Erratum
Child Development, EarlyView. (Source: Child Development)
Source: Child Development - November 28, 2018 Category: Child Development Tags: Erratum Source Type: research

Accelerating the Development of Second ‐Order False Belief Reasoning: A Training Study With Different Feedback Methods
One ‐hundred‐six 5‐year‐olds’ (Mage = 5;6;SD  = 0.40) were trained with second‐order false belief tasks in one of the following conditions: (a)feedback with explanation; (b)feedback without explanation; (c)no feedback; (d)active control. The results showed that there were significant improvements in children's scores from pretest to posttest in the three experimental conditions even when children's age, verbal abilities, or working memory scores were controlled for. The training effect was stable at a follow ‐up session 4 months after the pretest. Overall, our results suggest that 5‐year‐olds’ fail...
Source: Child Development - November 26, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Burcu Arslan, Rineke Verbrugge, Niels Taatgen, Bart Hollebrandse Tags: Empirical Article Source Type: research

Social Networks of Children With Developmental Language Disorder in Inclusive Preschool Programs
This study takes an ecological approach to examine how children with developmental language disorder (DLD) interact with their classmates within early childhood special education (ECSE) inclusive classrooms. Participants were 124 children with DLD, 56 children with other disabilities, and 247 typically developing children (Mage = 52.42 months,SD = 6.27) from 56 ECSE inclusive classrooms. Results of social network analysis showed that children with DLD had significantly smaller peer social networks and were more likely to be isolated. Children tended to interact with peers with the same DLD status. These effects of chi...
Source: Child Development - November 12, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Jing Chen, Laura M. Justice, Anna Rhoad ‐Drogalis, Tzu‐Jung Lin, Brook Sawyer Tags: Empirical Article Source Type: research

Effect of Cognitive Style on Topographical Learning Across Life Span: Insights From Normal Development
This study assessed for the first time the effect of field dependence–independence on topographica l learning (TL) across the life span: 195 individuals, including 54 healthy young‐adults (age‐range = 20–30), 46 teenagers (age‐range = 11–14), and 95 children (age‐range = 6–9) participated in this study. Field dependence–independence interacted with age in predicting TL. Also during childhood higher field independence was associated with better performances but not later in the life, that is, during adolescence and adulthood. This result suggests that field dependence–independence may have a role i...
Source: Child Development - November 9, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Maddalena Boccia, Francesca Vecchione, Antonella Di Vita, Simonetta D'Amico, Cecilia Guariglia, Laura Piccardi Tags: Empirical Report Source Type: research

“It's Wrong to Exclude Girls From Something They Love.” Adolescents’ Attitudes About Sexism in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
The current research examined adolescents ’ attitudes about sexism in fields related to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The ethnically diverse sample (61% East Asian) was composed of 629 adolescents (Mage = 16.09) who attended a public school in the United States. Participants responded to closed‐ and open‐ended questions about the prevalence and severity of sexism in STEM. We used latent profile analysis to classify participants into latent classes according to their responses. Of note, one l atent class included participants who perceived sexism in STEM as a fairly common and very serious probl...
Source: Child Development - November 9, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Rachael D. Robnett, Jennifer E. John Tags: Empirical Article Source Type: research

Effect of Cognitive Style on Topographical Learning Across Life Span: Insights From Normal Development
This study assessed for the first time the effect of field dependence–independence on topographica l learning (TL) across the life span: 195 individuals, including 54 healthy young‐adults (age‐range = 20–30), 46 teenagers (age‐range = 11–14), and 95 children (age‐range = 6–9) participated in this study. Field dependence–independence interacted with age in predicting TL. Also during childhood higher field independence was associated with better performances but not later in the life, that is, during adolescence and adulthood. This result suggests that field dependence–independence may have a role i...
Source: Child Development - November 9, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Maddalena Boccia, Francesca Vecchione, Antonella Di Vita, Simonetta D'Amico, Cecilia Guariglia, Laura Piccardi Tags: Empirical Report Source Type: research

“It's Wrong to Exclude Girls From Something They Love.” Adolescents’ Attitudes About Sexism in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
The current research examined adolescents ’ attitudes about sexism in fields related to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The ethnically diverse sample (61% East Asian) was composed of 629 adolescents (Mage = 16.09) who attended a public school in the United States. Participants responded to closed‐ and open‐ended questions about the prevalence and severity of sexism in STEM. We used latent profile analysis to classify participants into latent classes according to their responses. Of note, one l atent class included participants who perceived sexism in STEM as a fairly common and very serious probl...
Source: Child Development - November 9, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Rachael D. Robnett, Jennifer E. John Tags: Empirical Article Source Type: research

Role of the Embodied Cognition Process in Perspective ‐Taking Ability During Childhood
This study examined developmental changes in Level ‐2 visual perspective taking (VPT2) in 90 children aged 4–12 years and tested the role of their ability to mentally simulate changes to their bodily locations (self‐motion imagery; SMI). Performance of a mental toy rotation task and a self‐motion (SM) task (changing location of children) wa s superior to that of VPT2 and SMI tasks. Task performance of SMI was better than that of VPT2 before 10;0 (years;months). Furthermore, egocentric responses in VPT2 and SMI tasks were significantly more frequent than those in the mental rotation and SM tasks before 10;3. These ...
Source: Child Development - November 8, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Masahiro Hirai, Yukako Muramatsu, Miho Nakamura Tags: Empirical Article Source Type: research

Issue Information
Child Development, Volume 89, Issue 6, Page 1933-1937, November/December 2018. (Source: Child Development)
Source: Child Development - November 8, 2018 Category: Child Development Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research

Role of the Embodied Cognition Process in Perspective ‐Taking Ability During Childhood
This study examined developmental changes in Level ‐2 visual perspective taking (VPT2) in 90 children aged 4–12 years and tested the role of their ability to mentally simulate changes to their bodily locations (self‐motion imagery; SMI). Performance of a mental toy rotation task and a self‐motion (SM) task (changing location of children) wa s superior to that of VPT2 and SMI tasks. Task performance of SMI was better than that of VPT2 before 10;0 (years;months). Furthermore, egocentric responses in VPT2 and SMI tasks were significantly more frequent than those in the mental rotation and SM tasks before 10;3. These ...
Source: Child Development - November 8, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Masahiro Hirai, Yukako Muramatsu, Miho Nakamura Tags: Empirical Article Source Type: research

Issue Information
Child Development, Volume 89, Issue 6, Page 1933-1937, November/December 2018. (Source: Child Development)
Source: Child Development - November 8, 2018 Category: Child Development Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research

Meeting in the Middle: The Role of Mutual Biracial Friends in Cross ‐Race Friendships
Social network analysis was used to examine the role of having a mutual biracial friend on cross ‐race friendship nominations among monoracial sixth‐grade students (Mage = 10.56 years) in two racially diverse middle schools (n = 385;n = 351). Monoracial youth were most likely to choose same‐race peers as friends but more likely to choose biracial than different‐race peers as friends, suggesting that racial homophily may operate in an incremental way to influence friendships. Monoracial different‐race youth were also more likely to be friends if they had a mutual biracial friend. The findings shed light on ...
Source: Child Development - November 5, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Leslie Echols, Sandra Graham Tags: Empirical Article Source Type: research

Meeting in the Middle: The Role of Mutual Biracial Friends in Cross ‐Race Friendships
Child Development, EarlyView. (Source: Child Development)
Source: Child Development - November 5, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Leslie Echols, Sandra Graham Source Type: research

Maternal Parenting Stress, Child Exuberance, and Preschoolers ’ Behavior Problems
This study investigated whether child exuberance, an aspect of temperament related to emotion regulation, moderates the well ‐documented association between high parenting stress and increased risk for internalizing and externalizing problems during the preschool years. At 42 months of age child exuberance was observed in 256 children (47% girls) and maternal self‐reports on parenting stress were obtained. At 48 mon ths internalizing and externalizing problems were assessed through reports from both parents. Indeed, higher maternal parenting stress increased the risk for internalizing problems, and this association w...
Source: Child Development - November 2, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Stella Tsotsi, Birit F.P. Broekman, Lynette P. Shek, Kok Hian Tan, Yap Seng Chong, Helen Chen, Michael J. Meaney, Anne E. Rifkin ‐Graboi Tags: Empirical Report Source Type: research