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Lapham, E. Virginia, Ed.; Shevlin, Kathleen M., Ed. – 1986
This book addresses critical issues regarding the impact of chronic illness and disability on human development. It was written for health care professionals who help chronically ill and disabled persons deal with the psychological and social as well as the biological aspects of their illness or disability. An expanded version of Erik Erikson's…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affiliation Need, Chronic Illness, Developmental Stages
Passow, A. Harry – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Reviews current high school problems and criticisms based on recent major studies suggesting the need for secondary education reform. (DW)
Descriptors: Attendance, Educational Change, High Schools, Maturity (Individuals)
Peer reviewedSmith-Lindall, Martha; And Others – Journal of Adolescent Health Care, 1985
This resource manual for youth with disabilities includes newsletters, bibliographies, agencies and advocacy groups by state (addresses and telephone numbers), model programs, legislation, legal resources, innovative research, resource directories, and policy statements on a variety of disabled youth-related subject matter (including community…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bibliographies, Community Services, Directories
Peer reviewedGoldman, Amy P.; Everett, Frances – Child Study Journal, 1985
Investigated time conceptualizations and delay of gratification capacities of 64 6- to 10-year-olds identified as impulsive or reflective according to performance on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test. They were administered a maintenance of delay of gratification task, a time concept questionnaire, and several measures of temporal perspective…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Processes
Berger, Elizabeth – 1999
Based upon the view that character development is not by and large the result of special lessons, but is rather embedded in and the product of the child's growth, this book focuses on how the intimacy of the ordinary day stimulates and enhances the child's potential for morality, devotion, and idealism. The book identifies general themes in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Children, Emotional Development
Phillips, Asha – 1999
Noting the difficulty that parents have in saying "no" to their children, this book discusses the needs of the developing child within the family and examines the process of setting limits. Using both case studies from child psychotherapy and informal anecdotes from family life, the book examines the negative associations surrounding the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Children
Maluccio, Anthony N., Ed.; Krieger, Robin, Ed.; Pine, Barbara A., Ed. – 1990
In recent years, attention has been given in the foster family care literature to adolescents' readiness for living on their own following aging out of their foster care placement. This book offers ideas on ways to help adolescents master the tasks required to successfully prepare for independent living following discharge from foster care. It is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Rearing
Peer reviewedChilders, Perry R.; Matusiak, Itzak – Psychology in the Schools, 1972
Descriptors: Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedHarrison, C. Wade; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Science Research, Elementary School Students, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedWestin-Lindgren, Gunilla – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1982
Results from achievement and ability testing of about 150 Swedish urban children in third, fifth, and sixth grades were analyzed according to the children's physical maturity and social background. Social background played the main role in performance on the achievement and most of the mental ability tests. (MP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedAlgozzine, Bob; And Others – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1983
A case study to determine the extent to which teacher decisions about students are influenced by teacher tolerance for students' behavioral characteristics revealed that teacher tolerances affected the ratings of an immature elementary student but not the ratings of an unmanageable elementary student, who was viewed more negatively overall. (SB)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Expectation
Peer reviewedEllis, David W.; Davis, Lucy T. – Adolescence, 1982
Outlines adolescent self-concept as a method for understanding the adolescent experience and major controversies involved in this age span. Defines adolescence and reviews theoretical understanding of adolescent self-concept. General issues regarding cognition are discussed. A model of the boundary organization of adolescent self-concept is…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Egocentrism, Identification (Psychology)
Peer reviewedBell, Linda G.; Bell, David C. – Family Relations, 1982
Compared families with an adolescent girl who scored high on maturity, with families with an adolescent girl who scored low. Adolescents in the high scoring group came from families described as flexible and trusting. The high scoring adolescents were less likely to be triangled into the marital relationship. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Comparative Testing, Family Environment
Leung, Jupian J.; Sand, Margaret C. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1981
Determined if self-esteem is related to emotional maturity. Scores from 200 male and female college students on Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Inventory and on the Washburne Social-Adjustment Inventory were correlated. Students high in self-esteem were found to be more emotionally mature than students low in self-esteem. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
Peer reviewedCota-Robles, Sonia; Neiss, Michelle; Rowe, David C. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2002
Research consistently correlates early pubertal timing with problem behaviors. Social and biological processes, which differ among ethnic groups, may also explain the relationship between pubertal timing and delinquency. Interviews with 5,000 boys ages 11 to 17 showed that early pubertal timing predicts nonviolent and violent delinquency for Anglo…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Blacks, Delinquency
