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Xiaomei Zhou; Hasan Siddiqui; M. D. Rutherford – Child Development, 2025
Autism spectrum condition (ASC) is characterized by atypical attention to eyes and faces, but the onset and impact of these atypicalities remain unclear. This prospective longitudinal study examined face perception in infants who develop ASC (N = 22, female = 5, 100% White) compared with typically developing infants (N = 131, female = 65, 55.6%…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Nonverbal Communication, Social Cognition, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Meghan McCormick; Emily Hanno; Christina Weiland; Tiffany Wu; Mirjana Pralica; JoAnn Hsueh; Alexandra Giles; Catherine Snow; Jason Sachs – Child Development, 2025
This study examines associations between enrollment in high-quality PreK and growth in children's (N = 422; M[subscript age] = 5.63 years; 47% female; 15% Asian, 19% Black, 30% White, 31% Hispanic; 5% other or mixed race) academic, executive functioning, and social-emotional skills across kindergarten (2017-2018) and first grade (2018-2019).…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Young Children
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Emiddia Longobardi; Mara Morelli; Matilde Brunetti; Stefania Sette; Pietro Spataro; Fiorenzo Laghi – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2025
Social understanding competence develops in sensitive and co-regulating caregiver interactions. Parental reflective functioning (PRF) and parenting stress can affect children's social understanding. This study investigated if children's social understanding was associated with PRF and parenting stress. Parents of 305 Italian children aged from 24…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Stress Variables, Parent Attitudes, Interpersonal Competence
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Catherine E. Draper; Caylee J. Cook; Elizabeth A. Ankrah; Jesus A. Beltran; Franceli L. Cibrian; Kimberley D. Lakes; Hanna Mofid; Lucretia Williams; Gillian R. Hayes – Infant and Child Development, 2025
To address the need for interventions targeting social emotional development and mental health of young children in South Africa, the "Mazi Umntanakho" ('know your child') digital tool was co-designed, and piloted with caregivers and 3-5-year-old children involved in home visiting programmes promoting early childhood development. The aim…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Madelon M. E. Riem; Fred Hasselman; Constantina Psyllou; Anne-Laura van Harmelen; Anna Pearce; Helen Minnis; Paul Lodder; Maaike Cima – Developmental Science, 2025
This study examined whether grandparental support is a protective factor for children's socio-emotional development in the context of adversity. Using longitudinal data from the Millennium Cohort Study, we investigated the effects of grandparental support across development in children with and without adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).…
Descriptors: Grandparents, Role, Child Development, Social Development
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Iris Duinmeijer; Sanne Peet; Lonneke Janssen; Annette Scheper; Margo Zwitserlood-Nijenhuis; Wendy Bliekendaal; Marijke Zoons; Britt Hakvoort – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have problems acquiring language, affecting their communicative participation, social--emotional functioning (SEF) and quality of life (QoL). Aims: To investigate whether communicative participation mediates the relation between language and SEF and QoL. Methods & Procedures: In a…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Delays, Communication Skills, Quality of Life