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Gender Differences, or Lack Thereof, in the Early Home Science Environment
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Suzanne Varnell; Sona C. Kumar; Lauren Westerberg; Patrick Ehrman; Fabiola Herrera; Chellam Antony; Avery H. Closser; Elizabeth Clark; David J. Purpura – Infant and Child Development, 2025
As women are underrepresented in STEM and the home learning environment has been associated with children's science knowledge, this study focuses on the home science environment as an area where gender differences may occur. To identify potential antecedents of gender differences, this study examined whether there were mean differences in the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Family Environment, Science Education, Early Childhood Education
Sequence of Theory-of-Mind Acquisition in Turkish Children from Diverse Social Backgrounds
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Selcuk, Bilge; Brink, Kimberly A.; Ekerim, Muge; Wellman, Henry M. – Infant and Child Development, 2018
We examined the sequence of theory of mind (ToM) acquisition in 260 Turkish children (Mage = 53.36 months, SD = 10.37) and the demographic factors associated with it. Children came from 5 different cities in Turkey. Their ToM skills were measured using ToM Scale, which probes various mental state understandings from diverse desires to hidden…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Foreign Countries
Language, Shyness and Social Contexts: Commentary
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Durkin, Kevin – Infant and Child Development, 2009
Language is a gift of special significance to the human species. Whether the source of the generosity is nature or nurture, or some combination, is controversial, but few scientists or laypeople would dispute the evolutionary and practical value of the key mode of communication. From infancy, language is integral to just about everything one does,…
Descriptors: Shyness, Social Life, Language Skills, Gender Issues
Family-Level Coparenting Processes and Child Gender as Moderators of Family Stress and Toddler Adjustment
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Kolak, Amy M.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne – Infant and Child Development, 2008
The goal of this multi-method study was to examine how child gender and coparenting processes influence associations between family stress and toddlers' social adjustment. The participants, 104 dual-earner couples and their 2-year-old children, were videotaped in their home during a freeplay activity. Mothers and fathers completed questionnaires…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Questionnaires, Social Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment
Do Maternal Stress and Home Environment Mediate the Relation between Early Income-to-Need and 54-Months Attentional Abilities?
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Dilworth-Bart, Janean E.; Khurshid, Ayesha; Vandell, Deborah Lowe – Infant and Child Development, 2007
Using Ecological Systems Theory and stage sequential modelling procedures for detecting mediation, this study examined how early developmental contexts impact preschoolers' performances on a measure of sustained attention and impulse control. Data from 1273 European-American and African-American participants in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care…
Descriptors: Income, Self Control, Family Environment, Attention Span