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Community Violence and Early Childhood Language Development: The Moderating Role of Maternal Efficacy and Satisfaction
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Alejandra Abufhele; Agustina Laurito – Child Development, 2024
This paper estimates the acute effect of community-level homicides on early childhood language development and explores the moderating role of maternal efficacy and satisfaction in Chile. It uses data from the 2017 wave of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey of Chilean Children (N = 1194, M[subscript age]: 52.8 months, 52% girls). Children in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Language Acquisition, Early Experience
Hidden Talents in Context: Cognitive Performance with Abstract versus Ecological Stimuli among Adversity-Exposed Youth
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Young, Ethan S.; Frankenhuis, Willem E.; DelPriore, Danielle J.; Ellis, Bruce J. – Child Development, 2022
Adversity-exposed youth tend to score lower on cognitive tests. However, the hidden talents approach proposes some abilities are enhanced by adversity, especially under ecologically relevant conditions. Two versions of an attention-shifting and working memory updating task--one abstract, one ecological--were administered to 618 youth (M[subscript…
Descriptors: Youth, Trauma, Stress Variables, Problems
Intimate Partner Violence during Infancy and Cognitive Outcomes in Middle Childhood: Results from an Australian Community-Based Mother and Child Cohort Study
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Savopoulos, Priscilla; Brown, Stephanie; Anderson, Peter J.; Gartland, Deirdre; Bryant, Christina; Giallo, Rebecca – Child Development, 2022
The cognitive functioning of children who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) has received less attention than their emotional-behavioral outcomes. Drawing upon data from 615 (48.4% female) 10-year-old Australian-born children and their mothers (9.6% of mothers born in non-English speaking countries) participating in a community-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Processes, Children, Family Violence