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D S Moskowitz

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PubMed1988

[The evaluation of difficult children.].

In this article, the authors discuss a study carried out during a Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project that deals with the adjustment of socially atypical children in their adolescent years. More precisely, they try to answer the following question : What child behaviors and which tangents of their development lead to major psychological problems as an adolescent and as an adult? After a complex analysis of various factors, their results indicate that children perceived as aggressive, keeping to themselves or often aggressive and keeping to themselves because of peer pressure, are liable to have problems in their adolescent years. The authors then elaborate on the difficulties experienced by each of these three groups.

English Abstract↗
PubMed1983

Type A behavior in preschool children: construct validation evidence for the MYTH.

This study examined the construct validity of 1 measure of Type A behavior, the Matthews Youth Test for Health (MYTH), with preschool-age children. Convergent and discriminant validity evidence was obtained based on teacher ratings, intelligence test scores, and reaction time in a visual discrimination task. As predicted, Type A behavior was related to ratings of aggression and impatience, but not to intelligence. An experimental analysis was conducted of the conjoint effect of 2 situational variables, time constraint and incentive, on reaction time. Children classified as Type A or Type B on the basis of the MYTH participated in a visual discrimination task either with or without the presence of a time constraint and an incentive. As predicted, the reaction times of Type B children who worked without a time limit and an incentive were significantly longer than both groups of Type A children and the Type B children who worked with a time limit and an incentive. In summary, support was obtained for the construct validity of the MYTH when used with preschool-age children.

Aggression↗
PubMed1981

Preschool children's field independence: prediction from antecedent and concurrent maternal and child behavior.

This study was designed to explore the stability of early precursors of field independence. Field independence at preschool age (3 1/2 yr.) was measured by the Preschool Embedded-figures Test and was regressed on measures of 24 children's social and exploratory behaviors at infancy (1 yr.) and at preschool and on measures of maternal interaction behaviors at infancy and at preschool. The children's exploratory behaviors and the mothers' behaviors at infancy and preschool were not predictive of cognitive style. The children's social behaviors at both ages were highly related to their cognitive styles. Examination of the regression equations suggested the field-dependent children seek more emotional reassurance from their mothers at both times of observation than field-independent children. The data did not provide support for the idea that mothers' proximal and distal behaviors towards their children influenced the early development of field independence.

Child Development↗
PubMed1977

Initiating day care at three years of age: effects on attachment.

Using the Ainsworth-Wittig strange situation, 12 42-month-old children with approximately 6-months of day-care experience were compared with individually matched children who had not had group child-rearing experience; 8 members of each experience group were female, and 4 members were male. While the day-care children showed less distress than the home-care children in the latter parts of the laboratory situation, the 2 groups were not different with respect to most other behaviors, including those toward the mother. However, day-care experience appeared to have differential effects as a function of sex; large differences were often found between the scores of the male subgroups, whereas the differences between the female subgroups were usually small. The day-care males exhibited the most exploratory manipulation, and the home-care males showed the most approach and proximity seeking toward the mother and the strongest approach toward and avoidance of the stranger. These results did not support the idea that day-care experience impair attachment to the mother.

Anxiety↗