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Chittleborough, Catherine R.; Mittinty, Murthy N.; Lawlor, Debbie A.; Lynch, John W. – Child Development, 2014
Randomized controlled trial evidence shows that interventions before age 5 can improve skills necessary for educational success; the effect of these interventions on socioeconomic inequalities is unknown. Using trial effect estimates, and marginal structural models with data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (n = 11,764,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Justice, Socioeconomic Influences, Longitudinal Studies
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Farrant, Brad M.; Fletcher, Janet; Maybery, Murray T. – Child Development, 2006
Recent research has found that the acquisition of theory of mind (ToM) is delayed in children with specific language impairment (SLI). The present study used a battery of ToM and visual perspective taking (VPT) tasks to investigate whether the delayed acquisition of ToM in children with SLI is associated with delayed VPT development. Harris'…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Cognitive Ability, Perspective Taking, Visual Perception
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Cohn, Jeffrey F.; Tronick, Edward Z. – Child Development, 1983
To investigate the nature of young infants' social competence, the effect of depressed maternal expression during face-to-face interaction was examined. An experimental analogue of maternal depression was employed. Subjects were 12 female and 12 male infants, ages 96 to 110 days, and their mothers. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Depression (Psychology), Infant Behavior, Infants