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Natural Mentors and Adolescent Resiliency: A Study with Urban Youth
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-04)
Natural mentors may play an important role in the lives of adolescents. We interviewed 770 adolescents from a large Midwestern city. Fifty-two percent reported having a natural mentor. Those with natural mentors were less ...
Common Consequence Conditions in Decision Making under Risk
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-04)
We generalize the Allais common consequence effect by describing three common consequence effect conditions and characterizing their implications for the probability weighting function in rank-dependent expected utility. ...
The case for the cautious use of anger control with men who batter
(Center for Women Policy Studies, 1988)
Involuntary memory and the development of retrieval skills in young children
(Elsevier, 1978-12)
An incidental memory paradigm was used to study involuntary encoding processes and voluntary retrieval strategies in children's memory. Preschool (mean age: 4 years, 4 months) and kindergarten (mean age: 5 years, 10 months) ...
Self-esteem, academic self-concept, and aggression at school
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007-03)
The present study explores the relation between academic self-concept, self-esteem, and aggression at school. Longitudinal data from a racially diverse sample of middle-school students were analyzed to explore how academic ...
Estimates and estimate-based inferences in young children
(Elsevier, 1971-02)
The ability of children to perform in estimation-based inference tasks was studied in two experiments. In the first study, children in the CA range 5-7 years were tested for their ability to make increasingly accurate ...
Labeling, rehearsal, and short-term memory in retarded children
(Elsevier, 1974-10)
A short-term memory task was used to explore the effects of verbal labeling and rehearsal on serial-position recall in mildly retarded 9- to 11-year-old children. A stimulus array consisting of seven cards depicting familiar ...
Domestic Violence and Women’s Employment: Fixed Effects Models of Three Waves of Women’s Employment Study Data
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-09)
Domestic violence can interfere with women’s ability to work, and may result in loss of welfare benefits and poorer economic outcomes. Previous studies showing no effect of domestic violence on employment could be a result ...
Emotional Expressiveness during Peer Conflicts: A Predictor of Social Maladjustment among High-Risk Preschoolers
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-08)
Preschool boys' emotional displays during conflicts with mixed-sex peers were related to individual differences in peer sociometric status and teacher ratings of disruptive behavior. Participants were 60 4- to 5-year old ...
A Longitudinal Analysis of Stress in African American Youth: Predictors and Outcomes of Stress Trajectories
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-12)
Few researchers have studied trajectories of stress over time in relation to psychosocial outcomes and behaviors among adolescents. A sample of African American adolescents were assessed longitudinally on perceived stress, ...