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Kampouri, Mariza; Kyriklaki, Andriani; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Koutra, Katerina; Anousaki, Despoina; Sarri, Katerina; Vassilaki, Maria; Kogevinas, Manolis; Chatzi, Leda – Child Development, 2018
Early-life exposures are critical for later child cognitive development. McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA) were used to assess cognitive development of 700 preschoolers (M[subscript age] = 4.2 years), derived from the "Rhea" birth cohort, in Greece. Principal component analysis (PCA) was applied on prospectively collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development, Child Development, Early Experience
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Wiebe, Sandra A.; Espy, Kimberly Andrews; Stopp, Christian; Respass, Jennifer; Stewart, Peter; Jameson, Travis R.; Gilbert, David G.; Huggenvik, Jodi I. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Genetic factors dynamically interact with both pre- and postnatal environmental influences to shape development. Considerable attention has been devoted to gene-environment interactions (G x E) on important outcomes (A. Caspi & T. E. Moffitt, 2006). It is also important to consider the possibility that these G x E effects may vary across…
Descriptors: Smoking, Preschool Children, Neonates, Genetics
Isaacs, Julia B. – Center on Children and Families at Brookings, 2012
Poor children in the United States start school at a disadvantage in terms of their early skills, behaviors, and health. Fewer than half (48 percent) of poor children are ready for school at age five, compared to 75 percent of children from families with moderate and high income, a 27 percentage point gap. This paper examines the reasons why poor…
Descriptors: Body Weight, School Readiness, Poverty, Mothers