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Early Socioaffective Programming in Infants: Maternal Perinatal Psychosocial Stress and Developmental Profiles in a Longitudinal Argentine Study
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Hernán López-Morales; Julieta Mariel Sosa; Eliana Vanesa Zamora; Macarena Verónica del Valle; María José Aguilar; Rosario Gelpi-Trudo; Eduardo Tomás Cánepa; Marcela Carolina López; Ana Faas; Sebastián Urquijo – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2026
Maternal perinatal stress is a well-documented risk factor for adverse child outcomes, but limited evidence is available from Latin America. This study investigated associations between maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy and postpartum and infant socioaffective development at 3 months of age in Argentina. The sample included 198…
Descriptors: Mothers, Stress Variables, Pregnancy, Perinatal Influences
Learning Landscapes, Caregivers, and Young Children: Results from a Multiple Methods Study
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Misty D. Krippel; Michaelene M. Ostrosky; Catherine Corr; Kathyrn M. Bailey – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2026
Learning Landscapes (LLs) are family-friendly structures that transform community spaces (e.g., parks and bus stops) into engaging activities. The community structures are designed to encourage children to explore their environment while fostering developmentally supportive interactions (DSI) and learning opportunities between caregivers and…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Parks, Play, Caregiver Child Relationship
A New Program for Determining Abnormal Growth Curves in School Health Checkups
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Keisuke Wada; Yuki Kawashima-Sonoyama; Hiroto Abe; Akihiro Toya; Hironori Kobayashi; Takeshi Taketani – Journal of School Health, 2026
Background: In Japan, school health examinations frequently utilize growth curves. This study aimed to develop and validate a custom-designed program that enables the rapid and accurate detection of growth abnormalities in children and adolescents. Methods: We created a novel screening tool named the Growth Assessment Program for Schools (GAPS),…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Foreign Countries, Physical Health, Human Body
A Cross-Lagged Panel Model Examining the Longitudinal Associations between Maternal Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Parenting Stress, and Child Socio-Emotional Problems in Toddlerhood
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Charlotte Verhagen; Stefanie Duijndam; Nina Kupper; Paul Lodder; Myrthe Boekhorst – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2026
In toddlerhood, parents play a crucial role in supporting the socio-emotional development of children through their parenting behaviors. Certain parental risk factors, such as emotion regulation difficulties and parenting stress, have been found to be related to both parenting practices and child outcomes. As the interplay between these risk…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Parent Influence, Stress Variables, Emotional Response
Comparing Quizzes and Social Annotation for Pre-Class Reading Accountability
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Virginia Clinton-Lisell – Teaching of Psychology, 2026
Background: Pre-class reading assignments are frequently used to encourage students to complete assigned textbook readings. Quizzes and social annotation are both pre-class reading assignments, but it is uncertain which is more effective for student learning and motivation. Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare quizzes and social…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Child Development, Tests, Documentation
The Critical Role of Interactive Features in the Language and Speech Developmental Trajectories of Children Experiencing Neglect: Results of the Early Longitudinal Language and Neglect Study
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Audette Sylvestre; Mélissa Di Sante; Catherine Julien; Chantal Mérette; Caroline Bouchard – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2026
Purpose: This study examines the critical role of interactive and linguistic features of the family environment in the language and speech developmental trajectories of children with a history of neglect. The proposed hypothesis is that the quality of interactive features will be the primary determinant of whether children follow a normative…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Development, Speech, Language Acquisition
Urbanization and Child Development: Investigating Socioeconomic, Structural, and Environmental Influences on Cognitive Development
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Umay Sen; Wangchuk; Nidup Dorji; Pär Nyström; Johanna Hellberg; Gustaf Gredebäck – Developmental Science, 2026
This study examines the links between urbanization-related factors (crowding, access to institutions, and socioeconomic status) and cognitive development in young children (3-5 years old) in Bhutan, a rapidly urbanizing country in the Global South. Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) on data from 443 families, we find that SES is the…
Descriptors: Urbanization, Child Development, Socioeconomic Influences, Environmental Influences
Psychometric Properties of the Hungarian Version of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional-2 for 18-Month-Old Children
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Melinda Pohárnok; Beatrix Lábadi; Eszter Regoczi-Balogh; Krisztina Kopcsó – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2026
In Hungary there is no standardized tool to screen early social-emotional difficulties. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional Second Edition for 18-month-olds (ASQ:SE-2/18). Two studies were conducted. Study 1 involved translation, cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Questionnaires, Psychometrics
Development of a Revised and Abbreviated Version of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ-R): First U.S. Validation and Association to Child Outcomes
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Andréane Lavallée; Jennifer M. Warmingham; Mark A. Reimers; Paul Curtin; Margaret H. Kyle; Judy Austin; Seonjoo Lee; Tyson Barker; Maha Hussain; Elena Arduin; Imaal Ahmed; Ginger Atwood; Sharon Ettinger; Grace Smotrich; J. Blake Turner; Prudence W. Fisher; Rachel Marsh; Dani Dumitriu – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2026
The postpartum bonding questionnaire (PBQ) is a maternal-reported 25-item measure of bonding, available in 15 languages, and widely used for clinical and research purposes in the United States (U.S.) and across the globe. Nonetheless, its putative 4-factor structure initially proposed in 2001 has never generalized or been replicated in other…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers
Retaining Infants and Young Children Who Experience Transitions in Care in Longitudinal Studies of Child Health and Development: Considerations from the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study
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Julie Poehlmann; Elizabeth I. Johnson; Pilar N. Ossorio; Keisher Highsmith; Brenda Jones Harden; Mishka Terplan; Pilar M. Sanjuan; Lorraine McKelvey; Claire D. Coles; Barbara H. Chaiyachati; Hon. Peggy Walker; Rebecca Shlafer; Kaitlyn Pritzl; Chandni Anandha Krishnan; Stephanie Averill; Samir Das; Santiago Torres-Gomez; Florence Hilliard; Brian Gannon; Wesley K. Thompson – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2026
A transition in care (TIC) is a significant change in the primary adults who provide care for a child, involving a move to informal or formal non-parental care, including kinship and foster care. In this paper, we address three issues: (1) the theoretical and empirical reasons for retaining infants and children who experience TIC in longitudinal…
Descriptors: Infants, Young Children, Child Development, Child Health