Barbara J Shwalb

Biographic Data

ID176234
NAMEBarbara J Shwalb
GIVEN NAMESBarbara J
FAMILY NAMEShwalb
SIGNATURESHWALB B J
AFFILIATIONSSoutheastern Louisiana University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX2

  • Fatherhood in Brazil, Bangladesh, Russia, Japan, and Australia

    Open AccessDavid W Shwalb, Barbara J ShwalbARTICLEOnline Readings in Psychology and…2014

    This article illustrates that the roles of fathers are highly variable and context-dependent. Research data from five diverse societies (Brazil, Bangladesh, Russia, Japan, and Australia) show that fathers, fathering, and fatherhood differ within societies according to eight types of contextual influence. Examples are provided of each contextual factor: (1) geographical location (e.g., dispersion of fathers across huge land masses in Russia and Au…

  • Research and theory on respect and disrespect: Catching up with the public and practitioners

    Open AccessDavid W Shwalb, Barbara J ShwalbARTICLENew Directions for Child and…2006

    Respect and disrespect are topics that researchers and theorists have neglected, yet they are of great interest to the public and professionals in family and school settings. They are also ideal topics for both cross-cultural and mainstream developmental studies

  • Concept development of respect and disrespect in American kindergarten and first- and second-grade children

    Open AccessBarbara J Shwalb, David W ShwalbARTICLENew Directions for Child and…2006

    The developmental origins of respect and disrespect among American children are seen in early childhood and in the transition to the school years. This chapter presents the first published research to focus on the development of both respect and disrespect as distinct concepts. The findings are examined in the context of both sociocultural and Piagetian theories

  • Japanese Childrearing: Two Generations of Scholarship

    Judith S Modell, Judith Modell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1999

    Foreword, Takeo Doi 1. Introduction: Looking Back, David W. Shwalb and Barbara J. Shwalb 2. From Productive Dependents to Precious Guests: Historical Changes in Japanese Children, Kiroko Hara and Meiko Minagawa 3. Are Japanese Young Children among the Gods?, Shing-Jen Chen 4. Psychocultural Continuities in Japanese Social Motivation, George A. DeVos 5. Socialization and School Adaptation: On the Life Work of George DeVos, Curtis A. Vaughn 6. Adul…

  • Japanese Childrearing: Two Generations of Scholarship

    Kathryn J Schilmoeller, David W Shwalb et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1998

  • Competitive and Cooperative Attitudes: A Longitudinal Survey of Japanese Adolescents

    Open AccessDavid W Shwalb, Barbara J Shwalb et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence1995Cited by: 2References: 6

    This study concerned the meaning of cooperation and competition, and the orientations of Japanese students toward cooperative and competitive school activities. First, a sample of 102 teachers generated 871 items that described a wide variety of academic and nonacademic activities and pupil behaviors. Every student (Grades 7 through 12) at a secondary school complex then rated 24 of these competitive and cooperative items in terms of personal imp…

  • Structure and dimensions of maternal perceptions of Japanese infant temperament

    Barbara J Shwalb, David W Shwalb et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology1994Cited by: 2References: 1

    Using a new temperament inventory (the Japanese Temperament Questionnaire) developed from the free responses of Japanese mothers asked to describe their infants' behavioral styles, mothers (N = 469) rated behaviors observed in their 1-, 3-, or 6-month-old baby. The ratings were factor analyzed, and the dimensions generated by the factor analysis were labeled by an independent maternal group. Results support our conclusions that mothers' perceptio…

  • Personal investment in Japan and the U.S.A: A study of worker motivation

    Open AccessDavid W Shwalb, Barbara J Shwalb et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…1992

  • Individualistic Striving and Group Dynamics of Fifth- and Eighth-Grade Japanese Boys

    Open AccessDavid W Shwalb, Barbara J Shwalb et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cross-Cultural…1991References: 14

    Forty-two fifth-grade and 42 eighth-grade Japanese boys were videotaped in trios, building houses with playing cards during two experimental sessions. The experiment crossed group/individualized and competitive/noncompetitive aspects of task instructions and used a repeated measures design. Unlike most tasks used to study social loafing, the card stacking procedure encouraged social interaction and tested for the influence of competition. Eighth …