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Direct linkLaure Lu Chen; Jean Anne Heng; Chengyi Xu; Michelle R. Ellefson; Miryam Edwards; Hana D'Souza; Elian Fink; Mikeda Jess; Louise Gray; Caoimhe Dempsey; Mishika Mehrotra; Siu Ching Wong; Catherine Wu; Brittany Huang; Jiayin Zheng; Zhen Wu; Rory T. Devine; Claire Hughes – Child Development, 2025
Cross-site comparisons indicate that East Asian children typically excel on tests of executive function (EF), but interpreting this contrast is made difficult by both the heavy reliance on testing in school settings and by the scarcity of studies that assess across-site measurement invariance. Addressing these gaps, our study included remote…
Descriptors: Children, Executive Function, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development
Francis Vergunst; Frank Vitaro; Mara Brendgen; Marie-Pier Larose; Alain Girard; Richard E. Tremblay; Sylvana M. Côté – Child Development, 2024
Childhood behavior problems are associated with reduced labor market participation and lower earnings in adulthood, but little is known about the pathways and mechanisms that explain these associations. Drawing on a 33-year prospective birth cohort of White males from low-income backgrounds (n = 1040), we conducted a path analysis linking…
Descriptors: Males, Low Income, Whites, Child Behavior
Nicole Creasey; Patty Leijten; Marieke S. Tollenaar; Marco P. Boks; Geertjan Overbeek – Child Development, 2024
This study investigated associations of the Incredible Years (IY) parenting program with children's DNA methylation. Participants were 289 Dutch children aged 3-9 years (75% European ancestry, 48% female) with above-average conduct problems. Saliva was collected 2.5 years after families were randomized to IY or care as usual (CAU). Using an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems
Christopher L. Gys; Stephanie L. Haft; Qing Zhou – Child Development, 2024
The present study examined associations between sociocultural factors and self-regulation (parent-report, teacher-report, laboratory tasks), and prospective relations between self-regulation and behavioral adjustment (parent-, teacher-, child-report) in a socioeconomically diverse sample of Chinese American children in immigrant families (N = 258,…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Self Control, Student Behavior
Davies, Patrick T.; Thompson, Morgan J.; Hentges, Rochelle F.; Parry, Lucia Q.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L. – Child Development, 2022
This study examined interparental conflict as a curvilinear predictor of children's reactivity to interparental conflict and, in turn, their school problems across three annual measurements. Participants included 243 preschool children (M[subscript age] = 4.60 years; 56% girls) and their parents from racially (e.g., 48% Black; 16% Latinx) diverse…
Descriptors: Conflict, Parents, Student Adjustment, Preschool Children
Rey-Guerra, Catalina; Zachrisson, Henrik D.; Dearing, Eric; Berry, Daniel; Kuger, Susanne; Burchinal, Margaret R.; Naerde, Ane; van Huizen, Thomas; Côté, Sylvana M. – Child Development, 2023
Whether high quantities of center-based care cause behavior problems is a controversial question. Studies using covariate adjustment for selection factors have detected relations between center care and behavior problems, but studies with stronger internal validity less often find such evidence. We examined whether within-child changes in hours in…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Time
Alsem, Sophie C.; van Dijk, Anouk; Verhulp, Esmée E.; Dekkers, Tycho J.; De Castro, Bram O. – Child Development, 2023
This multicenter randomized controlled trial investigated whether interactive virtual reality enhanced effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to reduce children's aggressive behavior problems. Boys with aggressive behavior problems (N = 115; M[subscript age] = 10.58, SD = 1.48; 95.7% born in Netherlands) were randomized into three…
Descriptors: Aggression, Children, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification
Shuffrey, Lauren C.; Morales, Santiago; Jacobson, Melanie H.; Bosquet Enlow, Michelle; Ghassabian, Akhgar; Margolis, Amy E.; Lucchini, Maristella; Carroll, Kecia N.; Crum, Rosa M.; Dabelea, Dana; Deutsch, Arielle; Fifer, William P.; Goldson, Brandon; Hockett, Christine W.; Mason, W. Alex; Jacobson, Lisette T.; O'Connor, Thomas G.; Pini, Nicolò; Rayport, Yael; Sania, Ayesha; Trasande, Leonardo; Wright, Rosalind J.; Lee, Seonjoo; Monk, Catherine – Child Development, 2023
This study examined the association of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), prenatal, and postnatal maternal depressive symptoms with externalizing, internalizing, and autism spectrum problems on the Preschool Child Behavior Checklist in 2379 children aged 4.12 ± 0.60 (48% female; 47% White, 32% Black, 15% Mixed Race, 4% Asian, <2% American…
Descriptors: Young Children, Pregnancy, Diabetes, Mothers
May I. Conley; Eda Naz Dinc; Zhuoran Xiang; Arielle Baskin-Sommers – Child Development, 2024
This study used latent transition analysis to examine the stability and change in perceived threats in youth's primary social contexts--neighborhoods, schools, and families--and associations with emotional and behavioral problems when youth transitioned from childhood to adolescence. The sample included 8208 racially and ethnically diverse youth…
Descriptors: Safety, Adolescents, Social Environment, Neighborhoods
Xia, Yiwei; Ma, Zhihao – Child Development, 2023
Using psychological network analysis, this study explored the heterogeneity of the network structure between extracurricular time-use and delinquency using a nationally representative longitudinal survey of at-school students in China (N = 10,279, 47.3% female, average age 13.6, 91.2% Han ethnicity). The results are threefold: First, time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students, Extracurricular Activities, Time on Task
Watts, Tyler W.; Nguyen, Tutrang; Carr, Robert C.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Blair, Clancy – Child Development, 2021
This study examines whether changes in classroom quality predict within-child changes in achievement and behavioral problems in elementary school (ages spanning approximately 6-11 years old). Drawing on data from a longitudinal study of children in predominantly low-income, nonurban communities (n = 1,078), we relied on child fixed effects…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students, Behavior Problems
Yael Paz; Sydney Sun; Michaela Flum; Yuheiry Rodriguez; Erin Brown; Rista C. Plate; Rebecca Waller – Child Development, 2025
Music is a powerful medium to study emotion recognition. However, findings are mixed regarding the proficiency of young children to detect emotion conveyed by music. Moreover, we lack knowledge about music emotion recognition and callous-unemotional traits, which portend risk for externalizing problems. The current study examined the performance…
Descriptors: Music, Psychological Patterns, Recognition (Psychology), Personality Traits
Papachristou, Efstathios; Flouri, Eirini; Joshi, Heather; Midouhas, Emily; Lewis, Glyn – Child Development, 2022
Ability-grouping has been studied extensively in relation to children's academic, but not emotional and behavioral outcomes. The sample comprised 7259 U.K. children (50% male) with data on between-class and within-class ability-grouping at age 7. Peer, emotional, hyperactivity, and conduct problems were measured at ages 7, 11, and 14 years.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ability Grouping, Behavior Problems, Children
Boer, Maartje; Stevens, Gonneke; Finkenauer, Catrin; van den Eijnden, Regina – Child Development, 2020
Cross-sectional research shows that adolescents' social media use (SMU) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-symptoms are related, but it is unclear whether this relation is explained by SMU intensity or by addiction-like SMU problems. Also, due to the lack of longitudinal studies, the direction of this relation remains unknown.…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Kalsea J. Koss; Sydney Kronaizl; Rachel Brown; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn – Child Development, 2025
Childhood adversity takes a toll on lifelong health. However, investigations of unpredictability as a form of adversity are lacking. Environmental unpredictability across multiple developmental periods and ecological levels was examined using a multiethnic, longitudinal birth cohort (1998-2000) oversampled for unmarried parents. Data were from the…
Descriptors: Trauma, Well Being, Children, Adolescents
