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For Better or for Worse? Positive and Negative Parental Influences on Young Children's Executive Function
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Hughes, Claire; Devine, Rory T. – Child Development, 2019
Despite rapidly growing research on parental influences on children's executive function (EF), the uniqueness and specificity of parental predictors and links between adult EF and parenting remain unexamined. This 13-month longitudinal study of 117 parent-child dyads (60 boys; M[subscript age] at Time 1 = 3.94 years, SD = 0.53) included detailed…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Parent Child Relationship, Executive Function, Predictor Variables
Executive Function and Theory of Mind: Predictive Relations from Ages 2 to 4
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Hughes, Claire; Ensor, Rosie – Developmental Psychology, 2007
Despite robust associations between children's theory of mind (ToM) and executive function (EF) skills, longitudinal studies examining this association remain scarce. In a socially diverse sample of 122 children (seen at ages 2, 3, and 4), this study examined (a) developmental stability of associations between ToM, EF, verbal ability, and social…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Longitudinal Studies, Cognitive Development, Young Children
Theory of Mind, Self-Worth and the Mother-Child Relationship
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Cahill, Katherine R.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Pike, Alison; Hughes, Claire – Social Development, 2007
We tested the hypothesis that mother-child warmth and responsiveness would moderate the link between young children's theory of mind skills and self-worth. Participants included 125 same-sex pairs of 3.5 year-old twins and their mothers. A battery of tests was individually administered to measure the children's theory of mind skills and verbal…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Mothers, Child Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Cooperation and Conversations about the Mind: A Study of Individual Differences in 2-Year-Olds and Their Siblings
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Hughes, Claire; Fujisawa, Keiko K.; Ensor, Rosie; Lecce, Serena; Marfleet, Rachel – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2006
Sibling relationships appear important in fostering young children's growing theory-of-mind skills, but the quality of sibling interactions has rarely been investigated directly in relation to children's mental-state awareness (e.g. as indexed by talk about perceptions, desires, feelings, cognitions, i.e. inner state talk; IST). This study…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Video Technology, Siblings, Play
More than Talk: Relations between Emotion Understanding and Positive Behaviour in Toddlers
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Ensor, Rosie; Hughes, Claire – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
Background. Associations between positive behaviour, emotion understanding and verbal ability have been reported in studies of preschoolers (Cassidy, Werner, Rourke, Zubernis, & Balaraman, 2003), but have yet to be investigated in younger children. Methods. In this study the performance of 36 toddlers (17 boys and 19 girls; mean age = 29…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Mothers, Toddlers, Young Children
Behavioural Problems in 2-Year-Olds: Links with Individual Differences in Theory of Mind, Executive Function and Harsh Parenting
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Hughes, Claire; Ensor, Rosie – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Cognitive and family factors are implicated in the origins of behavioural problems, but little is known about their independence or interplay. Methods: We present data from 127 two-year-olds from predominantly disadvantaged families who completed tests of "theory of mind" (ToM), executive function (EF) and verbal ability. Researchers'…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Behavior Problems, Disadvantaged, Child Rearing