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Rubio-Codina, Marta; Attanasio, Orazio; Grantham-McGregor, Sally – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
Research has previously shown a gap of near 0.5 of a standard deviation (SD) in cognition and language development between the top and bottom household wealth quartile in children aged 6-42 months in a large representative sample of low- and middle-income families in Bogota, using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development. The gaps in…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Young Children, Family Environment
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Barnes, Jacqueline; Melhuish, Edward C. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2017
This study investigated whether the amount and timing of group-based childcare between birth and 51 months were predictive of cognitive development at 51 months, taking into account other non-parental childcare, demographic characteristics, cognitive development at 18 months, sensitive parenting and a stimulating home environment. Children's…
Descriptors: Child Care, Multiple Regression Analysis, Mother Attitudes, Interviews
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Karaaslan, Ozcan; Mahoney, Gerald – Journal of Early Intervention, 2015
Mediational analyses were conducted with data from two small randomized control trials of the Responsive Teaching (RT) parent-mediated developmental intervention which used nearly identical intervention and control procedures. The purpose of these analyses was to determine whether or how the changes in maternal responsiveness and children's…
Descriptors: Mediation Theory, Teaching Methods, Preschool Children, Disabilities
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Spangler, Gottfried; Zimmermann, Peter – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
The aim of the present study was to examine differences in emotion expression and emotion regulation in emotion-eliciting situations in early adolescence from a bio-psycho-social perspective, specifically investigating the influence of early mother-infant attachment and attachment disorganization on behavioural and adrenocortical responses. The…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Emotional Response, Metabolism, Attachment Behavior
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Hall, Suzanne; Rumney, Lisa; Holler, Judith; Kidd, Evan – First Language, 2013
The present study investigated the developmental interrelationships between play, gesture use and spoken language development in children aged 18-31 months. The children completed two tasks: (i) a structured measure of pretend (or "symbolic") play and (ii) a measure of vocabulary knowledge in which children have been shown to gesture.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Play, Language Acquisition, Nonverbal Communication
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Wu, Jennifer Chun-Li; Chiang, Tung-liang – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
Taiwan has over the past three decades been experiencing demographic changes that may pose important concerns for children's quality of life. This study examines the relationships and potential pathways between family structure transitions and early childhood development. Our analysis is based on 19,499 children from the 2005 birth cohort who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Correlation, Family Structure
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Torres, Nuno; Veríssimo, Manuela; Santos, António J.; Monteiro, Ligia; Figueiredo, Mafalda; Vaughn, Brian E. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: Data from a national sample of Portuguese preschool centers were used to examine the relationship between age of start and number of hours in child care and levels of externalizing and prosocial behaviors with peers. Participants were both parents and teachers of 543 children (mean age = 4.5 years, 50.6% girls). Children started…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Parenting Styles, Questionnaires
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Tatone-Tokuda, Fabiola; Dubois, Lise; Girard, Manon – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
Infant feeding guidelines recommend exclusive breast-feeding to the age of 6 months; complementary foods should not be introduced before this age. This study examined parent and infant psychosocial determinants of the early introduction of complementary foods. Analyses were conducted on a representative sample of children born in Quebec (Canada)…
Descriptors: Infants, Guidelines, Foreign Countries, Child Development