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Brenda Jones Harden; Tiffany L. Martoccio; Colleen M. Morrison; Shelby Brown – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2025
Research has documented elevated experiences of racial discrimination among African American families, and its adverse impacts on their psychological well-being. However, most studies have investigated the experiences of and consequences for older children and adults. The goal of the current study was to examine the relations among mothers'…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, African American Family, Perinatal Influences, Infants
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Wass, Samuel V.; Smith, Celia G.; Stubbs, Louise; Clackson, Kaili; Mirza, Farhan U. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Over the last 2 centuries there has been a rapid increase in the proportion of children who grow up in cities. However, relatively little work has explored in detail the physiological and cognitive pathways through which city life may affect early development. To assess this, we observed a cohort of infants growing up in diverse settings across…
Descriptors: Physiology, Stress Variables, Infants, Urban Areas
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Feldman, Ruth; Eidelman, Arthur I.; Rotenberg, Noa – Child Development, 2004
To examine the development of triplets, 23 sets of triplets were matched with 23 sets of twins and 23 singletons (N138). Maternal sensitivity was observed at newborn, 3, 6, and 12 months, and infants' cognitive and symbolic skills at 1 year. Triplets received lower maternal sensitivity across infancy and exhibited poorer cognitive competencies…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Child Rearing, Twins, Cognitive Development