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ERIC Number: EJ576063
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Behavior Patterns of Young Children and Their Offspring: A Two-Generation Study.
Cohen, Patricia; Kasen, Stephanie; Brook, Judith S.; Hartmark, Claudia
Developmental Psychology, v34 n6 p1202-08 Nov 1998
Using reports by mothers about their 1- to 10-year-old children's behavior and, years later, by these same children, now parents themselves, of their 2-year-old children's behavior, assessed six behavior variables that reflected two higher-order behavioral patterns. Found stability across generations in the "inhibited" but not the "difficult" behavior pattern. (BC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Inhibition, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship, Parents, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cross Generational Studies; Parent Reports
Note: Special Section: Longitudinal Studies of Intergenerational Continuity and the Transfer of Psychosocial Risk.