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Hughes, Claire; Roman, Gabriela; Hart, Martha J.; Ensor, Rosie – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Building on reports that parental maltreatment and neglect adversely affect young children's executive function (EF), this longitudinal study examined whether exposure to a more common risk factor, mothers' depressive symptoms, predicted individual differences in EF at school-age. Methods: We followed up at age 6 a socially diverse…
Descriptors: Mothers, Depression (Psychology), Prediction, Young Children
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Hahn, Chun-Shin; Wolke, Dieter – Child Development, 2013
A large-scale ("N" = 552) controlled multivariate prospective 14-year longitudinal study of a developmental cascade embedded in a developmental system showed that information-processing efficiency in infancy (4 months), general mental development in toddlerhood (18 months), behavior difficulties in early childhood (36 months),…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies
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Barnes, Jacqueline; Leach, Penelope; Malmberg, Lars-Erik; Stein, Alan; Sylva, Kathy – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
In an English sample of 1016 families, use of childcare was investigated at 3, 10, 18 and 36 months. Child behaviour problems and social competence were assessed at 36 months by maternal questionnaire. There was no effect of the amount or type of childcare on disruptive behaviour at 36 months, the main predictors being maternal minority ethnic…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence