Most Recent Articles from Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

• School Engagement and Language Achievement: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences across Secondary School 

  The present study investigated (1) gender differences in the longitudinal development of language achievement and school engagement (i.e., effort...

  10/01/09 by Van de gaer, Eva; Pustjens, Heidi; Van Damme, Jan; De Munter, Agnes · More from publication

• Aggressive and Prosocial Behaviors within Early Adolescent Friendship Cliques: What's Status Got to Do with It? 

  This study involved an examination of the role of perceived popularity and social dominance in the social behaviors used within early adolescents'...

  10/01/09 by Closson, Leanna M · More from publication

• Understanding Adolescent Delinquency: The Role of Older Siblings' Delinquency and Popularity with Peers 

  The present study examined delinquency concordance and the moderating effects of younger sibling perceptions of older sibling popularity in a...

  10/01/09 by Craine, Jessica L; Tanaka, Teri A; Nishina, Adrienne; Conger, Katherine J · More from publication

• Coping with Achievement-Related Failure: An Examination of Conversations between Friends 

  Prior research has identified ways in which parents and teachers contribute to learned helpless responses to failure, but little is known about the...

  10/01/09 by Altermatt, Ellen Rydell; Broady, Elizabeth F · More from publication

• Narrative Interaction in Family Dinnertime Conversations 

  Reminiscing has been shown to be a critical conversational context for the development of autobiographical memory self-concept, and emotional...

  10/01/09 by Bohanek, Jennifer G; Fivush, Robyn; Zaman, Widaad; Lepore, Caitlin E; Merchant, Shela; Duke, Marshall P · More from publication

• Erratum 

  Issue: Vol. 55, No. 1 (January 2009). Correction: The order of authorship for the article "Social network centrality and leadership status: Links...

  07/01/09 · More from publication

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