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Tighe, Lauren A.; Davis-Kean, Pamela E. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021
Research in developmental psychology often contains samples where education and income are highly related. This study examines characteristics of low-income families who have at least one parent with a college education and how their children's achievement and parenting practices compare to other types of families. Using the Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Poverty, Educational Attainment, Bachelors Degrees
Galián, María D.; Ato, Ester; Fernández-Vilar, María Angeles – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2018
The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between effortful control and language performance, and the mediation effect of sociometric status on this relationship. The sample comprised 472 Spanish children 6-8 years old. To measure temperament, the parents were given the Temperament in Middle Childhood Questionnaire (TMCQ). The…
Descriptors: Sociometric Techniques, Correlation, Language Acquisition, Foreign Countries
Runions, Kevin C.; Vitaro, Fank; Cross, Donna; Shaw, Thérèse; Hall, Margaret – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2014
This investigation used two-part growth modeling and cross-lagged panel analysis to examine the predictive function of parenting and teacher-child relationship on the likelihood of children showing problems with parent-rated physical aggression, and on the severity of problems, for 374 children followed from prekindergarten and first grade.…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Aggression
Barr, Rachel; Lauricella, Alexis; Zach, Elizabeth; Calvert, Sandra L. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2010
This study described the relations among the amount of child-directed versus adult-directed television exposure at ages 1 and 4 with cognitive outcomes at age 4. Sixty parents completed 24-hour television diaries when their children were 1 and 4 years of age. At age 4, their children also completed a series of cognitive measures and parents…
Descriptors: Programming (Broadcast), Young Children, Diaries, Mass Media Effects
Mrug, Sylvie; Hoza, Betsy – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
This study proposed and tested a developmental model of impression formation based on observed behavior, prior expectancies, and additional incongruent information. Participants were 51 kindergartners, 53 second graders, and 104 college students who provided trait and liking judgments after watching a child actor engage in behaviors from three…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, Grade 2, Elementary School Students
Schwebel, David C.; Brezausek, Carl M. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
Unintentional injury is the leading cause of pediatric mortality among American children, but the role of environmental context remains poorly understood as a risk for child injury. Couched in Bronfenbrenner's (1977) ecological theory, this study analyzed data from a sample of almost 900 children to identify relations between the home and…
Descriptors: Prevention, Injuries, Pediatrics, Young Children
Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Burchinal, Margaret – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2006
Sensitive and responsive caregiving is associated with better cognitive and language outcomes. Using the longitudinal data set from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, this study asks how changes in the sensitivity of both mothers and caregivers from 6 months to 6…
Descriptors: Mothers, Caregivers, Child Health, Child Care
Perlman, Michal; Ross, Hildy S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
Two-step (if -then) behavioral contingencies in the naturally occurring conflicts of 2- and 4-year-old siblings were identified and described. Children's crying, compliance, ignoring, opposition, power, and reasoning strategies were examined to determine how they were used immediately following opposition, power, and reasoning from siblings and…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Affective Behavior
Schermerhorn, Alice C.; Cummings, E. Mark; Davies, Patrick T. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
Consistent with the bidirectional perspective on parent-child relations, the current study examined children's perceptions of agency in the context of marital conflict. A storytelling task was completed by 11 5 five-year-old children, tapping perceived agency. These children and their mothers and fathers completed measures of marital conflict at…
Descriptors: Conflict, Parent Child Relationship, Marital Instability, Young Children
Fabes, Richard A.; Martin, Carol Lynn; Hanish, Laura D. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2004
The study of children?s peer relationships has been well represented within the pages of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly. Particularly over the last decade, the pace of publishing studies on peer relationships has increased. Despite this upswing in interest in peer relationships, significant gaps remain. In this article, we focus on a particularly…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Gender Issues, Gender Differences, Child Development
Vandell, Deborah Lowe – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2004
Child care research during the last 20 years has made considerable progress in addressing questions about (a) the effects of child care quality, (b) the effects of amount and timing of early child care, and (c) the effects of different types of care such as centers, child care homes, and relative care. This commentary summarizes the converging…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Young Children