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Dowdall, Nicholas; Murray, Lynne; Skeen, Sarah; Marlow, Marguerite; De Pascalis, Leonardo; Gardner, Frances; Tomlinson, Mark; Cooper, Peter J. – Child Development, 2021
This study evaluated the impact of a parenting intervention on children's cognitive and socioemotional development in a group of caregivers and their 21-to-28-month-old children in a low-income South African township. A randomized controlled trial compared an experimental group (n = 70) receiving training in dialogic book-sharing (8 weekly group…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Books, Parenting Skills, Intervention
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Wendland-Carro, Jaqueline; Piccinini, Cesar A.; Millar, W. Stuart – Child Development, 1999
Evaluated an intervention designed to influence mothers' sensitive responsiveness toward their infant by presenting information about the newborn's competence to interact and promoting affectionate handling and interaction. Found that the enhancement group showed greater frequency of co-occurrences involving vocal exchanges, looking to the…
Descriptors: Affection, Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Comparative Analysis
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Egeland, Byron; Hiester, Marnie – Child Development, 1995
Explored within-group effects of mother-infant attachment and day care on children's social and emotional development in a high-risk, low income sample of mothers and infants who entered day care early, and a home-reared, middle-class sample of infants and their mothers. Found that the effects of early day care are influenced by security of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Child Caregivers, Day Care