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50 Years of ERIC
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Self-Perceived Stability and Change in Children's Competence
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Vandenplas-Holper, Christiane; Roskam, Isabelle; Fontaine, Anne-Marie – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2010
Using Harter's ("Child Dev" 53(1):87-97, 1982) perceived competence scale, this study integrates several paradigms related to the issues of self-perceived competence, stability or change and attributional theory. It examines how 268 Belgian and Portuguese fifth graders consider their scholastic, social and physical competence at present and in a…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Cultural Differences, Time Perspective, Educational Policy
How Do Parenting Concepts Vary within and between the Families?
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Roskam, Isabelle; Meunier, Jean Christophe – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2009
How do parenting concepts vary within and between the families? The present study regards parenting as a complex family process by considering three concepts of parenting: styles, differential treatment and coparenting consistency. A main question was addressed: whether and how these parenting concepts vary within the families towards siblings or…
Descriptors: Children, Preadolescents, Gender Differences, Family Structure
A Comparative Study of Mothers' Beliefs and Childrearing Behaviour: The Effect of the Child's Disability and the Mother's Educational Level
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Roskam, Isabelle – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
The article presents the results of a data analysis intended to examine the relationship between children's personality, maternal beliefs and childrearing behaviour and various disabilities on the one hand (mildly, moderate or severe mental handicap, sensorial handicap, developmental disabilities) and mothers' educational level on the other. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Personality
Rating of Personality of Normally-Developing and Mentally Disabled Children and the Mothers' Beliefs about Their Child's Development
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Roskam, Isabelle – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2002
The purpose of this paper focuses on mothers' beliefs about their child's personality and development (stability or change and causal attributions) and how these beliefs can be affected by mothers' experience (being a mother of a six or of a twelve-year-old child and being a mother of a normally-developing or of a mentally disabled child). The…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Mothers, Personality Traits, Mental Retardation