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Within-Family Differences in Internalizing Behaviors: The Role of Children's Perspectives of the Mother-Child Relationship
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Frampton, Kristen L.; Jenkins, Jennifer M.; Dunn, Judy – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
The goal of this exploratory, within-family, longitudinal study was to examine whether children's perspectives of the mother-child relationship explained within-family differences in children's responses to a shared family stressor (maternal depressive symptoms) over time. Children (ages 8 to 15 years; N = 68) residing in 34 families were drawn…
Descriptors: Mothers, Predictor Variables, Child Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Children's Perspectives on Their Relationships with Grandparents following Parental Separation: A Longitudinal Study
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Bridges, Laura J.; Roe, Amy E. C.; Dunn, Judy; O'Connor, Thomas G. – Social Development, 2007
Following parental separation, children's closeness to grandparents has been reported to be linked to their family situation and differences in adjustment. This relationship has not been investigated longitudinally. This study investigated children's relationships with grandparents over time in different family settings, and associations with…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Grandparents, Attitude Measures
Annotation: Children's Relationships with Their Nonresident Fathers
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Dunn, Judy – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: The frequency of parental separation means that increasing numbers of children have fathers who live in different households from mother-and-child; the significance of contact and relationships between children and their nonresident fathers for children's adjustment is receiving growing attention. Lessons from this research are…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Age Differences, Financial Support
Individual Differences in Young Children's Pretend Play with Mother and Siblings: Links to Relationships and Understanding of Other People's Feelings and Beliefs.
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Youngblade, Lise M.; Dunn, Judy – Child Development, 1995
Examined individual differences in 50 preschool children's pretend play with their mothers and siblings. Results indicated individual differences in the amount and sophistication of preschoolers' social pretend play and suggested that these individual differences are related to experiences in preschoolers' relationships with their mothers and…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Family Relationship, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Relationship
Arguments and Relationships within the Family: Differences in Young Children's Disputes with Mother and Sibling.
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Slomkowski, Cheryl L.; Dunn, Judy – Developmental Psychology, 1992
A study of 33-month-old children, their mothers, and their older siblings concentrated on arguments used when 2 family members were in conflict with a third. There were some direct relationships between partners' arguments. Arguments children used with their mothers differed from those they used with their siblings. (BG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Conflict, Family Problems
Sibling Relationships in Early Childhood.
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Dunn, Judy – Child Development, 1983
Reviews and considers the developmental implications of recent evidence on the nature of sibling interaction from observational studies of preschool children. Argues that, in contrast to complementary interaction, sibling influence is most plausibly associated with reciprocal interaction and with sociocognitive development. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Child Caregivers, Cognitive Ability