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Direct linkNatasha Chaku; Kelly Barry – Infant and Child Development, 2024
During adolescence, increases in pubertal hormones lead to reproductive maturity as well as changes in cognitive development. Yet, little is known about how to best characterize interindividual differences in hormone concentrations. The goal of the current study was to examine the antecedents and consequences of membership in empirically derived…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Puberty, Physiology, Biochemistry
Weisberg, Deena Skolnick; Hopkins, Emily J. – Infant and Child Development, 2020
How do young children decide which events can happen within fictional stories (extension) and learn new information from these stories (export)? In two studies, we investigate these two issues as well as the influence of story genre (realistic or fantastical) on these processes. Preschoolers (N = 192) heard either a realistic or fantastical story…
Descriptors: Fiction, Literary Genres, Fantasy, Preschool Children
Steventon Roberts, Kathryn J.; Smith, Colette; Toska, Elona; Cluver, Lucie; Wittesaele, Camille; Langwenya, Nontokozo; Shenderovich, Yulia; Saal, Wylene; Jochim, Janina; Chen-Charles, Jenny; Marlow, Marguerite; Sherr, Lorraine – Infant and Child Development, 2023
This study explores the cognitive development of children born to adolescent mothers within South Africa compared to existing reference data, and explores development by child age bands to examine relative levels of development. Cross-sectional analyses present data from 954 adolescents (10-19 years) and their first-born children (0-68 months).…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Parenthood, Adolescents, Mothers
Fong, Cathy Yui-Chi – Infant and Child Development, 2023
The present study aimed to examine the role of phonological--semantic flexibility (PSF) in learning to read Chinese. PSF refers to a specific flexibility applied to process the dual linguistic dimensions of words (i.e., sound and meaning). A correlational study (Study 1) was conducted to determine the unique contribution of PSF to three aspects of…
Descriptors: Phonology, Semantics, Reading Processes, Chinese
MacKenzie, Michael J.; Nicklas, Eric; Waldfogel, Jane; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Infant and Child Development, 2012
This study examined the prevalence and determinants of spanking of children at 3?years of age and the associations between spanking and externalizing behaviour and receptive verbal ability at age 5?years. Overall, we find maternal spanking rates of 55.2% and paternal rates of 43.2% at age 3?years. Mothers facing greater stress and those who…
Descriptors: Punishment, Mothers, Fathers, Preschool Children
Flynn, Emma – Infant and Child Development, 2007
The aim of this study was to establish the nature of the relations between inhibitory control (IC) and false belief understanding (FBU). Twenty-eight children, participating in an experimental condition, were tested on a battery of FBU and IC tasks every four weeks for six phases of testing. A control group of 14 children completed the battery…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Verbal Ability, Inhibition
Thorell, Lisa B.; Wahlstedt, Cecilia – Infant and Child Development, 2006
The present study investigated the relation between executive functioning and symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in children aged 4-6. A population-based sample (n = 201) was used and laboratory measures of inhibition, working memory and verbal fluency and teacher ratings of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Preschool Children, Short Term Memory, Effect Size
