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Profiles of Observed Infant Anger Predict Preschool Behavior Problems: Moderation by Life Stress
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Brooker, Rebecca J.; Buss, Kristin A.; Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn; Aksan, Nazan; Davidson, Richard J.; Goldsmith, H. Hill – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Using both traditional composites and novel profiles of anger, we examined associations between infant anger and preschool behavior problems in a large, longitudinal data set (N = 966). We also tested the role of life stress as a moderator of the link between early anger and the development of behavior problems. Although traditional measures of…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Infants, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children
Attention Problems and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Discordant and Concordant Monozygotic Twins: Evidence of Environmental Mediators
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Lehn, Hanne; Derks, Eske M.; Hudziak, James J.; Heutink, Peter; van Beijsterveldt, Toos; Boomsma, Dorret I. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To study familial and nonfamilial environmental influences on attention problems and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in monozygotic twins discordant and concordant-high and low for these traits. Method: Ninety-five twin pairs from The Netherlands Twin Register were selected. Longitudinal survey data were collected at 1,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Influences, Behavior Problems, Motor Development
Parent-Infant Synchrony and the Social-Emotional Development of Triplets
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Feldman, Ruth; Eidelman, Arthur I. – Developmental Psychology, 2004
To study the social-emotional development of triplets, 23 sets of triplets, 23 sets of twins, and 23 singleton infants (N=138) were followed from birth to 2 years. Maternal depression and social support were assessed in the postpartum period, mother-infant and father-infant interaction and the home environment were observed at 3 months, a…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Family Environment, Behavior Problems
Verbal and Nonverbal Predictors of Early Language Problems: An Analysis of Twins in Early Childhood Back to Infancy
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Oliver, Bonamy; Dale, Philip S.; Plomin, Robert – Journal of Child Language, 2004
We investigated infant precursors of low language scores in early childhood. The sample included 373 probands in 130 monozygotic (MZ) and 109 same-sex dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs in which at least one member of the pair scored in the lowest 15th percentile of a control sample on a general language factor derived from tester-administered tests at…
Descriptors: Twins, Young Children, Genetics, Cognitive Development
Infancy to Early Childhood: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Developmental Change.
Emde, Robert N., Ed.; Hewitt, John K., Ed. – 2001
This book analyzes the MacArthur Longitudinal Twin Study, a collaborative study by leading developmental scientists and behavioral geneticists on the transition from infancy to early childhood. Part 1 of the book describes the twin method and procedures used and introduces the analytic strategies. Parts 2 through 4 present results related to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Parenting and the Child's World: Influences on Academic, Intellectual, and Social-Emotional Development. Monographs in Parenting.
Borkowski, John G.; Ramey, Sharon Landesman; Bristol-Power, Marie – 2002
Conceived around the notion that there are multiple sources of influence on children's development, this volume describes when, where, and how parenting matters and the major antecedents and moderators of effective parenting. The chapters of the volume are as follows: (1) "Beyond the Nurture Assumption: Testing Hypotheses about the Child's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Adoption, Attachment Behavior