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Diverse Experience of Immigrant Children: How Do Separation and Reunification Shape Their Development?
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Lu, Yao; He, Qian; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Child Development, 2020
Although many immigrant children to the United States arrive with their parents, a notable proportion are first separated and later reunited with their parents. How do the experiences of separation and reunification shape the well-being of immigrant children? Data were from a national survey of legal adult immigrants and their families, the New…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Separation Anxiety, Parent Child Relationship
Gene-Environment Contributions to the Development of Infant Vagal Reactivity: The Interaction of Dopamine and Maternal Sensitivity
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Propper, Cathi; Moore, Ginger A.; Mills-Koonce, W. Roger; Halpern, Carolyn Tucker; Hill-Soderlund, Ashley L.; Calkins, Susan D.; Carbone, Mary Anna; Cox, Martha – Child Development, 2008
This study investigated dopamine receptor genes ("DRD2" and "DRD4") and maternal sensitivity as predictors of infant respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and RSA reactivity, purported indices of vagal tone and vagal regulation, in a challenge task at 3, 6, and 12 months in 173 infant-mother dyads. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) revealed that at…
Descriptors: Infants, Genetics, Mothers, Biochemistry
Emotion Dialogues between Mothers and Children at 4.5 and 7.5 Years: Relations with Children's Attachment at 1 Year
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Oppenheim, David; Koren-Karie, Nina; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham – Child Development, 2007
It was examined whether secure infant-mother attachment contributes to emotionally congruent and organized mother-child dialogues about emotions in later years. The attachment of 99 children was assessed using the Strange Situation at the age of 1 year and their emotion dialogues with their mothers were assessed at the ages of 4.5 and 7.5 years.…
Descriptors: Mothers, Attachment Behavior, Emotional Response, Parent Child Relationship