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Direct linkCatherine E. Draper; Caylee J. Cook; Elizabeth A. Ankrah; Jesus A. Beltran; Franceli L. Cibrian; Kimberley D. Lakes; Hanna Mofid; Lucretia Williams; Gillian R. Hayes – Infant and Child Development, 2025
To address the need for interventions targeting social emotional development and mental health of young children in South Africa, the "Mazi Umntanakho" ('know your child') digital tool was co-designed, and piloted with caregivers and 3-5-year-old children involved in home visiting programmes promoting early childhood development. The aim…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Social Development, Emotional Development
Zhang, Xinyi; Lau, Carrie; Yang, Yi – Infant and Child Development, 2021
Shyness, which is characterized by social withdrawal behaviours and approaching-withdrawal conflicted social motivations, is suggested to influence children's social-emotional development. This study examined the association between shyness and social-emotional development among Chinese children aged 3 to 12. A systematic search of both Chinese…
Descriptors: Shyness, Withdrawal (Psychology), Social Development, Emotional Development
Zhu, Jingjing; Baldwin, Danielle; Li, Yan; Xie, Qingbin; Coplan, Robert J. – Infant and Child Development, 2018
The goal of this study was to examine longitudinal associations among unsociability and indices of socio-emotional functioning in a sample of young Chinese children. Participants were N = 360 children (M[subscript age] = 4.72 years, SD = 0.67) recruited from kindergarten classes in an urban area of China. Assessments of unsociability and…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Young Children, Kindergarten
Sundqvist, Annette; Holmer, Emil; Koch, Felix-Sebastian; Heimann, Mikael – Infant and Child Development, 2018
This study explored the development of theory of mind (ToM) in 80 Swedish-speaking 3- to 5-year-olds, a previously unstudied language and culture. The ToM scale was translated and tested in a Swedish context. The results show that the ToM abilities improve significantly with age. In addition, a gender difference was observed for the whole sample,…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Preschool Children, Social Development, Emotional Development
Cha, Kijoo – Infant and Child Development, 2017
The present study examined the interplay among negative emotionality, responsive parenting and socio-cognitive developmental outcomes (i.e., communication, personal-social and problem-solving outcomes) in about 1620 Korean children using three waves of longitudinal data spanning the first 2 years of their life. Results from the Structural Equation…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Parenting Styles, Social Development, Cognitive Development
Korucu, Irem; Selcuk, Bilge; Harma, Mehmet – Infant and Child Development, 2017
It is argued that self-regulation skill is necessary both for displaying constructive behaviour and for controlling negative social behaviour, and self-regulation might affect social behaviours by increasing the ability to understand others' minds. In this research, in order to examine different aspects of self-regulation and their similarities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Control, Social Behavior, Executive Function
Farrant, Brad M.; Mattes, Eugen; Keelan, Jeff A.; Hickey, Martha; Whitehouse, Andrew J. O. – Infant and Child Development, 2013
The present study investigated the relations among fetal testosterone, child socio-emotional engagement and language development in a sample of 467 children (235 boys) from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study. Bioavailable testosterone concentration measured in umbilical cord blood taken at birth was found to be significantly…
Descriptors: Infants, Prenatal Influences, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development
Röthlisberger, Marianne; Neuenschwander, Regula; Cimeli, Patriza; Michel, Eva; Roebers, Claudia M. – Infant and Child Development, 2012
Research suggests a central role of executive functions for children's cognitive and social development during preschool years, especially in promoting school readiness. Interventions aiming to improve executive functions are therefore being called for. The present study examined the effect of a small group intervention implemented in kindergarten…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Executive Function
Nagy, Emese; Kompagne, Hajnalka; Orvos, Hajnalka; Pal, Attila – Infant and Child Development, 2007
Socio-emotional behaviour is in part sex-related in humans, although the contribution of the biological and socio-cultural factors is not yet known. This study explores sex-related differences during the earliest communicative exchange, the neonatal imitation in 43 newborn infants (3-96 hours old) using an index finger extension imitative gesture.…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Imitation, Neonates, Social Environment
Bart, Orit; Hajami, Dov; Bar-Haim, Yair – Infant and Child Development, 2007
The present study assessed the relations between basic motor abilities in kindergarten and scholastic, social, and emotional adaptation in the transition to formal schooling. Seventy-one five-year-old kindergarten children were administered a battery of standard assessments of basic motor functions. A year later, children's adjustment to school…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment, Kindergarten, Psychomotor Skills
de Graaf, Ireen; Onrust, Simone; Haverman, Merel; Janssens, Jan – Infant and Child Development, 2009
The present study evaluated two primary care parenting interventions. First, we evaluated the most widely used Dutch practices for primary care parenting support. Second, we assessed the applicability of the Primary Care Triple P approach, which is now being utilized in a wide variety of primary care settings. Both interventions target parents of…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Parents
Karos, Leigh Karavasilis; Howe, Nina; Aquan-Assee, Jasmin – Infant and Child Development, 2007
Associations between reciprocal and complementary sibling interactions, sibling relationship quality, and children's socio-emotional problem solving were examined in 40 grade 5-6 children (M age = 11.5 years) from middle class, Caucasian, Canadian families using a multi-method approach (i.e. interviews, self-report questionnaires, daily diary…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Problem Solving
