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Frequent Daytime Naps Predict Vocabulary Growth in Early Childhood
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Horváth, Klára; Plunkett, Kim – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2016
Background: The facilitating role of sleep for language learning is well-attested in adults and to a lesser extent in infants and toddlers. However, the longitudinal relationship between sleep patterns and early vocabulary development is not well understood. Methods: This study investigates how measures of sleep are related to the development of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Vocabulary, Early Childhood Education, Sleep
Parent-Child Book-Reading Styles, Emotional Quality, and Changes in Early Head Start Children's Cognitive Scores
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Cline, Keely D.; Edwards, Carolyn Pope – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: The objective of this study was to understand how instructional book-reading style and emotional quality of reading interact and relate to cognitive skills in a sample of at-risk infants and toddlers. Participants were 81 parents and their children participating in Early Head Start programs in the rural Midwest. Correlation and…
Descriptors: Story Reading, Parent Child Relationship, Early Intervention, Preschool Education
Maternal Responsive-Didactic Caregiving in Play Interactions with 10-Month-Olds and Cognitive Development at 18 Months
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Mermelshtine, Roni; Barnes, Jacqueline – Infant and Child Development, 2016
Maternal responsive-didactic caregiving (RDC) and infant advanced object play were investigated in a sample of 400 mothers and their 10-month-old infants during video-recorded semi-structured play interactions. Three maternal behaviours: contingent response, cognitively stimulating language and autonomy-promoting speech were coded and infant…
Descriptors: Infants, Play, Mothers, Video Technology
Mediating Pathways in the Socio-Economic Gradient of Child Development: Evidence from Children 6-42 Months in Bogota
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Rubio-Codina, Marta; Attanasio, Orazio; Grantham-McGregor, Sally – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
Research has previously shown a gap of near 0.5 of a standard deviation (SD) in cognition and language development between the top and bottom household wealth quartile in children aged 6-42 months in a large representative sample of low- and middle-income families in Bogota, using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development. The gaps in…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Young Children, Family Environment
Amount and Timing of Group-Based Childcare from Birth and Cognitive Development at 51 Months: A UK Study
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Barnes, Jacqueline; Melhuish, Edward C. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2017
This study investigated whether the amount and timing of group-based childcare between birth and 51 months were predictive of cognitive development at 51 months, taking into account other non-parental childcare, demographic characteristics, cognitive development at 18 months, sensitive parenting and a stimulating home environment. Children's…
Descriptors: Child Care, Multiple Regression Analysis, Mother Attitudes, Interviews
Fathers' Autonomy Support and Social Competence of Sons and Daughters
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Corwyn, Robert F.; Bradley, Robert H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2016
Relations between paternal autonomy support and four aspects of adolescent social competence and responsibility at age 16 were examined using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. With controls on maternal autonomy support, significant relations were observed between paternal autonomy support and three of the four…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Fathers, Sons, Personal Autonomy