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Can You Teach Me Not to Be Angry? Relations between Temperament and the Emotion Regulation Strategy Distraction in 2-Year-Olds
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Schoppmann, Johanna; Schneider, Silvia; Seehagen, Sabine – Child Development, 2022
Little is known about toddlers' acquisition of specific emotion regulation (ER) strategies, and how early ER is shaped by temperament. This study investigated if 24-month-old German toddlers, predominantly from families with high levels of parental education (N = 96, n = 49 male), learned the ER strategy distraction through observational learning,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Affective Behavior, Self Control
Understanding Heterogeneity in Pathways between Interparental Conflict and Children's Involvement: The Moderating Role of Affect-Biased Attention
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Thompson, Morgan J.; Davies, Patrick T.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L. – Child Development, 2023
The study examined the moderating role of children's affect-biased attention to angry, fearful, and sad adult faces in the link between interparental conflict and children's distinct forms of involvement. Participants included 243 preschool children (M[subscript age] = 4.60 years, 56% female) and their parents from racially (48% African American,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attention, Preschool Children, Psychological Patterns
Disentangling Genetic and Environmental Influences on Early Language Development: The Interplay of Genetic Propensity for Negative Emotionality and Surgency, and Parenting Behavior Effects on Early Language Skills in an Adoption Study
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Rachael W. Cheung; Chloe Austerberry; Pasco Fearon; Marianna E. Hayiou-Thomas; Leslie D. Leve; Daniel S. Shaw; Jody M. Ganiban; Misaki N. Natsuaki; Jenae M. Neiderhieser; David Reiss – Child Development, 2024
Parenting and children's temperament are important influences on language development. However, temperament may reflect prior parenting, and parenting effects may reflect genes common to parents and children. In 561 U.S. adoptees (57% male) and their birth and rearing parents (70% and 92% White, 13% and 4% African American, and 7% and 2% Latinx,…
Descriptors: Genetics, Nature Nurture Controversy, Child Development, Language Acquisition
Evocative Effects on the Early Caregiving Environment of Genetic Factors Underlying the Development of Intellectual and Academic Ability
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Chloe Austerberry; Pasco Fearon; Angelica Ronald; Leslie D. Leve; Jody M. Ganiban; Misaki N. Natsuaki; Daniel S. Shaw; Jenae M. Neiderhiser; David Reiss – Child Development, 2024
This study examined gene-environment correlation (rGE) in intellectual and academic development in 561 U.S.-based adoptees (57% male; 56% non-Latinx White, 19% multiracial, 13% Black or African American, 11% Latinx) and their birth and adoptive parents between 2003 and 2017. Birth mother intellectual and academic performance predicted adoptive…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Adoption, Mothers, Cognitive Ability
Antecedents to and Outcomes Associated with Teacher-Child Relationship Perceptions in Early Childhood: Further Evidence for Child-Driven Effects
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Elif Dede Yildirim; Cynthia A. Frosch; António J. Santos; Manuela Veríssimo; Kristen Bub; Brian E. Vaughn – Child Development, 2024
Preschool teachers' perceptions about relationships with students (teacher-child relationships [TCRs]) predict children's subsequent social competence (SC) and academic progress. Why this is so remains unclear. Do TCRs shape children's development, or do child attributes influence both TCRs and subsequent development? Relations between TCRs and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Teacher Student Relationship, Child Development, Preschool Teachers
War-Related Trauma Linked to Increased Sustained Attention to Threat in Children
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Michalek, Julia; Lisi, Matteo; Binetti, Nicola; Ozkaya, Sumeyye; Hadfield, Kristin; Dajani, Rana; Mareschal, Isabelle – Child Development, 2022
Experiences of war and displacement can have profound effects on children's affective development and mental health, although the mechanism(s) underlying these effects remain unknown. This study investigated the link between early adversity and attention to affective stimuli using a free-viewing eye-tracking paradigm with Syrian refugee (n = 31,…
Descriptors: War, Trauma, Child Development, Affective Behavior