Fabes, Richard A. Shen, Zuchao Catherine, Evandra McDonald, Ashley Low, Sabina Xie, Fuzhe
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Frontiers in Developmental Psychology
A key goal of the U.S. and its citizens is to promote positive development for young children and their families, particularly those who are marginalized and vulnerable. However, suspending young children from pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) undermines this goal. The primary purpose of the present research was to document the extent to which young childre...
Fekonja, Urška Marjanovič-Umek, Ljubica Pogorelc-Jesih, Nika Ferjan Ramírez, Naja
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Introduction This study examines the relationships between toddlers' language production, parental language input, media exposure, and parental knowledge of early language development. Methods We used a unique collection of daylong recordings of Slovenian toddlers (age: 16–30 months, N = 40, 18 girls) to measure the language environment, toddlers' ...
Card, Madison R. Raine, Lauren Zimmerman, Emily Schott, Nadja Hillman, Charles H.
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Introduction The prevalence of depression and anxiety in children has risen in recent years, while childhood obesity and sedentary behavior continue to be a major public health concern. Existing evidence suggests early motor development and locomotor experiences contribute to psychosocial and physical development. By further understanding the far-r...
Kapetanovic, Sabina Due Nielsen, Maiken Gurdal, Sevtap Claesdotter-Knutsson, Emma
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Introduction While parenting is important for the development of adolescent problem gaming, it is unknown whether treatment of such problems in adolescents has a bearing on parenting. This study aims to explore the effects of individual relapse prevention (RP) treatment for adolescent problematic gaming on parenting practices and family dynamics. M...
Findley-Van Nostrand, Danielle Campbell, Benjamin
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Research on relational aggression in adolescents suggests it is in part driven by the desire to attain and maintain enhanced status among peers, and recent work also suggests certain forms of prosocial behaviors are similarly status-motivated. However, these associations are not well understood in young adults. In this short-term longitudinal study...
Marti-Castaner, Maria Merz, Emily C. Wiltshire, Cynthia A. Melvin, Samantha A. Henry, Kimberly Landers, Cassie Noble, Kimberly G. Duch, Helena
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Introduction Skill-based curricula supplementing Head Start programming have shown great promise as early interventions improving school readiness of children from socioeconomically under-resourced families. The Getting Ready for School (GRS) intervention builds on such research by providing a supplemental skill-based curriculum targeting three cor...
Gath, Megan Swit, Cara
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Introduction Early and middle childhood are times of rapid development, and critical periods for laying the foundations of life-long trajectories of socioemotional well-being. High levels of screen media use are of growing concern to parents, health professionals, and researchers, given the increasing body of research demonstrating detrimental impa...
Padilla-Walker, Laura Jankovich, Meg O. Archibald, Corinne
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Introduction The current study examined adolescents’ nonprejudiced values toward sexual minorities over three years to determine change over time, as well as parenting and child characteristics as predictors of initial levels and change in values over time. Methods Participants included 573 US adolescents (M age at Wave 1 = 14.56, SD = 1.68, range ...
Buehler, Florian Jonas Oeri, Niamh
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In the present study, we developed an unsolvable behavioral metacognitive task for kindergarten children. The task was designed to gain insight into how children’s metacognitive processes, measured as monitoring (e.g., checking the plan) and control behavior (e.g., seeking a piece), operate in a problem-solving task that mimics real-life scenarios....
Agalar, Afra Laible, Deborah June Carlo, Gustavo Liew, Jeffrey
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Introduction The present two-wave longitudinal study examined the relation between White U.S. parents' color-conscious racial socialization for African Americans and adolescents' racial attitudes, and explored how parental psychological control might moderate this relation. Method Participants included 412 White U.S. adolescents (42% girls; Mage = ...
