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Direct linkC. Bennett; E. M. Westrupp; S. K. Bennetts; J. Love; N. J. Hackworth; D. Berthelsen; J. M. Nicholson – Child Development, 2025
This study examined long-term mediating effects of the "smalltalk" parenting intervention on children's effortful control at school age (7.5 years; 2016-2018). In 2010-2012, parents (96% female) of toddlers (N = 1201; aged 12-36 months; 52% female) were randomly assigned to either: standard playgroup, "smalltalk" playgroup…
Descriptors: Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Toddlers, Young Children
Dowdall, Nicholas; Murray, Lynne; Skeen, Sarah; Marlow, Marguerite; De Pascalis, Leonardo; Gardner, Frances; Tomlinson, Mark; Cooper, Peter J. – Child Development, 2021
This study evaluated the impact of a parenting intervention on children's cognitive and socioemotional development in a group of caregivers and their 21-to-28-month-old children in a low-income South African township. A randomized controlled trial compared an experimental group (n = 70) receiving training in dialogic book-sharing (8 weekly group…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Books, Parenting Skills, Intervention
Curtis, Philip R.; Kaiser, Ann P.; Estabrook, Ryne; Roberts, Megan Y. – Child Development, 2019
Researchers examined whether a parent-implemented language intervention improved problem behaviors 1 year after intervention. Ninety-seven children with language delays (mean age at 12-month follow-up = 48.22 months) were randomized to receive Enhanced Milieu Teaching (EMT) language intervention or business as usual treatment. Twelve months after…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Behavior Problems
Bernard, Kristin; Dozier, Mary; Bick, Johanna; Lewis-Morrarty, Erin; Lindhiem, Oliver; Carlson, Elizabeth – Child Development, 2012
Young children who have experienced early adversity are at risk for developing disorganized attachments. The efficacy of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), an intervention targeting nurturing care among parents identified as being at risk for neglecting their young children, was evaluated through a randomized clinical trial. Attachment…
Descriptors: Intervention, Toddlers, Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse
Peer reviewedBoom, Dymphna C. van den – Child Development, 1995
Evaluated the enduring effectiveness of a skill-based training program to enhance maternal sensitivity toward infants between six and nine months of age. Found that more of the toddlers whose mothers participated in the intervention were securely attached than toddlers from the control group dyads. In the third year, evidence of sustained effects…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries, Intervention
Peer reviewedKramer, Laurie; Perozynski, Lisa A.; Chung, Tsai-Yen – Child Development, 1999
Mothers' and fathers' responses to their children's spontaneous sibling conflicts were observed. Findings indicated that associations between parents' conflict management strategy and sibling interaction quality varied according to children's ages, gender of the monitoring parent, and type of strategy. Passive nonintervention was highly associated…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Rearing, Conflict, Fathers
