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Merrill-Palmer Quarterly archives from October 2005
As stories become familiar: mother-child conversations during shared reading.
October 1, 2005... The interactions of 24-, 30-, and 36-month-old children and their mothers reading two initially unfamiliar books were observed three times over a 2-week period. Coding characterized both the content and the role of their utterances as they...
Mothers' and fathers' attitudes regarding pretend play in the context of imaginary companions and of child gender.
October 1, 2005... Mothers' and fathers' beliefs and attitudes regarding pretend play were examined as a function of whether their children had imaginary companions and their children's gender. Parents (73 mothers, 40 fathers) were surveyed about their children's...
Hidden shyness in children: discrepancies between self-perceptions and the perceptions of parents and teachers.
October 1, 2005... Differences between children's self-ratings of shyness and ratings made by their teachers and primary caregivers were investigated in a sample of 90 self-reported shy schoolchildren between 10 and 12 years of age. Analyses revealed that...
Links among gender, inhibition, and parental socialization in the development of prosocial behavior.
October 1, 2005... Prosocial behavior encompasses sympathetic, helpful, and caring responses toward others. Temperamental characteristics and experiences of child rearing are associated with children's prosocial behavior. However, little research has examined the...
Parents' causal attributions concerning their children's school achievement: a longitudinal study.
October 1, 2005... The present study investigated the causes to which parents attribute their children's academic successes and failures during children's transition from preschool to primary school. It followed 182 mothers and 167 fathers of 207 children. The...
Mothers' and preschoolers' mental state language during reminiscing over time.
October 1, 2005... Mental state language during conversations about the past was assessed in a short-term longitudinal study. Twenty-one mother-child dyads discussed several previously experienced events when the children were 30 and 42 months old. Over time,...