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Kobas, Mert; Aktan-Erciyes, Asli; Göksun, Tilbe – Infant and Child Development, 2021
Object word learning can be based on infant-related factors such as their manual actions and socio-linguistic factors such as parental input. Specific input for spatial features (i.e., size, shape, features of objects) can be related to object word comprehension in early vocabulary development. In a longitudinal study, we investigated whether fine…
Descriptors: Turkish, Psychomotor Skills, Toddlers, Parent Influence
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Yue, Ai; Luo, Xia; Jia, Miqi; Wang, Boya; Gao, Qiufeng; Shi, Yaojiang; Wang, Shun – Infant and Child Development, 2021
We aimed to evaluate the validity of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires Edition 3 (ASQ-3) and the MacArthur communicative development inventory (CDI) as a screening measure for children at risk of language development delay in western rural China, by comparing them to the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID-III). We administered…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Language Skills, Questionnaires, Child Development
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Thompson, Rebecca J.; Napoli, Amy R.; Purpura, David J. – Infant and Child Development, 2017
The home numeracy environment (HNE) is often predictive of children's early mathematics skills, though the findings are mixed. Overall, research on kindergarten-aged children demonstrates a relation between the HNE and early numeracy skills, whereas findings for preschool-aged children are more equivocal. One potential reason for equivocality of…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Numeracy, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Skills
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Bridgett, David J.; Laake, Lauren M.; Gartstein, Maria A.; Dorn, Danielle – Infant and Child Development, 2013
The current study examined the influence of maternal characteristics on the development of infant smiling and laughter, a marker of early positive emotionality (PE) and how maternal characteristics and the development of infant PE contributed to subsequent maternal parenting. One hundred fifty-nine mothers with 4-month-old infants participated.…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Emotional Development, Child Development, Mothers
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Smith, Hannah R.; Eryigit-Madzwamuse, Suna; Barnes, Jacqueline – Infant and Child Development, 2013
Research on the effect of paternal mental health problems, particularly on young children, is based predominantly on clinical levels of depression. Furthermore, potential mediators such as marital discord have often been overlooked. This longitudinal community study assessed the association between paternal mental health symptoms in a community…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Influence, Mental Disorders, Longitudinal Studies
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Graziano, Paulo A.; Calkins, Susan D.; Keane, Susan P. – Infant and Child Development, 2011
The current study examined the role of maternal behaviour and toddlers' emotion regulation strategies in the development of children's sustained attention abilities. Participants for this study included 447 children (232 girls) obtained from three different cohorts participating in a larger ongoing longitudinal study. When the children were 2…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence
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Guajardo, Nicole R.; Snyder, Gregory; Petersen, Rachel – Infant and Child Development, 2009
The present study included observational and self-report measures to examine associations among parental stress, parental behaviour, child behaviour, and children's theory of mind and emotion understanding. Eighty-three parents and their 3- to 5-year-old children participated. Parents completed measures of parental stress, parenting (laxness,…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Child Behavior