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Family Rearing Antecedents of Pubertal Timing
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Belsky, Jay; Steinberg, Laurence D.; Houts, Renate M.; Friedman, Sarah L.; DeHart, Ganie; Cauffman, Elizabeth; Roisman, Glenn I.; Halpern-Felsher, Bonnie L.; Susman, Elisabeth – Child Development, 2007
Two general evolutionary hypotheses were tested on 756 White children (397 girls) studied longitudinally: (1) rearing experiences would predict pubertal timing; and (2) children would prove differentially susceptible to rearing. Analysis of pubertal measurements, including some based on repeated physical assessments, showed that mothering and…
Descriptors: Females, Whites, Longitudinal Studies, Child Rearing
Early Family and Child-Care Antecedents of Awakening Cortisol Levels in Adolescence
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Roisman, Glenn I.; Susman, Elizabeth; Barnett-Walker, Kortnee; Booth-Laforce, Cathryn; Owen, Margaret Tresch; Belsky, Jay; Bradley, Robert H.; Houts, Renate; Steinberg, Laurence – Child Development, 2009
This study examined early observed parenting and child-care experiences in relation to functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis over the long term. Consistent with the attenuation hypothesis, individuals (n = 863) who experienced: (a) higher levels of maternal insensitivity and (b) more time in child-care centers in the first…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Adolescents, Child Care, Child Rearing
The Pennsylvania Infant and Family Devleopment Project, III: The Orgins of Individual Differences in Infant-Mother Attachment: Maternal and Infant Contributions.
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Belsky, Jay; And Others – Child Development, 1984
To test hypotheses concerning interactional histories associated with variation in quality of infant-mother attachment, data were gathered during naturalistic home observations of 60 infants 1, 3, and 9 months of age. Responses were elicited on the Ainsworth and Wittig strange situations. Results concerned mothers' relatively greater influence in…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Emotional Response, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior