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Play and Cognition among Young Children Reared in an Institution
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Daunhauer, Lisa A.; Coster, Wendy J.; Tickle-Degnen, Linda; Cermak, Sharon A. – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2010
The relationship between cognitive functioning and play behaviors of children residing in an orphanage was examined. Twenty-six young children (15 boys) between 10 and 38 months of age participated. More developmentally competent play behaviors were highly related to better performance on cognitive functioning as measured by the Bayley Scales of…
Descriptors: Play, Young Children, Institutional Environment, Cognitive Development
Post-Institutionalized Chinese and Eastern European Children: Heterogeneity in the Development of Emotion Understanding
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Camras, Linda A.; Perlman, Susan B.; Fries, Alison B. Wismer; Pollak, Seth D. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
Post-institutionalized Chinese and Eastern European children participated in two emotion understanding tasks. In one task, children selected facial expressions corresponding to four emotion labels (happy, sad, angry, scared). The second task required children to match facial expressions to stories describing situations for these emotions. While…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Children
Health Status, Cognitive and Motor Development of Young Children Adopted from China, East Asia, and Russia across the First 6 Months after Adoption
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Pomerleau, Andree; Malcuit, Gerard; Chicoine, Jean-Francois; Seguin, Renee; Belhumeur, Celine; Germain, Patricia; Amyot, Isabelle; Jeliu, Gloria – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
We compared health status, anthropometric and psychological development of 123 children adopted before 18 months of age from China, East Asia (Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Cambodia), and Eastern Europe (mostly Russia). Data were collected close to the time of arrival, and 3 and 6 months later. Anthropometric measures included weight,…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Developmental Delays, Young Children, Foreign Countries