Merrill-Palmer Quarterly Volume 59, Number 1, January 2013
This internationally acclaimed periodical features empirical and theoretical papers on child development and family-child relationships. A high-quality resource for researchers, writers, teachers, and practitioners, the journal contains up-to-date information on advances in developmental research on infants, children, adolescents, and families; summaries and integrations of research; commentaries by experts; and reviews of important new books in development.
Table of Contents
Consulting Editors
Two Sides to Every Story? Parents’ Attributions of Culpability and Their Interventions Into Sibling Conflict
Holly E. Recchia, Cecilia Wainryb, and Nina Howe
Developmental Differences in Parenting Behavior: Comparing Adolescent, Emerging Adult, and Adult Mothers
Amy Lewin, Stephanie J. Mitchell, and Cynthia R. Ronzio
The Medium Is the Message: Pictures and Objects Evoke Distinct Conceptual Relations in Parent-Child Conversations
Elizabeth A. Ware, Susan A. Gelman, and Felicia Kleinberg
Enhancing Preschoolers’ Understanding of Ambiguity in Communication: A Training Study on Misunderstandings
Ana M. Carmiol and Penelope G. Vinden
Similarity Between Friends in Social Information Processing and Associations With Positive Friendship Quality and Conflict
Sarah V. Spencer, Julie C. Bowker, Kenneth H. Rubin, Cathryn Booth-LaForce, and Brett Laursen