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Michalek, Julia; Lisi, Matteo; Binetti, Nicola; Ozkaya, Sumeyye; Hadfield, Kristin; Dajani, Rana; Mareschal, Isabelle – Child Development, 2022
Experiences of war and displacement can have profound effects on children's affective development and mental health, although the mechanism(s) underlying these effects remain unknown. This study investigated the link between early adversity and attention to affective stimuli using a free-viewing eye-tracking paradigm with Syrian refugee (n = 31,…
Descriptors: War, Trauma, Child Development, Affective Behavior
Conradt, Elisabeth; Hawes, Katheleen; Guerin, Dylan; Armstrong, David A.; Marsit, Carmen J.; Tronick, Edward; Lester, Barry M. – Child Development, 2016
This study tested whether maternal responsiveness may buffer the child to the effects of maternal depressive symptoms on DNA methylation of "NR3C1," "11ß-HSD2," and neuroendocrine functioning. DNA was derived from buccal epithelial cells and prestress cortisol was obtained from the saliva of 128 infants. Mothers with depressive…
Descriptors: Genetics, Depression (Psychology), Mothers, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Chien, Nina C.; Mistry, Rashmita S. – Child Development, 2013
The effects of geographic variations in cost of living and family income on children's academic achievement and social competence in first grade (mean age = 86.9 months) were examined, mediated through material hardship, parental investments, family stress, and school resources. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten…
Descriptors: Geographic Location, Family Income, Economic Climate, Interpersonal Competence

Conger, Rand D.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Findings of this observational study of 74 families tentatively support the conclusion that the psychological characteristics of emotional distress, authoritarian child-rearing values, and negative perceptions of children partially mediate the influence of some demographic/stressful life conditions on the positive and negative behaviors of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Authoritarianism, Behavior, Child Rearing

Lewis, Michael; Ramsay, Douglas – Child Development, 2002
This study examined individual differences in 4-year-old children's expression of the self-conscious emotions of embarrassment and shame and their relation to differences in cortisol response to stress. Results indicated the presence of two different types of embarrassment--one that reflected negative evaluation of the self, and the other a…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Emotional Response, Preschool Children, Psychophysiology
Caldwell, Melissa S.; Rudolph, Karen D.; Troop-Gordon, Wendy; Kim, Do-Yeong – Child Development, 2004
This study examined reciprocal-influence models of the association between relational self-views and peer stress during early adolescence. The first model posited that adolescents with negative self-views disengage from peers, creating stress in their relationships. The second model posited that exposure to peer stress fosters social…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Stress Variables, Peer Relationship, Self Concept

Larson, Reed W.; Moneta, Giovanni; Richards, Maryse H.; Wilson, Suzanne – Child Development, 2002
This longitudinal study examined change in 220 adolescents' daily range of emotional states between early and late adolescence. Findings showed that emotional states became less positive across early adolescence; this downward change in average emotions ceased in grade 10. The greatest relative instability was during early adolescence; stability…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Affective Behavior

Lengua, Liliana J. – Child Development, 2002
Investigated the role of emotionality and self-regulation in understanding 3rd- through 5th- graders' adjustment responses to multiple risk. Found that negative emotionality predicted adjustment problems, positive emotionality predicted positive adjustment, and self-regulation predicted both. Children low in self-regulation were more vulnerable to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Emotional Adjustment