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Prenatal Trace Elements Mixture Is Associated with Learning Deficits on a Behavioral Acquisition Task among Young Children
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Merced-Nieves, Francheska M.; Chelonis, John; Pantic, Ivan; Schnass, Lourdes; Téllez-Rojo, Martha M.; Braun, Joseph M.; Paule, Merle G.; Wright, Rosalind J.; Wright, Robert O.; Curtin, Paul – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2022
Children are exposed to many trace elements throughout their development. Given their ubiquity and potential to have effects on children's neurodevelopment, these exposures are a public health concern. This study sought to identify trace element mixture-associated deficits in learning behavior using operant testing in a prospective cohort. We…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Learning Problems, Prenatal Influences
Grandmothers Are Part of the Parenting Network, Too! A Longitudinal Study on Coparenting, Maternal Sensitivity, Child Attachment and Behavior Problems in a Chinese Sample
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Liang, Xi; Lin, Yige; Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Wang, Zhengyan – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
Grandmothers are important in Chinese families. This study explored the early emerging mother-grandmother-infant network and its association with child's socioemotional development in multigenerational families in a non-WEIRD country. The analytic sample included 60 children (T1: M[subscript age] = 6.5 months) and their caregivers residing in…
Descriptors: Grandparents, Parent Role, Infants, Parent Child Relationship
New Directions in Evaluating Social Problem Solving in Childhood: Early Precursors and Links to Adolescent Social Competence
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Landry, Susan H.; Smith, Karen E.; Swank, Paul R. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2009
A major objective of this chapter is to present a novel, ecologically sensitive social problem-solving task for school-aged children that captures the complexity of social and cognitive demands placed on children in naturalistic situations. Competence on this task correlates with a range of skills including executive functions, verbal reasoning,…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Interpersonal Competence, Child Behavior, Measures (Individuals)
Play, Games, and the Development of Collective Intentionality
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Rakoczy, Hannes – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2007
Playing games, particularly pretense games, is one of the areas where young children first enter into collective, conventional practices. This chapter reviews recent empirical data in support of this claim and explores the idea that games present a cradle for children's growing into societal and institutional life more generally. (Contains 2…
Descriptors: Play, Games, Group Behavior, Preschool Children
Adherence Process Research on Developmental Interventions: Filling in the Middle.
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Hogue, Aaron – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2002
Presents a framework and some practical examples for using rigorous implementation research to inform program outcomes and foster program development for developmental interventions. Focuses on: (1) role of process research, specifically developing developmental interventions; (2) characteristics of adherence process research; and (3)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Behavior, Child Development, Children
Toward Understanding Mutual Antipathies in Childhood and Adolescence
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Hartup, Willard W. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
Close relationships among children and adolescents are ordinarily considered to encompass friendliness and fun. Recent studies, however, reveal that many friendships have dark sides consisting of competitiveness, hostility, and conflict. Relationships based on aversion and antipathy may turn out to have major developmental implications, but more…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Peer Relationship, Friendship