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Parental Material and Time Investment as Mediators between Family SES and Toddlers' Development: Evidence from Rural China
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Siyan Liu; Bin Tang; Jiayi Shi; Ai Yue; Ling Li – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: This study investigated the sequential mediating effects of parental material investment (MI) and time investment (TI) upon the correlation between family socioeconomic status (SES) and toddlers' development (TD). Data derived from a 2016 data set, including a sample of 1,316 toddlers based in 117 villages across 22 counties…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Socioeconomic Status, Time
Revisiting Associations between Behavioral Inhibition/Shyness and Social Competence in Young Chinese Children: Sociohistorical Imprint on Three Samples
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Shuyang Dong; Yue Song; Judith Semon Dubas; Nanhua Cheng; Xi Liang; Qiqi Yuan; Zhengyan Wang – Developmental Psychology, 2024
While negative associations between behavioral inhibition/shyness and social competence are well established for children from Western cultures, the directions of these associations have been inconsistent for Chinese children, partly due to the ongoing social-cultural changes in China. Drawing from three samples of young Chinese children (born…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Shyness, Fear, Interpersonal Competence
How Does the Family Environment Affect Toddlerhood Language and Cognitive Development? Evidence from Peri-Urban China
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Yue Ma; Lucy Pappas; Xinwu Zhang; Tianli Feng; Sarah Eve-Dill; Scott Rozelle; Ann Weber – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
Research suggests that elements of the family environment may have significant associations with cognitive and language development outcomes. Less is known, however, about the family environment in peri-urban China, where rates of cognitive and language delay in children aged 0-3 years are as high as 51% and 54%, respectively. Using data collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Toddlers, Language Acquisition
Constraints to Child Language Development in Peri-Urban and Rural Areas: A Mixed-Methods Analysis from Southwestern China
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Xinwu Zhang; Xiyuan Jia; Zhaofeng Pang; Jingruo Guo; Tianli Feng; Andrew Rule; Scott Rozelle; Yue Ma – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2025
Purpose: This mixed-methods study examined how differences in parental time, knowledge, and economic constraints, as well as community socioeconomic contexts, may contribute to differences in home language environment and child language ability outcomes between peri-urban and rural households in China. Method: We conducted an explanatory…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Urban Areas, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Chinese Early Childhood Educators' Beliefs and Experiences around Using Touchscreens with Children under Three Years of Age
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Chuanmei Dong; Olga Fotakopoulou; Maria Hatzigianni – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
Research shows that educators' technology beliefs and experiences strongly shape their technology adoption and utilization in educational practices. This mixed-method study investigated very young children's educators' touchscreen use and their beliefs and experiences in China. Rich quantitative findings (N = 1276) revealed the availability of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Toddlers
Variation in the Quality of Teacher-Child Interactions in Chinese Toddler Classrooms
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Li Luo; Yuxi Qiu; Shasha Lyu; He Ge; Hao Liu – Early Education and Development, 2024
A growing number of toddlers are attending childcare institutions as part of China's establishment of its infant-toddler childcare service system. However, there is limited empirical evidence available regarding the quality of these childcare services. The purpose of this study is to investigate the quality of teacher - child interactions in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Toddlers