Merrill-Palmer Quarterly articles from January 2005

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly archives from January 2005

Editorial policies.(Editorial)
January 1, 2005... Objectives The principal objectives for Merrill-Palmer Quarterly are to maintain the standards of excellence established by previous Editors and continue to advance the scope and quality of scholarship that appears in the journal. This aim...

Behavioral inhibition as a precursor of peer social competence in early school age: the interplay with attachment and nonparental care.
January 1, 2005... A sample of 81 children was followed longitudinally to assess the contributions of behavioral inhibition, early attachment security, and experience of non-parental care to individual differences in social competence. Additive, mediational, and...

Talking yourself out of being shy: shyness, expressive vocabulary, and socioemotional adjustment in preschool.
January 1, 2005... The goal of the present study was to explore the role of expressive vocabulary as a moderator in the relation between shyness and maladjustment in early childhood. Participants were 82 preschool children (39 males, 43 females). Mothers rated...

If-then contingencies in children's sibling conflicts.
January 1, 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...

Moral judgment, self-understanding, and moral actions: the role of multiple constructs.
January 1, 2005... Current models of moral functioning such as those of Rest (1983) and Damon and Hart (1988) have maintained that optimal moral development and consistent moral action require the presence of multiple constructs. In order to examine the...

Imaginary companions and impersonated characters: sex differences in children's fantasy play.
January 1, 2005... We compared the incidence of imaginary companions and impersonated characters in 152 three- and four-year-old children (75 males and 77 females). Children and their parents were interviewed about role play in two sessions. Although there were...