Child Study Journal articles

Recent articles from Child Study Journal

Change in editorship.(Editorial)
March 1, 2004... Having served as associate editor at the Journal's inception (when Dr. Arreed Barabasz was editor and founder) and editor for more than 30 years, effective with this issue, I will be retiring from the editorship of the Child Study Journal. This long association has been rewarding,...

Preliminary investigation examining the validity of the Compliance Test and a brief behavioral observation measure for identifying children with disruptive behavior.
March 1, 2004... The Compliance Test and classroom behavioral observations have been used by clinicians and researchers to determine the level of disruptive behavior exhibited by children. However, little data have been collected with regard to their validity. In the current study, the Compliance Test and a...

Teacher reports of social behavior and peer acceptance in early childhood: sex and social status differences.
March 1, 2004... The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between sex, social status and social behavior in a sample of Australian preschool-aged children. Social behavior has emerged as an important predictor of social status for children in middle childhood however, although early childhood...

Classroom gender composition and children's peer relations.
March 1, 2004... Gender segregation in the classroom is advocated as academically beneficial, particularly for girls. However, the social impact for children has received little attention. The present study compared children's peer relations following the transition from mixed-sex fourth-grade classrooms to...

Adolescents' preferences for source of sex education.
March 1, 2004... The primary purposes of this study were to examine what adolescents' identify as their preferred sources of sexual education (e.g., peers, family, school, media, professionals, etc.) about various topics, and whether patterns varied for each gender, race, grade, and economic group....