Recently added articles from Merrill - Palmer Quarterly:
School Engagement and Language Achievement: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences across Secondary School
Oct 01, 2009; ... The present study investigated (1) gender differences in the longitudinal development of language achievement and school engagement (i.e., effort for language, attitude toward learning tasks, interest in learning tasks, and relationship with teachers) across secondary school (Grades 7-12, ages ...
Aggressive and Prosocial Behaviors within Early Adolescent Friendship Cliques: What's Status Got to Do with It?
Oct 01, 2009; ... This study involved an examination of the role of perceived popularity and social dominance in the social behaviors used within early adolescents' [N = 387) friendship cliques. A status hierarchy between cliques within each grade (based on peer-rated perceived popularity) and a status hierarchy ...
Understanding Adolescent Delinquency: The Role of Older Siblings' Delinquency and Popularity with Peers
Oct 01, 2009; ... The present study examined delinquency concordance and the moderating effects of younger sibling perceptions of older sibling popularity in a sample of 587 adolescent sibling pairs. Using a social learning framework and taking dyad composition into account, perceptions of popularity were ...
Coping with Achievement-Related Failure: An Examination of Conversations between Friends
Oct 01, 2009; ... Prior research has identified ways in which parents and teachers contribute to learned helpless responses to failure, but little is known about the role that interactions with peers might play. In this study, the conversations of fourth- through sixth- grade children and their friends were ...
Narrative Interaction in Family Dinnertime Conversations
Oct 01, 2009; ... Reminiscing has been shown to be a critical conversational context for the development of autobiographical memory self-concept, and emotional regulation (for a review, see Fivush, Haden, & Reese, 2006). Although much past research has examined reminiscing between mothers and their preschool ...