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Emil Smith; David Reimer – Child Development, 2024
This study examined gender differences in reading behavior of 2652 Danish 5th-grade students (age 10-12 years, girls 51%, 14% immigrant background) observed for 218 days in 2019/2020, using data from a popular reading app. Reading behavior was operationalized as time spent reading. Analyses of timing of reading behavior and models of day-to-day…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Grade 5, Reading Habits
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Lagattuta, Kristin Hansen – Child Development, 2007
Two studies investigated 3- to 6-year-olds' and adults' (N= 128) knowledge about emotions and behaviors caused by thinking about the future because of the past. Participants listened to stories featuring characters that experienced negative events, and then, many days later, felt worried or changed their behaviors upon seeing an entity associated…
Descriptors: Young Children, Adults, Negative Attitudes, Gender Differences
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Mezzacappa, Enrico – Child Development, 2004
A computerized test of preparedness for effortful processing (alerting attention), response to orienting cues (orienting attention), and response to the interference of competing demands (executive attention) was administered to a diverse sample of 249 children (47% female, 4.96 to 7.27 years) to assess developmental properties and…
Descriptors: Attention, Urban Youth, Cues, Disadvantaged Youth