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Paternal Mind-Mindedness and Children's Academic Achievement: Investigating Developmental Processes
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Bernier, Annie; Lapolice-Thériault, Rose; Matte-Gagné, Célia; Cyr, Chantal – Developmental Psychology, 2023
This study tested a 5-year sequential mediation model linking paternal mind-mindedness in toddlerhood to child early academic achievement through a developmental process unfolding in the preschool years. A sample of 128 mostly White middle-class families (68 girls) living in Montreal, Canada was assessed for paternal mind-mindedness when children…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Academic Achievement, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
Maternal Mind-Mindedness and Children's School Readiness: A Longitudinal Study of Developmental Processes
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Bernier, Annie; McMahon, Catherine A.; Perrier, Rachel – Developmental Psychology, 2017
This study aimed to test a 5-wave sequential mediation model linking maternal mind-mindedness during infancy to children's school readiness in kindergarten through a serial mediation involving child language and effortful control in toddlerhood and the preschool years. Among a sample of 204 mother-child dyads, we assessed maternal mind-mindedness…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Longitudinal Studies, Child Language, Toddlers
Functional Play at 2 Years of Age: Effects of Prenatal Maternal Stress
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Laplante, David P.; Zelazo, Philip R.; Brunet, Alain; King, Suzanne – Infancy, 2007
Toddler toy play evolves in a predictable manner and provides a valid, nonverbal measure of cognitive function unbiased by social behaviors. Research on prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) indicates that exposure to stress in utero results in developmental deficits. We hypothesized that children exposed to high objective PNMS from a natural disaster…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Play, Natural Disasters
The Stability of Genetic Determination from Age 2 to Age 9: A Longitudinal Twin Study.
Lytton, Hugh; And Others – 1987
A longitudinal investigation of the social and cognitive development of male twins was conducted when twins were 2.5 years of age, and again when they were 8- to 10-years-old. This study was designed to re-examine the heritability of the traits studied at the earlier age and, thus, to address the question of the stability of genetic determination.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Family Relationship, Foreign Countries
Children's Comprehension of the Distinction Between "Want" and "Need."
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Moore, Chris; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1995
Examines the development of children's understanding of the difference between "want" and "need" in two different experiments. The first experiment required the children to respond verbally in choosing between the two concepts; the second required them to give an object to one of two characters who had made a request using…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Health Status, Cognitive and Motor Development of Young Children Adopted from China, East Asia, and Russia across the First 6 Months after Adoption
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Pomerleau, Andree; Malcuit, Gerard; Chicoine, Jean-Francois; Seguin, Renee; Belhumeur, Celine; Germain, Patricia; Amyot, Isabelle; Jeliu, Gloria – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
We compared health status, anthropometric and psychological development of 123 children adopted before 18 months of age from China, East Asia (Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Cambodia), and Eastern Europe (mostly Russia). Data were collected close to the time of arrival, and 3 and 6 months later. Anthropometric measures included weight,…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Developmental Delays, Young Children, Foreign Countries