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Direct linkOrr, Edna – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2022
Objective: The tendency to vocalize toward objects is ubiquitous among young infants. However, little is known about the range of this tendency and its contribution to language development. Therefore, this longitudinal study objective was to explore the role of three forms of vocal behavior (vocalization, babbling, and speech) directed toward…
Descriptors: Infants, Verbal Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Toddlers
Bourke-Taylor, Helen M.; Joyce, Kahli S.; Grzegorczyn, Sarah; Tirlea, Loredana – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This paper investigated the characteristics of mothers of children with a disability who registered for a mental health and wellbeing workshop. The questionnaire measured mental health, health-related behaviours, empowerment, family cohesion, wellbeing and child-related variables. Regression analysis identified factors associated with depressive…
Descriptors: Mothers, Disabilities, Children, Mental Health
Poortaheri, Forough; Yazdi, Seyed Amir Amin; Kareshki, Hosein; Rahimi, Mehdi – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2022
This study was conducted with the aim to design a parenting training program based on cognitive-emotional mediation and evaluating the effectiveness of this program on increasing mothers' literacy of interaction and children's cognitive modifiability in the field of metacognition and theory of mind. The curriculum was designed with a combination…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Mothers, Parent Education, Metacognition
Download full textAl-Massarweh, Sami Salamah; AL-Dlalah, Moham'd M.; Alyamani, Abdelraouf Hameed; Jabali, Safia M. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2022
This study aimed to identify the degree of contribution of mothers' treatment patterns to the emotional balance of kindergarten children and to achieve the objectives of the study; two scales were built: a questionnaire to measure mothers' treatment patterns and a questionnaire to measure the emotional balance of kindergarten children after…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Mothers
Mahomed, Razeenah; Alexander, Daleen; Maree, Jacobus – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This article reports on the perceptions of single parents on their parenting styles in raising their children living with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD). Purposive sampling was used to collect the sample group. The study comprised 10 female participants of white, Indian, and coloured descent with a mean age of 35.6 years. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, One Parent Family, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing
McWood, Leanna M.; Frosch, Cynthia A.; Wienke Garrison, Christine M.; Erath, Stephen A.; Troop-Gordon, Wendy – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
Little is known regarding the processes that occur when parents support their child who is being victimized by peers. The current study utilized in-depth interviews with 11 fourth- through sixth-grade early adolescents and their mothers as to the processes that occurred when the mothers attempted to help their child cope with peer victimization.…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Victims, Grade 4, Grade 5
Orr, Edna; Shapira, Anat Adi; Caspi, Rinat – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study examined the effects of maternal and children's resources on school readiness, literacy achievements, and reading motivation in children. The participants included children (N = 180) (124 girls; 56 boys) from 19 kindergartens, their mothers, and their kindergarten teachers. Mothers reported on their working hours, interaction quality,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Mothers
Wang, Hui; Liu, Sihan; Xu, Jianjie; Hu, Xiaoyi; Han, Zhuo Rachel – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Parents of children with autism experience significant stress and challenges in daily life that can impact their well-being. Using a daily diary method, the present study examined the same-day and next-day associations between child-related stress, social support, coping, and parental well-being outcomes (i.e. life satisfaction, positive and…
Descriptors: Parents, Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Foreign Countries
Alibraheim, Essa A.; Taifour, Enas A. – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2023
Children spend a large period of their lives close to their mothers gaining knowledge, learning many skills, and emulating them. Therefore, the objective of this research is to identify the relationship between mothers' educational levels and their children's academic performance. To achieve this objective, a quantitative research method…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, Mothers, Educational Background
Shapiro, Alyson F.; Jolley, Sandra N.; Hildebrandt, Ursula; Spieker, Susan J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Research linking postpartum depression (PPD) with negative child outcomes has predominantly examined PPD at six weeks postpartum or later, and has not controlled for depression during pregnancy. The present study examined associations between PPD at three weeks postpartum and temperament in 6-month-old infants in a sample of women who were not…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Females
van Schaik, Saskia D. M.; Mavridis, Caroline; Harkness, Sara; De Looze, Margaretha; Blom, Marjolijn J. M.; Super, Charles M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
One of the earliest challenges for infants and their parents is developing a diurnal sleep--wake cycle. Although the human biological rhythm is circadian by nature, its development varies across cultures, based in part on "zeitgebers" (German: literally "time-givers") or environmental cues. This study uses the developmental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Infant Care, Sleep
MatinKhah, Fatemeh; Amiri, Shole; Mazaheri, Mohammad Ali; Ghanbari, Saeed – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Externalizing behaviours are among the most prevalent reasons for a child referral to counselling centres. It has been documented that narrative coherence and mental representation of attachment to the caregivers, especially the mother, is the reason behind many problems in childhood. This study investigates and compares the mental representation…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Children, Story Telling, Parent Child Relationship
Lee, Boram; Park, Hye Jun – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
We examined the relationship between maternal perinatal depression trajectories and infant development considering various ecological risk factors in the environment and employing growth mixture modelling. Participants were 717 mother-child dyads in rural Malawi. The mothers were interviewed three times: during pregnancy, 1-year postpartum, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Child Development, Mothers
Dagan, Or; Schuengel, Carlo; Verhage, Marije L.; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham; Madigan, Sheri; Duschinsky, Robbie; Roisman, Glenn I.; Bernard, Kristin; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian; Bureau, Jean-François; Volling, Brenda L.; Wong, Maria S.; Colonnesi, Cristina; Brown, Geoffrey L.; Eiden, Rina D.; Fearon, R. M. Pasco; Oosterman, Mirjam; Aviezer, Ora; Cummings, E Mark – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
An unsettled question in attachment theory and research is the extent to which children's attachment patterns with mothers and fathers "jointly" predict developmental outcomes. In this study, we used individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis to assess whether early attachment networks with mothers and fathers are associated with…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Fathers
Steele, Miriam; Steele, Howard – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
This comment on the Special Issue contributions regarding the attachment network addresses the clinical implications of the findings from three perspectives: (1) the need to look beyond maternal influences on child developmental outcomes; (2) to be open to every seemingly peripheral influence on the child as this may have a central impact on the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Networks, Child Development, Parent Child Relationship
