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Distinguishing Polemic from Commentary in Science: Some Guidelines Illustrated with the Case of Sage and Burgio (2017)
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Grimes, David Robert; Bishop, Dorothy V. M. – Child Development, 2018
Exposure to nonionizing radiation used in wireless communication remains a contentious topic in the public mind--while the overwhelming scientific evidence to date suggests that microwave and radio frequencies used in modern communications are safe, public apprehension remains considerable. A recent article in "Child Development" has…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Child Development, Radiation, Telecommunications
Individual Differences in Adolescents' Beliefs about the Legitimacy of Parental Authority and Their Own Obligation to Obey: A Longitudinal Investigation
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Darling, Nancy; Cumsille, Patricio; Martinez, M. Loreto – Child Development, 2008
Adolescents' beliefs about the legitimacy of parental authority and obligation to obey were examined in 568 Chilean adolescents (11-14 years old at Wave 1), followed once a year for 4 years. Adolescents' beliefs about parental legitimacy and obligation to obey declined with age. The steepest decline occurred during early adolescence, particularly…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Individual Differences
Urban and Rural Chinese Adolescents' Judgments and Reasoning about Personal and Group Jurisdiction
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Helwig, Charles C.; Yang, Shaogang; Tan, Dingliang; Liu, Chunqiong; Shao, Tiffany – Child Development, 2011
This research applied social domain theory to illuminate reasoning about the perceived legitimacy and limits of group decision making (majority rule) among adolescents from urban and rural China (N = 160). Study 1 revealed that adolescents from both urban and rural China judged group decision making as acceptable for both social conventional and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Evaluative Thinking, Logical Thinking
Heterogeneity and Change in the Patterning of Adolescents' Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Parental Authority: A Latent Transition Model
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Cumsille, Patricio; Darling, Nancy; Flaherty, Brian; Martinez, Maria Loreto – Child Development, 2009
Changes in the patterning of adolescents' beliefs about the legitimate domains of parental authority were modeled in 2,611 Chilean adolescents, 11-16 years old. Transitions in adolescents' belief patterns were studied over 3 years. Latent transition analysis (LTA) revealed 3 distinct patterns of beliefs--"parent control," "shared…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Adolescents, Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship
Adolescents' and Parents' Conceptions of Parental Authority
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Smetana, Judith G. – Child Development, 1988
Children ranging from fifth to twelfth grade, and their parents, were presented with items pertaining to family transgressions and asked to judge the legitimacy of parental jurisdiction, justify its wrongness or permissibility, and assess its contingency on parental authority. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
Adolescents' and Parents' Conceptions of Parental Authority and Personal Autonomy.
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Smetana, Judith G.; Asquith, Pamela – Child Development, 1994
Conceptions of parental authority and ratings of adolescent-parent conflict were assessed in 6th-, 8th-, and 10th-graders and their parents. Participants judged the legitimacy of parental authority and rated the frequency and intensity of conflict regarding 24 hypothetical issues. Adolescents and parents agreed that parents should retain authority…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Age Differences, Conflict
A Place of Value for Applied and Policy Studies.
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Zigler, Edward – Child Development, 1998
Discusses trends leading to the Society for Research in Child Development's acceptance of applied and social policy research in its journal "Child Development": (1) reconciliation of basic and applied research; (2) the call for social responsibility by prominent developmentalists; and (3) efforts by psychologists to serve the public…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Organizations (Groups), Policy Analysis