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Pathways from Mothers' Early Social Support to Children's Language Development at Age 3
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Chang, Young Eun – Infant and Child Development, 2017
The relationships between early maternal social support, maternal psychological well-being, the home learning environment, and children's language skills at age 3 in Korean families were examined. We hypothesized that maternal social support would predict children's language development through its effect on maternal psychological well-being and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Social Support Groups, Correlation, Well Being
Focused Attention in Toddlers: Measurement, Stability, and Relations to Negative Emotion and Parenting
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Gaertner, Bridget M.; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Eisenberg, Nancy – Infant and Child Development, 2008
This longitudinal study examined individual differences and correlates of focused attention when toddlers were approximately 18 months old (T1; n = 256) and a year later (T2; n = 230). Toddlers' attention and negative emotionality were reported by mothers and non-parental caregivers and rated globally by observers. Toddlers' focused attention also…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Toddlers, Parent Child Relationship, Measurement
Emotional Vitality in Infancy as a Predictor of Cognitive and Language Abilities in Toddlerhood
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Moreno, Amanda J.; Robinson, JoAnn L. – Infant and Child Development, 2005
Previous work by our group has shown that infant emotional vitality (EV), the lively expression of shared emotion both positive and negative, predicts cognitive and language abilities in toddlerhood. Specifically, infants who demonstrated a pattern of high emotional expression combined with high bids to their caregivers, fared significantly better…
Descriptors: Infants, Caregivers, Expressive Language, Cognitive Ability