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Murphy, Ashley N.; Zheng, Yinyuan; Shivaram, Apoorva; Vollman, Elayne; Richland, Lindsey Engle – Grantee Submission, 2021
Two studies examined factors that predicted children's tendencies to match objects versus relations across scenes when no instruction was given. Study 1 examined a) age and b) nationality as a proxy for cultural differences in experiences with relations. The results showed that Chinese and U.S. children across ages all showed an initial bias to…
Descriptors: Children, Attention, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Marjolein E. A. Barendse; Jessica Flannery; Caitlin Cavanagh; Melissa Aristizabal; Stephen P. Becker; Estelle Berger; Rosanna Breaux; Nicole Campione-Barr; Jessica A. Church; Eveline A. Crone; Ronald E. Dahl; Tracy A. Dennis-Tiwary; Melissa R. Dvorsky; Sarah L. Dziura; Suzanne van de Groep; Tiffany C. Ho; Sarah E. Killoren; Joshua M. Langberg; Tyler L. Larguinho; Lucía Magis-Weinberg; Kalina J. Michalska; Jordan L. Mullins; Hanna Nadel; Blaire M. Porter; Mitchell J. Prinstein; Elizabeth Redcay; Amanda J. Rose; Wendy M. Rote; Amy K. Roy; Sophie W. Sweijen; Eva H. Telzer; Giana I. Teresi; April Gile Thomas; Jennifer H. Pfeifer – Grantee Submission, 2023
This study aimed to examine changes in depression and anxiety symptoms from before to during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of 1,339 adolescents (9-18 years old, 59% female) from three countries. We also examined if age, race/ethnicity, disease burden, or strictness of government restrictions moderated change in…
Descriptors: Change, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Maria L. Schweer-Collins; Nicholas J. Parr; Richard Saitz; Emily E. Tanner-Smith – Grantee Submission, 2023
Prior research suggests that brief interventions (BIs) for alcohol and other drug use may vary in effectiveness across patient sociodemographic factors. The objective of this individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis was to explore for whom BIs delivered in general healthcare settings are more or less effective. We examined variability in BI…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Age Differences
Cummins, Phyllis A.; Yamashita, Takashi; Millar, Roberto J.; Sahoo, Shalini – Grantee Submission, 2019
Automation and advanced technologies have increased the need for a better understanding of the skills necessary to have a globally competitive workforce. This study used data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies to compare problem solving skills in technology rich environments among adults in South Korea,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Employment Qualifications, Problem Solving
Angeline S. Lillard; M. Joseph Meyer; Dermina Vasc; Eren Fukuda – Grantee Submission, 2021
Wellbeing, or how people think and feel about their lives, predicts important life outcomes from happiness to health to longevity. Montessori pedagogy has features that enhance wellbeing contemporaneously and predictively, including self-determination, meaningful activities, and social stability. Here, 1905 adults, ages 18-81 (M = 36), filled out…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Outcomes of Education, Adults, Well Being
Lenes, Ragnhild; Gonzales, Christopher R.; Størksen, Ingunn; McClelland, Megan M. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Self-regulation develops rapidly during the years before formal schooling, and it helps lay the foundation for children's later social, academic, and educational outcomes. However, children's self-regulation may be influenced by cultural contexts, sociodemographic factors, and characteristics of the child. The present study investigates whether…
Descriptors: Self Management, Cultural Influences, Individual Characteristics, Cultural Differences
Mansoor Aslam Rathore; Emma Armstrong-Carter; Saima Siyal; Aisha K. Yousafzai; Jelena Obradovic – Grantee Submission, 2023
The present study examines the link between children's number of older siblings and their cognitive development, as measured by executive function (EFs) skills and verbal skills (VIQ) in a sample of 1,302 4-year-old children (54% boys) living in rural Pakistan. Specifically, we investigate whether the links between the number of older siblings and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Siblings, Family Structure, Cognitive Development
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Nwakasi, Candidus C.; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Mehri, Nader; Zhang, Jing; Yamashita, Takashi – Grantee Submission, 2019
The high dependence on technology for economic activities in developed countries stresses the importance of lifelong learning in order to equip adult workers with the skills required to perform work related tasks, and also increase labor force participation. We use data from the 2012/2014 Program for the International Assessment of Adult…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Adult Education, Income, Foreign Countries
Emma Armstrong-Carter; Jenna E. Finch; Sima Siyal; Aisha K. Yousafzai; Jelena Obradovic – Grantee Submission, 2020
Many young children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face heightened risk for experiencing environmental adversity, which is linked with poorer develop- mental outcomes. Children's stress physiology can shed light on why children are differentially susceptible to adversity. However, no known studies have examined whether links between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Low Income Students
Opfer, John E.; Kim, Dan; Fazio, Lisa K.; Zhou, Xinlin; Siegler, Robert S. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Chinese children routinely outperform American peers in standardized tests of mathematics knowledge. To examine mediators of this effect, 95 Chinese and US 5-year-olds completed a test of overall symbolic arithmetic, an IQ subtest, and three tests each of symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge (magnitude comparison, approximate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Cultural Differences, Arithmetic
Emma Armstrong-Carter; Eva H. Telzer – Grantee Submission, 2021
Across psychology, there is increasing recognition that the experiences of children from minoritized racial and ethnic groups are underrepresented. Research on prosocial behavior exemplifies this systemic bias. This paper suggests that measures of prosocial behavior should be revised to be more culturally equitable, in order to reflect the…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Child Behavior, Social Development, Interpersonal Competence
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Gladys Aguilar; Kristia A. Wantcheckon; Michael R. Sladek; Elana R. McDermott; Sara Betancur Castrillón; Liliana María Uribe Tirado; Luz Magnolia Tilano Vega; M. Dalal Safa; Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor – Grantee Submission, 2024
The deleterious effects of ethnic-racial discrimination on youth's academic adjustment are well-documented. Although theory and empirical studies point to the protective and promotive role of ethnic-racial identity (ERI) development for academic adjustment in contexts of adversity, its role in the academic adjustment of Colombian adolescents is…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Student Characteristics, Ethnicity, Racial Discrimination
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Noelle M. Suntheimer; Soo Gyeong Ju; Dana Charles McCoy; Sharon Wolf; Sintayehu Abate; Alemayehu Mekonnen; Tamrat Zelalem Teshome; Tesfa Demlew – Grantee Submission, 2024
Parental engagement in stimulating activities and support in both formal and informal learning environments are important for early childhood development. However, little is known about how parental mental health and beliefs about early childhood development shape such investments. We draw on a sample of young children and their primary caregiver…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Child Development, Mental Health
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Susu Zhang; Xueying Tang; Qiwei He; Jingchen Liu; Zhiliang Ying – Grantee Submission, 2024
Computerized assessments and interactive simulation tasks are increasingly popular and afford the collection of process data, i.e., an examinee's sequence of actions (e.g., clickstreams, keystrokes) that arises from interactions with each task. Action sequence data contain rich information on the problem-solving process but are in a nonstandard,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Problem Solving, Computer Assisted Testing, Prediction
MacDonnell Mesler, Rhiannon; Corbin, Catherine M.; Harker Martin, Brittany – Grantee Submission, 2021
Are teachers' growth mindsets associated with the development of their students? We know that teacher growth mindset (TGM) shapes the attributions teachers make about their students' abilities and can lead to assumptions about the role that perceived stable traits play in students' performance; however, to date, research has not focused on the…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Student Development
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