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Child Temperament and Trajectories of Student-Teacher Relationships Quality
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Elizabeth Harvey; Michèle Déry; Jean-Pascal Lemelin; Vincent Bégin – Child Development, 2024
This study aimed to examine the associations between child temperament and trajectories of the three dimensions of the student-teacher relationship (Closeness, Conflict, and Dependency) during elementary school. Latent class growth analyses conducted among 744 French-Canadian students recruited between 2008 and 2010 (46.8% girls; M[subscript age]…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teacher Student Relationship, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
The Interplay between Investment Traits and Cognitive Abilities: Investigating Reciprocal Effects in Elementary School Age
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Sebastian Bergold; Ricarda Steinmayr – Child Development, 2024
Based on investment theories and guided by Mussel's (2013) intellect model, the present study investigated reciprocal relations over 1 year (2021-2022) between investment traits (need for cognition, achievement motives, epistemic curiosity) and fluid and crystallized cognitive abilities in 565 German elementary school children (298 girls;…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Students, Student Motivation
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