megan; Koverola, Catherine – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Battered women's stages of change (SOCs) are examined in this study. First, confirmatory factor analysis and latent profile analysis were conducted on 754 battered women's responses on the Problems in Relationship Scale (Brown, 1998). Factor loadings were strong, and latent variable mixture modeling produces a two-class solution. Second,…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Factor Analysis, Predictor Variables
Gordon, Mary; Green, Joan – Education Canada, 2008
Roots of Empathy (ROE) is a classroom program that has shown dramatic effect in reducing levels of aggression and violence among schoolchildren, while raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy. At the heart of the program are a neighbourhood infant and parent who visit the classroom for nine visits, every three weeks, over the…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Infants, Experiential Learning, Parents
Greig, Anne; Minnis, Helen; Millward, Reuben; Sinclair, Claire; Kennedy, Eilis; Towlson, Kate; Reid, Warren; Hill, Jonathan – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2008
This review and investigation draws on principles from attachment theory regarding the importance of early relationships and their impact on the coherence and organisation of psychological functions. Comparisons are made between the narrative coherence scores of an experimental group of 17 looked-after children with problematic relationship…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Investigations, Personal Narratives
Chen, Xinyin, Ed.; Rubin, Kenneth H., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Filling a significant gap in the literature, this book examines the impact of culture on the social behaviors, emotions, and relationships of children around the world. It also explores cultural differences in what is seen as adaptive or maladaptive development. Eminent scholars discuss major theoretical perspectives on culture and development and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Aggression, Social Behavior
Oppenheim, David; Koren-Karie, Nina; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham – Child Development, 2007
It was examined whether secure infant-mother attachment contributes to emotionally congruent and organized mother-child dialogues about emotions in later years. The attachment of 99 children was assessed using the Strange Situation at the age of 1 year and their emotion dialogues with their mothers were assessed at the ages of 4.5 and 7.5 years.…
Descriptors: Mothers, Attachment Behavior, Emotional Response, Parent Child Relationship
Ranson, Kenna E.; Urichuk, Liana J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
Initial progress has been made in the conceptualization and study of attachment stability over time, and substantial evidence has accumulated on the association between attachment classification and biopsychosocial functioning (including social-emotional competence, cognition, physical health and mental health). The literature supports the…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Attachment Behavior, Classification, Child Development
Kezar, Adrianna – About Campus, 2007
Ethos, the fundamental character of a culture that underlies its beliefs and customs, can create strong emotional attachments if it is thoughtfully conceived and carefully nurtured. Adrianna Kezar describes how several institutions tend this fundamental character, with positive results for student engagement. (Contains 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Student Participation, School Culture, Emotional Development, Attachment Behavior
Trapolini, T.; Ungerer, J. A.; McMahon, C. A. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
This longitudinal study aimed to investigate the impact of chronic and transient maternal depression on children's attachment representations at 4 years of age measured with the Attachment Story Completion Task (Bretherton, Ridgeway, & Cassidy, 1990). The impact of concurrent maternal depressive symptoms was also considered. A secondary aim was to…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attachment Behavior, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Development
van Doesum, Karin T. M.; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne; Hosman, Clemens M. H.; Hoefnagels, Cees – Child Development, 2008
This study examined the effect of a mother-baby intervention on the quality of mother-child interaction, infant-mother attachment security, and infant socioemotional functioning in a group of depressed mothers with infants aged 1-12 months. A randomized controlled trial compared an experimental group (n = 35) receiving the intervention (8-10 home…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Mothers
Jervis, Kathe; Polland, Barbara K. – National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2007
This book, updated since initial publication in 1989, offers explanations, practical tips, and encouragement for teachers and families of preschool children facing the excitement--and stress--of separation. Topics discussed include ambivalence about separation and attachment, the comfort of routines, understanding the child perspective, supporting…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Separation Anxiety, Emotional Response, Emotional Development
Peer reviewedNoppe, Illene C. – Developmental Review, 2000
Presents a developmental model integrating attachment theory and cognitive developmental approaches in order to further understanding of the processes involved in loss and grief. Considers the relevance of attachment theory to understanding grief and research evidence for the role of continuing attachment bonds after death as a strategy for…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Grief
