Longitudinally investigated possible continuities between parents' and teachers' reports of problem behavior of 535 children three to eight years old and whether early language development was related to later behavioral deviance. Along with demographic differences, results showed early language structure and behavior problems at age three were…

Marked individual differences found among 2- to 3-year-olds in comments about their infant siblings were correlated with differences in comments 3 to 4 years later. Differences in behavior toward sibs at the earlier date were correlated with differences in mothers' accounts of sibling's relationships at 6 years of age. (Author/RH)

Examines the relationship between maternal depression and child behavior problems at various stages after childbirth. A random sample of first-time mothers from an inner London borough participated, and an examination of possible confounding factors in the relationships was attempted. (RH)

Longitudinal psychometric test data collected at two different ages (approximately 9.5 and 15 years) were utilized to compare the developmental rates of 69 pairs of reading-disabled and matched control children. Results indicated that reading-disabled children manifested deficits on measures of academic achievement, symbolic processing speed, and…

A lock box for investigating preschool children's problem-solving behavior was used with 17 Down syndrome children and 17 normal children, all of whom had a mean age of 37.4 months. Small children showed greater competence, more organization, and less perseverance than those with Down syndrome. (RH)

A longitudinal study of child behavior and health in a newly urbanized part of Khartoum was carried out in 1979-1980 on 245 children 3 through 15 years of age. Generally, fewer behavioral problems were found in this population than has been reported from other developing and developed countries. (RH)

Longitudinal and cross-sectional investigations of children from three different cultural settings reveal the emergence of behaviors during the last half of the second year which imply the first appreciation of standards on prohibited actions, recognition of the ability to gain goals, and awareness of the self's feeling states. (MP)

Examines whether relationships can be demonstrated between specific infantile comfort habits and later personality development. Results suggest that children with a persistent oral habit at age 4 may later (at age 11 and 16) be less emotionally "well-adjusted" and more difficult for their parents to influence and control. (MP)

Tests the hypotheses that dyslexic subjects find it difficult to process spoken sounds and that this difficulty contributes to their reading disorder. Results obtained from 16 adolescent and adult dyslexic patients, 10 of whom had been studied from childhood, provided support for these assumptions. (MP)

Reports results from a controlled longitudinal study of 141 Swedish children with syndromes of perceptual, motor, and attentional deficits, giving special reference to generalized hyperkinesis. (MP)

Mothers in one sample were interviewed when children were 1.5, 2, and 2.5 years old, while mothers in the other sample answered questionnaires when their children were 3.5, 5, and 7 years old. Strong emotional attachment to objects and finger-sucking were most prevalent around 2 years of age. (MP)

Triadic interactions between mother, preschool-age first-born, and 14-month-old second-born siblings were studied in 40 families as part of a longitudinal study using home observations. Interaction between mother and second-born exerted an important influence on the behavior of the first-born. (Author/RH)

Examines the possible long-term effects of early institutional care on the adjustment and academic achievement of the 15-year-old subjects. (CM)