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COVID-19 Disruption Gets inside the Family: A Two-Month Multilevel Study of Family Stress during the Pandemic
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Browne, Dillon T.; Wade, Mark; May, Shealyn S.; Jenkins, Jennifer M.; Prime, Heather – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Developmental research during COVID-19 suggests that pandemic-related disruptions in family relationships are associated with children's mental health. Most of this research has focused on 1 child per family, thereby obfuscating patterns that are differentially operative at the family-wide (i.e., between-family) versus child-specific (i.e.,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Family Relationship, Mental Health
The Long Arm of Childhood: Preschool Associations with Adolescent Health
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Sabol, Terri J.; Hoyt, Lindsay Till – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The current study examines the extent to which participation in preschool at age 4 is associated with blood pressure, body mass index, and awakening cortisol at age 15. We capitalize on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to examine differences in adolescent health…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Correlation, Physiology, Body Composition
Infant Iron Deficiency, Child Affect, and Maternal Unresponsiveness: Testing the Long-Term Effects of Functional Isolation
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East, Patricia; Lozoff, Betsy; Blanco, Estela; Delker, Erin; Delva, Jorge; Encina, Pamela; Gahagan, Sheila – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Children who are iron deficient (ID) or iron-deficient anemic (IDA) have been shown to seek and receive less stimulation from their caregivers, contributing to "functional isolation". Over time, the reduced interactions between child and caregiver are thought to interfere with the acquisition of normative social competencies and…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Child Health, Affective Behavior, Mothers
Elevated Trajectories of Externalizing Problems Are Associated with Lower Awakening Cortisol Levels in Midadolescence
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Haltigan, John D.; Roisman, Glenn I.; Susman, Elizabeth J.; Barnett-Walker, Kortnee; Monahan, Kathryn C. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
A growing body of research suggesting a negative association between basal levels of cortisol and persistent antisocial behavior has emerged. The present study examined relations between awakening cortisol levels and antisocial trajectories from ages 5 to 15 years among individuals in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Antisocial Behavior, Child Health, Behavior Problems
Trajectories of Pure and Co-Occurring Internalizing and Externalizing Problems from Age 2 to Age 12: Findings from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Fanti, Kostas A.; Henrich, Christopher C. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
How and why do internalizing and externalizing problems, psychopathological problems from different diagnostic classes representing separate forms of psychopathology, co-occur in children? We investigated the development of pure and co-occurring internalizing and externalizing problems from ages 2 to 12 with the use of latent class growth…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Health, Early Adolescents, Psychopathology
Becoming an Adolescent Father: Precursors and Parenting.
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Fagot, Beverly I.; Pears, Katherine C.; Capaldi, Deborah M.; Crosby, Lynn; Leve, Craig S. – Developmental Psychology, 1998
In a longitudinal study of a cohort of boys, compared the characteristics of those who became adolescent fathers with those who did not, and of their children with other children. The adolescent fathers had more arrests and substance abuse problems than the other adolescents. Their children had more health problems than a group of normal control…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, At Risk Persons, Child Health