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Direct linkKristen T. MacKenzie; Mario J. Crown; Jessie B. Northrup; Elizabeth Rutenberg; Amy G. Hartman; Carla A. Mazefsky – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The purpose of this project was to investigate potential correlates of family life impairment in families of young autistic children. This project incorporated measures of specific child and parent challenges in addition to a commonly used unidimensional measure of autism characteristics. In this way, we could assess whether such challenges…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Barriers
Veronica McTaggart; Rosemary McGill; Simon Stephens – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2025
This paper presents perspectives from early childhood practitioners of pre-school children's (n = 100) social and emotional competencies upon entering pre-school and again after term three of the pre-school year. This research reports findings from five pre-school settings within rural and urban locations. A quantitative approach is used with…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Social Emotional Learning, Preschool Teachers, Rural Schools
Jessica Paynter; Vanessa Heng; Madonna Tucker; Stephanie Malone – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
We investigated longitudinal relations between internalizing, externalizing, and total behaviors that challenge in young children on the autism spectrum and mothers' parenting stress. Participants included 93 mothers of children on the autism spectrum aged 27.89-65.84 months, who completed questionnaires on maternal parenting stress, and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Stress Variables
Jennie Sotelo-Orozco; Irva Hertz-Picciotto – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Investigate the association between gastrointestinal (GI) issues and psychometric scores among children with developmental delays and typical development. We examined the association between GI issues and the Mullen Scale of Early Learning (MSEL), Vineland Adaptive Behavior Subscales (VABS), and Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) scores from…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Physiology, Developmental Delays, Down Syndrome
Virve Keränen; Susanna Kinnunen – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2025
Mud pants have protected Finnish preschool children from dirt and water for many years. However, children do not like to wear them and educators in preschools feel that mud pants cause hard work. This contradiction made us wonder with mud pants. Drawing on relational--material approaches, we understand mud pants as material agent and ask the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Clothing, Cultural Context
Nah, Yong-Hwee; Chen, Mo – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
This study described the development of a culturally adapted video version of Strange Stories test as a measure of advanced theory of mind for youths in an Asian country (i.e. Singapore), the Y-ToM, and to provide preliminary psychometric properties. Participants were 170 youths (82 male, 88 female) aged from 13 to 16 years old (M = 14.77, SD =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Check Lists, Child Behavior
Ai, Jun; Horn, Eva M.; Bigelow, Kathryn M. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: This study was the first attempt to investigate the status of implementation and sustainability of early childhood positive behavior support (PBS) via the lens of implementation science for community-based child care centers in a Midwest state of the United States. Objective: Obtain state-level data and gain insights on PBS…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Child Behavior, Child Care Centers, Professional Development
López-Pérez, Belén; Patel, Hannah; Zuffianò, Antonio – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
In order to comfort others, children need to exhibit Theory of Mind (ToM) skills. The goal of the present study was to investigate the role of ToM in association with children's spontaneous comforting behaviour in a laboratory task. Forty-seven children between 26 and 57 months of age completed three ToM tasks: diverse desires, diverse beliefs and…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Child Behavior, Preschool Children, Affective Behavior
Download full textFeng, Siwen – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2022
Smart phones have permeated every part of people's lives in the mobile internet era and are virtually taken for granted on a daily basis. Chinese primary school students are facing a serious problem with mobile gaming addiction as a result of their easy access to cell phones. The excessive usage of mobile games has negative impacts on children's…
Descriptors: Video Games, Handheld Devices, Foreign Countries, Addictive Behavior
Fincham, Emmanuelle N. – Global Studies of Childhood, 2022
Mainstream images of "toddler" tend to serve a humorous purpose in mass media, most often presenting children of this age (18 months-3 years) as out-of-control. This assumed "barbaric" toddler promotes early childhood as a time for intervention, expecting adults to be the shapers of behavior and knowledge within discourses of…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Child Behavior, Child Development, Teaching Methods
Liu, Junjie; Birkeland, Åsta – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2022
Risky play provides multiple benefits for children's development. This study compared teachers' perceptions of risky play in one kindergarten in Norway and one in China, including the concept of risky play, the roles of teachers, the protective strategies adopted, and the factors limiting the practice of risky play. The aim of the article is to…
Descriptors: Risk, Play, Child Behavior, Teacher Attitudes
Cohen, Alexandra O.; Phaneuf, Camille V.; Rosenbaum, Gail M.; Glover, Morgan M.; Avallone, Kristen N.; Shen, Xinxu; Hartley, Catherine A. – Learning & Memory, 2022
Previously rewarding experiences can influence choices in new situations. Past work has demonstrated that existing reward associations can either help or hinder future behaviors and that there is substantial individual variability in the transfer of value across contexts. Developmental changes in reward sensitivity may also modulate the impact of…
Descriptors: Rewards, Memory, Stimuli, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
Shurtz, Logan; Schwartz, Chloe; DiStefano, Charlotte; McPartland, James C.; Levin, April R.; Dawson, Geraldine; Kleinhans, Natalia M.; Faja, Susan; Webb, Sara J.; Shic, Frederick; Naples, Adam J.; Seow, Helen; Bernier, Raphael A.; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Sugar, Catherine A.; Dziura, James; Senturk, Damla; Santhosh, Megha; Jeste, Shafali S. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Children with autism spectrum disorder are prescribed various medications to address behavior and mood. In clinical trials, individuals taking concomitant psychotropic medications often are excluded to maintain homogeneity and prevent contamination of clinical endpoints. However, this choice may compromise the representativeness of the sample. In…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Drug Therapy, Incidence, Child Behavior
Davies, Joanna; Glinn, Laura; Osborne, Lisa A.; Reed, Phil – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
The current study explored similarities and differences in parenting stress (PSI) and behaviours in parent reports of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attachment disorder (AD). 155 parents whose children had developmental delays and disorders completed the social communication questionnaire, Randolph attachment questionnaire, strengths and…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Stress Variables, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attachment Behavior
Lahat, Ayelet; Perlman, Michal; Howe, Nina; Recchia, Holly E.; Bukowski, William M.; Santo, Jonathan B.; Luo, Zhangjing; Ross, Hildy – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2023
The frequency and length of games, conflicts, and contingency sequences that took place between toddlers as they got to know one another were studied using archival data. The sample consisted of 28 unfamiliar 20- and 30-month-old toddlers (predominantly White, 16 males) who met separately with each of two other toddlers for 18 play dates. The…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Familiarity, Stranger Reactions, Interpersonal Relationship
