Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development is a unique series of extended works that present in-depth research studies and significant findings in child development. Each issue consists of a single study or a group of papers on a single theme, accompanied by helpful teaching, scholarship, and outreach resources, published in the companion website, Monograph Matters.

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Natasha J. Cabrera, Ph.D. as Editor of SRCD's Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

Natasha J. Cabrera, Ph.D., is a Professor of Human Development at the University of Maryland. Dr. Cabrera’s research focuses on father involvement and children’s social and cognitive development; adaptive and maladaptive factors related to parenting and cultural variation in ethnic minority families; and, the mechanisms linking early experiences to children’s school readiness. Dr. Cabrera has published in peer-reviewed journals on policy, methodology, theory and the implications of fathering and mothering behaviors on child development in low-income minority families.

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Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 89:1-2

89:1-2 Fostering Prosociality in Refugee Children: An Intervention With Rohingya Children

89:1-2 Fostering Prosociality in Refugee Children: An Intervention With Rohingya Children

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Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 88:2

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88:2 Mindset × Context: Schools, Classrooms, and the Unequal Translation of Expectations into Math Achievement

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 86:4

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86:4 Joint Attention in Human and Chimpanzee Infants in Varied Socio-Ecological Contexts

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 86:3

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86:3 Perceptual Access Reasoning (PAR) in Developing a Representational Theory of Mind

SRCD Anti-Racist Development Science Summit Virtual Issue

Explore a virtual issue in support of the SRCD Anti-Racist Developmental Science Summit: Transforming Research, Practices, and Policies, taking place in Panama from 15-17 May 2024. 

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The Science of Learning and Teaching at Home: An SRCD Virtual Issue

The Society for Research in Child Development is pleased to share a cross journal virtual issue on The Science of Learning and Teaching at Home. These articles, freely available online until July 30, 2020, were selected from SRCD's scholarly journals and publications because they explore research relevant to remote learning, as children and families transition to new educational paradigms as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 86:2

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86:2 Prosocial and Aggressive Behavior: A Longitudinal Study

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 86:1

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86:1 Effects of Prekindergarten Curricula: Tools of the Mind as a Case Study

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  •  1-6
  •  4 December 2024
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Dynamic Field Theory of Executive Function: Identifying Early Neurocognitive Markers

Alexis McCraw, Jacqueline Sullivan, Kara Lowery, Rachel Eddings, Hollis R. Heim, Aaron T. Buss, 
  •  7-109
  •  4 December 2024
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  •  1-6
  •  16 August 2024
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II. MORE THAN JUST CONVENIENT: THE SCIENTIFIC MERITS OF HOMOGENEOUS CONVENIENCE SAMPLES

Justin Jager, Diane L. Putnick, Marc H. Bornstein, 
  •  13-30
  •  5 May 2017

EMOTION REGULATION: A THEME IN SEARCH OF DEFINITION

Ross A. Thompson, 
  •  25-52
  •  February 1994
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II. NIH TOOLBOX COGNITION BATTERY (CB): MEASURING EXECUTIVE FUNCTION AND ATTENTION

Philip David Zelazo, Jacob E. Anderson, Jennifer Richler, Kathleen Wallner-Allen, Jennifer L. Beaumont, Sandra Weintraub, 
  •  16-33
  •  16 August 2013
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Prosocial and Aggressive Behavior: A Longitudinal Study

Dale F. Hay, Amy L. Paine, Oliver Perra, Kaye V. Cook, Salim Hashmi, Charlotte Robinson, Victoria Kairis, Rhiannon Slade, 
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Parenting in the Context of the Child: Genetic and Social Processes

David Reiss, Jody M. Ganiban, Leslie D. Leve, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, Daniel S. Shaw, Misaki N. Natsuaki, 
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Mindset × Context: Schools, Classrooms, and the Unequal Translation of Expectations into Math Achievement

Jamie M. Carroll, David S. Yeager, Jenny Buontempo, Cameron Hecht, Andrei Cimpian, Pratik Mhatre, Chandra Muller, Robert Crosnoe, 

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