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Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research
How the Human Mind Grounds Numerical Quantities on Space
AbstractThe propensity to use a spatial framework to organize other pieces of information is a widespread phenomenon that permeates humans ’ representation of diverse concepts, including numerical quantities. Developmental studies on numerical cognition have revealed that humans possess a system for abstract quantity representation that is functional at birth and connects to a spatial representation system. Human infants, children, a nd adults link increases and decreases in numerical quantity to corresponding increases and decreases of spatial extent, as well as to lateralized right/left spatial positions, respectively....
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Maria Dolores de Hevia Tags: Article Source Type: research
A Developmental Perspective on Children With Incarcerated Parents
AbstractParental incarceration is a socially relevant topic with substantial implications for children, yet it is understudied by child development scholars. About 2.6 million U.S. children currently have a parent who is incarcerated, and by age 14, one in 14 U.S. children experiences a resident parent leaving for jail or prison. In this developmentally oriented review, we summarize research on associations between parental incarceration and child well ‐being, and suggest areas where developmental scientists can contribute. While most analyses of large population‐based U.S., datasets have found that experiencing patern...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Julie Poehlmann ‐Tynan,
Kristin Turney Tags: Article Source Type: research
Genetics and Child Development: Recent Advances and Their Implications for Developmental Research
AbstractRecent genetic discoveries offer a new lens through which to study cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social processes that are foundational to children ’s development. In this article, we review the latest advances in genomics—genome‐wide association studies and the polygenic scores that have come out of them—and discuss how these techniques can be leveraged to shed light on developmental research questions. Then, we describe how developmen tal scientists might apply these methods in their own lines of work—for example, in investigations of individual differences in developmental trajectories, interge...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Emma Armstrong ‐Carter,
Jasmin Wertz,
Benjamin W. Domingue Tags: Article Source Type: research
Tolerance, Dissenting Beliefs, and Cultural Diversity
AbstractDivergent cultural, religious, and ideological beliefs and practices are often challenging to contemplate and difficult to accept when they conflict with an individual ’s own convictions and way of life. The recognition that children and adolescents grow up in an increasingly diverse world has led to a general interest in fostering tolerance. In this article, we discuss three central questions on tolerance and related research. First, we consider age‐related p atterns of responses toward tolerance of diversity and whether they depend on the type of dissenting beliefs and practices children are asked to tolerate...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Maykel Verkuyten,
Melanie Killen Tags: Article Source Type: research
Adolescent Acne and Disparities in Mental Health
AbstractAcne is a hallmark of adolescence, affecting 85% of youth between the ages of 12 and 25 worldwide. Perhaps because of its ubiquity and minimal impact on physical functioning, acne is often dismissed as a time ‐delimited cosmetic nuisance and has been summarily neglected by developmental scientists. However, emerging evidence suggests that acne is associated with clinically significant psychological adjustment problems, including depression and anxiety. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that bridge s developmental and dermatological science, we reposition acne as a prominent source of psychological maladjustm...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Misaki N. Natsuaki,
Tuppett M. Yates Tags: Article Source Type: research
Advancing Measurement and Research on Youths ’ Prosocial Behavior in the Digital Age
AbstractWidespread access to digital and social media has drastically altered the nature of youth ’s interpersonal connections. In this context, the opportunities children and adolescents have to help people around them are rapidly evolving. In this article, we review emerging literature on how digital media influences youth’s prosocial development in new ways. Then we propose the next steps for advancing the field’s understanding of youth’s prosocial behavior in the digital age. We advocate for extending existing measures to capture experiences that are increasingly relevant for children and adolescents today, wit...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Emma Armstrong ‐Carter,
Eva H. Telzer Tags: Article Source Type: research
Applying Interdisciplinary Frameworks to Study Prenatal Influences on Child Development
AbstractModern developmental science is informed by several shared principles and adopts a lifespan approach that goes from infancy to senescence. Increasingly, disciplines outside psychology are adopting research frameworks (e.g., fetal origins, developmental origins of health and disease, first 1000 days) that prioritize prenatal experience as a driver of children's long‐term health and developmental outcomes. Despite originating in medical literatures, these new frameworks share many of the core tenets of modern developmental theories. However, they also raise new questions and provoke a b roader consideration of de...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Marie Camerota,
Michael T. Willoughby Tags: Article Source Type: research
Components of Mathematical Competence in Middle Childhood
AbstractMathematical competence in middle childhood predicts socioeconomic status in adulthood. Therefore, it is important to understand the components that constitute mathematical competence from kindergarten to sixth grade. Using an analytical approach, in this article, I identify three components: understanding numbers, understanding mathematical symbols and their relevant principles, and converting problems into mathematical expressions. Evidence suggests that all three components significantly predict children's mathematical competence. However, the interrelations of the three components, as well as their unique contr...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Tin ‐Yau Terry Wong Tags: Article Source Type: research
Issue Information ‐ Editorial Board
(Source: Child Development Perspectives)
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research
How the Human Mind Grounds Numerical Quantities on Space
AbstractThe propensity to use a spatial framework to organize other pieces of information is a widespread phenomenon that permeates humans ’ representation of diverse concepts, including numerical quantities. Developmental studies on numerical cognition have revealed that humans possess a system for abstract quantity representation that is functional at birth and connects to a spatial representation system. Human infants, children, a nd adults link increases and decreases in numerical quantity to corresponding increases and decreases of spatial extent, as well as to lateralized right/left spatial positions, respectively....
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Maria Dolores de Hevia Tags: Article Source Type: research
A Developmental Perspective on Children With Incarcerated Parents
AbstractParental incarceration is a socially relevant topic with substantial implications for children, yet it is understudied by child development scholars. About 2.6 million U.S. children currently have a parent who is incarcerated, and by age 14, one in 14 U.S. children experiences a resident parent leaving for jail or prison. In this developmentally oriented review, we summarize research on associations between parental incarceration and child well ‐being, and suggest areas where developmental scientists can contribute. While most analyses of large population‐based U.S., datasets have found that experiencing patern...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Julie Poehlmann ‐Tynan,
Kristin Turney Tags: Article Source Type: research
Genetics and Child Development: Recent Advances and Their Implications for Developmental Research
AbstractRecent genetic discoveries offer a new lens through which to study cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social processes that are foundational to children ’s development. In this article, we review the latest advances in genomics—genome‐wide association studies and the polygenic scores that have come out of them—and discuss how these techniques can be leveraged to shed light on developmental research questions. Then, we describe how developmen tal scientists might apply these methods in their own lines of work—for example, in investigations of individual differences in developmental trajectories, interge...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Emma Armstrong ‐Carter,
Jasmin Wertz,
Benjamin W. Domingue Tags: Article Source Type: research
Tolerance, Dissenting Beliefs, and Cultural Diversity
AbstractDivergent cultural, religious, and ideological beliefs and practices are often challenging to contemplate and difficult to accept when they conflict with an individual ’s own convictions and way of life. The recognition that children and adolescents grow up in an increasingly diverse world has led to a general interest in fostering tolerance. In this article, we discuss three central questions on tolerance and related research. First, we consider age‐related p atterns of responses toward tolerance of diversity and whether they depend on the type of dissenting beliefs and practices children are asked to tolerate...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Maykel Verkuyten,
Melanie Killen Tags: Article Source Type: research
