Recently added articles from The Journal of Genetic Psychology:

Developmental differences in prosocial motives and behavior in children from low-socioeconomic status families.(Report)

Mar 01, 2008; McGrath, Marianne P. ... PEOPLE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP less fortunate others virtually every day. The decision to offer resources or time is often based on the reasoning that the recipient is justifiably in need and there exists some chance for reciprocity in the future (Lerner, 2002; Markovits, Benenson, & ...

Adolescents' aggressive and prosocial behavior: associations with jealousy and social anxiety.(Report)

Mar 01, 2008; Culotta, Carmen M. ... A COMPLEX INTERPLAY of biological, psychological, and social factors occurs when an individual engages in a particular social behavior. With regard to aggressive behavior, it is important for researchers and practitioners to identify these factors so that effective prevention and ...

Context processing and cognitive control in children and young adults.(Report)

Mar 01, 2008; Lorsbach, Thomas C. ... THE DELIBERATE CONTROL of one's own thought and action is generally referred to as cognitive control. Researchers have used the term cognitive control interchangeably with a variety of terms in the literature (e.g., controlled processing, effort, and supervisory attention systems), and it ...

Self-functioning and perceived parenting: relations of parental empathy and love inconsistency with narcissism, depression, and self-esteem.(Report)

Mar 01, 2008; Trumpeter, Nevelyn N. ... EARLY CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF NARCISSISM or self-love emphasized its maladjustment (Freud, 1914/1986), and this perspective has been maintained in more recent theoretical (e.g., Kernberg, 1975) and empirical (e.g., Bushman & Baumeister, 1998; Bushman, Bonacci, Van Dijk, & Baumeister, 2003) ...

The quality of children's home environment and attachment security in Indonesia.(Report)

Mar 01, 2008; Zevalkink, Jolien ... YOUNG CHILDREN live in diverse physical and social ecologies worldwide. According to developmental theory, relations between aspects of children's home environments and aspects of their development are likely to vary across cultures and time (e.g., Bornstein, 1991; Harwood, Miller, & ...

Social problem solving and strategy use in young children.(Report)

Mar 01, 2008; Green, Vanessa A. ... COOPERATIVE PLAY provides children with an important socialization function for the development of social competence. Through cooperative interactions in the years from preschool through early elementary school, children learn how to take turns, share resources, form and maintain positive ...