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Approach Temperament across Cultures: Validity of the Infant Temperament Scale in MAL-ED
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Pendergast, Laura L.; Jones, Paul; Scharf, Rebecca; Rasheed, Muneera; Schaefer, Barbara A.; Murray-Kolb, Laura E.; Rasmussen, Zeba; Svensen, Erling; Tofail, Fahmida; Seidman, Jessica C.; Caulfield, Laura E. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2018
Characteristics of temperament have been shown to predict aspects of personality and psychopathology. Approach temperament (i.e., sensitivity, reactivity, and behavioral disposition toward reward stimuli) may be a particularly salient predictor of developmental outcomes (e.g., Nigg, 2006; Shiner & Caspi, 2003). However, there is little…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Rating Scales, Infants
Assessing Development across Cultures: Invariance of the Bayley-III Scales across Seven International MAL-ED Sites
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Pendergast, Laura L.; Schaefer, Barbara A.; Murray-Kolb, Laura E.; Svensen, Erling; Shrestha, Rita; Rasheed, Muneera A.; Scharf, Rebecca J.; Kosek, Margaret; Vasquez, Angel Orbe; Maphula, Angelina; Costa, Hilda; Rasmussen, Zeba A.; Yousafzai, Aisha; Tofail, Fahmida; Seidman, Jessica C. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
The Bayley's Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-Third Edition (Bayley-III) were used to measure the development of 24-month-old children (N = 1,452) in the Interactions of Malnutrition and Enteric Infections: Consequences for Child Health and Development (MAL-ED) study (an international, multisite study on many aspects of child development).…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Development, Toddlers, Cross Cultural Studies
Childhood Obesity
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Yuca, Sevil Ari, Ed. – InTech, 2012
This book aims to provide readers with a general as well as an advanced overview of the key trends in childhood obesity. Obesity is an illness that occurs due to a combination of genetic, environmental, psychosocial, metabolic and hormonal factors. The prevalence of obesity has shown a great rise both in adults and children in the last 30 years.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Risk, Physical Activities, Adolescents
Early Under-Nutrition and Mental Performance.
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Van Heerden, J. R. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1984
Reviews the effects of malnutrition during pregnancy and before the age of three on children's brain development and subsequent mental development. Describes marasmus, kwashiorkor, and the incidence of malnutrition in South Africa. Discusses the relationship between the culture of poverty, malnutrition, and illegitimacy. Urges South Africans to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Infants