Diversity and representation in studies of infant perceptual narrowing
AbstractOver the past 50 years, scientists have made amazing discoveries about the origins of human language acquisition. Central to this field of study is the process by which infants' perceptual sensitivities gradually align with native language structure, known asperceptual narrowing. Perceptual narrowing offers a theoretical account of how infants draw on environmental experience to induce underlying linguistic structure, providing an important pathway to word learning. Researchers have advanced perceptual narrowing theory as a universal developmental theory that applies broadly across language learners. In this art...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - October 8, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Leher Singh,
Sarah J. Rajendra,
Reiko Mazuka Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Sleep and disparities in child and adolescent development
AbstractSleep is a robust predictor of child and adolescent development. Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and related experiences (e.g., discrimination) are associated with sleep, but researchers have just begun to understand the role of sleep in the development of racial/ethnic and SES disparities in broader psychosocial adjustment and cognitive functioning during childhood and adolescence. In this article, we discuss poor sleep as a potential mechanism contributing to the development of such disparities, and better sleep as a potential protective factor that diminishes such disparities. We conclude by offering...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - September 21, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Mona El ‐Sheikh,
Brian T. Gillis,
Ekjyot K. Saini,
Stephen A. Erath,
Joseph A. Buckhalt Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Ecological validity in measuring parents ’ executive function
AbstractParents' executive functions (EFs), or cognitive skills facilitating thought and behavior management, are meaningful correlates of parenting behavior. EFs are theorized to support parents in inhibiting reactive responses, managing information during parent –child interactions, and adapting to novel developmental demands. Less effective EFs associate with risk for harsh parenting and physical abuse, underscoring the importance of research on parental EFs in promoting healthy child development. Yet, despite the strong theory, findings are mixed and re veal only modest effect sizes in relations between EFs and paren...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - September 4, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Catherine M. Diercks,
Kelley E. Gunther,
Erika Lunkenheimer,
Douglas M. Teti Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 6, 2022 Category: Child Development Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
The Bucharest Early Intervention Project: Adolescent mental health and adaptation following early deprivation
AbstractOver the last 20 years, we have learned much about the extent to which early-life deprivation affects the mental health of children and adolescents. This body of evidence comes predominantly from studies of children raised in institutional care. The Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP) is the only randomiz ed controlled trial designed to evaluate whether the transition to family-based foster care early in development can ameliorate the long-term impact of institutional deprivation on psychopathology during vulnerable developmental windows such as adolescence. In this review, we detail the extent to wh ich...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - July 20, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Mark Wade,
Jill Parsons,
Kathryn L. Humphreys,
Katie A. McLaughlin,
Margaret A. Sheridan,
Charles H. Zeanah,
Charles A. Nelson,
Nathan A. Fox Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
The promise and purpose of early care and education
AbstractEarly care and education (ECE) evolved around two goals: allowing parents of young children to work (thepurpose) and promoting early childhood development (thepromise). An extensive body of research has examined how ECE promotes child development. A much sparser body of research has studied how ECE access affects families' economic and psychological well-being, particularly from a developmental perspective. These imbalanced literatures have created an incomplete picture of the role of ECE in developmental science, and this gap in knowledge limits the extent to which both the purpose and the promise of ECE can be fu...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - July 11, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Margaret Burchinal,
Anamarie A. Whitaker,
Jade Marcus Jenkins Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Healthy adolescent development and the juvenile justice system: Challenges and solutions
AbstractAdolescents are developmentally distinct from adults in ways that merit a tailored response to juvenile crime. Normative adolescent brain development is associated with increases in risk taking, which may include criminal behavior. Juvenile delinquency peaks during the adolescent years and declines in concert with psychosocial maturation. However, current U.S. approaches to juvenile justice are misaligned with youth's developmental needs and may undermine the very psychosocial development necessary for youth to transition out of crime and lead healthy adult lives. In this article, I discuss empirically supported an...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - July 10, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Caitlin Cavanagh Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Early care and education settings as contexts for socialization: New directions for quality assessment
AbstractIn this article, we aim to chart a path for a new generation of early care and education (ECE) quality assessments that accurately and equitably capture key inputs to the social –emotional well-being of the diverse population of young children in ECE classrooms in the United States. We zero in on four promising, socially supportive features of center-based ECE settings that are actionable for research, policy, and practice: teachers' classroom behavior-management strategi es, their scaffolding of peer interactions, aspects of their own well-being that shape their capacities to support children's social–emotiona...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - June 30, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Deborah A. Phillips,
Anna D. Johnson,
Iheoma U. Iruka Tags: Two Views Source Type: research
