Merrill-Palmer Quarterly articles from January 2002

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly archives from January 2002

Editorial.
January 1, 2002... A principal objective for Merrill-Palmer Quarterly during this editorial term is to maintain the standards of excellence established by the past Editor, Dr. Carolyn U. Shantz, and continue to advance the scope and quality of scholarship that...

Family financial hardship and adolescent girls' adjustment: the role of maternal disclosure of financial concerns.
January 1, 2002... The primary purpose of the present study was to assess whether maternal disclosure of financial concerns is related to difficulties in adolescent daughters' adjustment and whether such disclosure acts as a mediator in the relationship between...

School ecologies and attitudes about exclusionary behavior among adolescents and young adults.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Diverse samples of adolescents (n = 643) and young adults (n = 474) reported on how often they observed exclusionary behavior, how much they disapproved of such behavior, whether exclusion influenced their social and academic adjustment, and...

Aggression in inner-city early elementary classrooms: individual and peer-group configurations.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... While recent investigations suggest that subtypes of aggressive youth differentially experience social support for problem behavior, little work has examined if this holds for younger children. This study examined the classroom social structure...

Same-sex peer relations and romantic relationships during early adolescence: interactive links to emotional, behavioral, and academic adjustment.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... It was examined whether early adolescents' involvement in a romantic relationship would be differentially related to adjustment, depending on their relations with the same-sex peer group. Three hundred and twelve 7th graders were assessed with...