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Xiaomei Zhou; Hasan Siddiqui; M. D. Rutherford – Child Development, 2025
Autism spectrum condition (ASC) is characterized by atypical attention to eyes and faces, but the onset and impact of these atypicalities remain unclear. This prospective longitudinal study examined face perception in infants who develop ASC (N = 22, female = 5, 100% White) compared with typically developing infants (N = 131, female = 65, 55.6%…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Nonverbal Communication, Social Cognition, Adjustment (to Environment)
Alfonso, Vincent C., Ed.; DuPaul, George J., Ed. – APA Books, 2020
Every year brings new research studies that aim to describe early childhood development. Despite this boom in research, there has been little useful translation of these studies into clear recommendations for educators and mental health practitioners. This book shows experienced educators and mental health practitioners who work with young…
Descriptors: Child Development, Young Children, Evidence Based Practice, Intervention
Alfonso, Vincent C., Ed.; Bracken, Bruce A., Ed.; Nagle, Richard J., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
"Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children," Fifth Edition, provides academics and school-based practitioners such as psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and social workers with an up-to-date guide to the assessment of young children. Long recognized as the standard text and reference in its field, this comprehensive,…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Educational Assessment, Preschool Children, Psychoeducational Methods
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Okado, Yuko; Haskett, Mary E. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: There is limited knowledge about how positive and negative parenting practices differ across individuals and change over time in parents with substantiated physical abuse history, and how trajectories of these parenting practices affect child adjustment. Objective: The present study examined latent trajectories of positive and negative…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children
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Squires, Jane K.; Waddell, Misti L.; Clifford, Jantina R.; Funk, Kristin; Hoselton, Robert M.; Chen, Ching-I – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2013
Psychometric and utility studies on Social Emotional Assessment Measure (SEAM), an innovative tool for assessing and monitoring social-emotional and behavioral development in infants and toddlers with disabilities, were conducted. The Infant and Toddler SEAM intervals were the study focus, using mixed methods, including item response theory…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Evaluation Methods, Social Development, Emotional Development
Omark, Donald R.; Edelman, Murray S. – 1969
The ethological approach may become an important methodology in the developmental studies of children. The ethological approach takes into consideration the total world of the child, social and cognitive, when the child's development in that world is analyzed. Information can be obtained both from studies of other primates (for example, the study…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Animal Behavior, Behavior Development, Biological Influences
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Wang, Li; Chen, Xinyin; Chen, Huichang; Cui, Liying; Li, Miao – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
Emotional control has traditionally been emphasized in Chinese culture. The primary purpose of the study was to examine the relevance of early affect to social functioning in Chinese children. A sample of children, initially at two years of age, and their mothers in the People's Republic of China participated in this two-year longitudinal study.…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Mothers, Asian Culture, Child Rearing