Sophie W Sweijen,Lysanne W Te Brinke,Suzanne van de Groep,Eveline A Crone
{"title":"A Longitudinal Study of Multidimensional Prosocial Behavior During Adolescence.","authors":"Sophie W Sweijen,Lysanne W Te Brinke,Suzanne van de Groep,Eveline A Crone","doi":"10.1111/cdev.70009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70009","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the distinct developmental trajectories of prosocial and rebellious behaviors in adolescence. Using data from an accelerated three-wave project (2018-2022) among adolescents aged 9-22 years (N = 142, 63% female, middle-high SES, white European descent), trajectories of prosocial actions toward friends and peers, prosocial tendencies across multiple situations, giving to charities, and general social value orientation were examined. By examining age-, puberty-, and hormonal-related trajectories, the study demonstrates increases in prosocial behaviors to friends and peers, dire and compliant behavior, and charitable giving, which were more strongly explained by pubertal maturation than age. Public prosocial behavior decreased with age. The results confirm the multidimensionality of prosocial behavior, demonstrate correlations with rebelliousness, and show that prosocial behavior is context-dependent.","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144701233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Florian Markus Bednarski,Katrin Rothmaler,Simon M Hofmann,Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann
{"title":"Infants in Control-Evidence for Agency in 6- to 10-Months-Old Infants in a Gaze-Contingent Eye Tracking Paradigm.","authors":"Florian Markus Bednarski,Katrin Rothmaler,Simon M Hofmann,Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann","doi":"10.1111/cdev.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70022","url":null,"abstract":"The ability to control movement is a core element of agency. Previous studies of infant agency have focused on responses to sensory contingencies but neglected the importance of infants' control as a necessary indicator of agency. Here, we test whether infants flexibly control their eye movements with a gaze-contingent eye tracking paradigm. Infants aged 6-10 months (N = 45, 18 female, recruited in a city of about 600.000 inhabitants in Germany in 2022) were presented images hidden under a unicolored surface, which they could scratch free by gazing over the screen. Results show that infants flexibly directed their gaze to areas with most information in the underlying image. This indicates that infants can flexibly adjust their gaze to changing circumstances.","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144701236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lilia G Geel,Emma R Skoler,Robin P Corley,Chandra A Reynolds,Soo Hyun Rhee,Daniel E Gustavson
{"title":"Evaluation of Alternative Models Explaining Parent-Child Similarity in Negative Emotionality: A Longitudinal Adoption Study.","authors":"Lilia G Geel,Emma R Skoler,Robin P Corley,Chandra A Reynolds,Soo Hyun Rhee,Daniel E Gustavson","doi":"10.1111/cdev.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70023","url":null,"abstract":"The present study examined the role of gene-environment correlations in the association between parent-child similarity in negative emotionality and addressed whether it is mediated by negative or warm parenting, assessed when children were between 7 and 15 years old. Participants included 843 children from 493 families in the Colorado Adoption Project (48% female, 95% White, 5% Hispanic). Results indicated that passive rGE may contribute to associations between parents' and children's negative emotionality assessed at age 16 years. Additionally, negative parenting partially mediated the association between biological mothers' negative emotionality and children's negative emotionality. Results were not consistent with evocative rGE. Studies of parent-child similarity should consider plausible alternative hypotheses, such as gene-environment correlation, rather than assuming environmental mediation.","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"115 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144701234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiple Practice Success Scaffolds Long-Term Test-Enhanced Learning in Preschoolers.","authors":"Tamás Káldi,Ágnes Szőllősi,Mihály Racsmány","doi":"10.1111/cdev.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70018","url":null,"abstract":"Retrieval practice is known to enhance long-term memory retention, a phenomenon termed as retrieval practice effect. Two experiments (NWhite = 202), showed that the effect was present in preschool age (5-6 years) and had a boundary condition, namely, amount of initial learning. Specifically, there was a considerable effect only when children reached a sufficient retrieval success rate during practice as a consequence of multiple initial learning cycles. Corroborating the robustness of our findings, the effect was present for both recall (d = 0.315) and recognition (d = 0.324) and did not depend on whether the forms of retrieval were the same or different during practice and final test. Important implications for early childhood education and development are discussed.","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144693365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cléa Girard,Angie De Lamper,Stien Callens,Davina Van den Broek,Bert De Smedt
{"title":"Causal Effects of an Ecologically Valid Home Numeracy Intervention on Preschoolers' Numeracy Skills.","authors":"Cléa Girard,Angie De Lamper,Stien Callens,Davina Van den Broek,Bert De Smedt","doi":"10.1111/cdev.70010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70010","url":null,"abstract":"The home numeracy environment is suggested to influence children's numerical development, but causal evidence for this assertion remains limited. Addressing this gap, we randomly assigned 117 predominantly White 4-5-year-olds (M = 4.68 years, SD = 0.2, 47% girls) attending preschool in Flanders (Belgium) to either an experimental (numeracy) or an active control (language) condition. The 6-week intervention (pretest-March 2023; posttest-May 2023) consisted of an ecologically valid implementation, with parents integrating flexible activities into their routines. Pre- and post-intervention assessments measured children's numerical skills. Medium effects were observed on transcoding and ordering skills, providing causal evidence for the impact of the home numeracy environment on children's numeracy. This study highlights the potential of ecologically valid interventions to support early numeracy in daily life.","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"293 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144684294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tess Allegra Forest,Layla Bradford,Lorna Ginnell,Maroussia Berger,Donna Herr,Emmie Mbale,Kavindya Dalawella,Chloë A Jacobs,Chikondi Mchazime,Celia D'Amato,Zamazimba Madi,Pious Clifford Mkaka,Claudia Espinoza-Heredia,Tembeka Mhlakwaphalwa,Vukiwe Ngoma,Monique Gilmore,Marlie Miles,Jinge Ren,Nwabisa Mlandu,Reese Samuels,Michal R Zieff,Melissa Gladstone,Kirsten A Donald,Dima Amso
{"title":"The Dynamics of Caregiver Unpredictability Shape Moment-To-Moment Infant Looking During Dyadic Interaction.","authors":"Tess Allegra Forest,Layla Bradford,Lorna Ginnell,Maroussia Berger,Donna Herr,Emmie Mbale,Kavindya Dalawella,Chloë A Jacobs,Chikondi Mchazime,Celia D'Amato,Zamazimba Madi,Pious Clifford Mkaka,Claudia Espinoza-Heredia,Tembeka Mhlakwaphalwa,Vukiwe Ngoma,Monique Gilmore,Marlie Miles,Jinge Ren,Nwabisa Mlandu,Reese Samuels,Michal R Zieff,Melissa Gladstone,Kirsten A Donald,Dima Amso","doi":"10.1111/cdev.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70012","url":null,"abstract":"Cognitive development is associated with how predictable caregivers are, but the mechanisms driving this are unclear. One possibility is caregiver predictability initially shapes how infants gather information for learning. Here, caregiver-infant dyads (N = 222, 2-6-months-old, all female caregivers; data collected 2022-2023) in South Africa and Malawi engaged in naturalistic play before their interactions were hand-annotated to measure caregiver predictability and infant gaze. In both countries, temporal variation in caregiver predictability shaped infant looking dynamics-infants attended to specific sensory signals (η2 = 0.04) and specific timepoints (η2 = 0.10) that were useful for them based on their caregiver's typical behavior. These findings provide a framework by which the predictability of caregiver behavior may shape fundamental, early optimization of visual attention for learning in infancy and later cognitive development.","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"107 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144684171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haolan Wang, Hongjun Chen, Yi Zhao, Jie Chen, Ying Zhao, Xinchun Wu
{"title":"How Does Mind Reading Affect Story Reading Across Elementary School? Navigating the Cognitive and Emotional Pathways.","authors":"Haolan Wang, Hongjun Chen, Yi Zhao, Jie Chen, Ying Zhao, Xinchun Wu","doi":"10.1111/cdev.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study distinguished the cognitive and affective components of advanced theory of mind (AToM) and their distinct contributions to narrative reading comprehension (NRC) across different grades. In a longitudinal study (Time 1: April 2023) involving 344 Chinese children from Grades 2-5 (174 girls, M<sub>age</sub> = 9.60 years), results indicated that both AToM types develop in middle grades (2nd and 3rd) and stabilize by upper grades (4th and 5th), with affective AToM consistently higher than cognitive AToM. After accounting for 10 confounding variables, cognitive AToM was crucial in middle grades, enhancing NRC through metacognitive awareness of reading, while affective AToM became more prominent in upper grades, facilitating NRC through reading transportation. These findings provide insights for age-appropriate educational interventions to foster literary appreciation.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144689050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anahid Akbaryan,Reese C Burkey,Peter J Ramirez,Ashley L Walker,JungWon Choi,Sejal Mistry-Patel,Jennifer L Kling,Rebecca J Brooker
{"title":"The N2 During Preschool: Temporal Stability and a Test of Bidirectional Effects With Maternal Emotion Characteristics in a White, European-American Sample.","authors":"Anahid Akbaryan,Reese C Burkey,Peter J Ramirez,Ashley L Walker,JungWon Choi,Sejal Mistry-Patel,Jennifer L Kling,Rebecca J Brooker","doi":"10.1111/cdev.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70004","url":null,"abstract":"Despite well-documented behavioral changes, the development of neuropsychological substrates underlying inhibitory control remains unknown, hindering understanding of this construct over time. Stability and change in N2, a neural correlate of inhibitory control, and its crosslagged, bidirectional associations with maternal emotion characteristics were examined in 121 preschoolers (59% female, predominantly White) between 2014 and 2017. N2 was stable from 3 to 5 years of age. Greater maternal negativity at age 4 predicted smaller N2 amplitudes in preschoolers at age 5 (β = 0.22); preschoolers' N2 amplitudes did not predict subsequent emotion characteristics in mothers. Findings provide initial evidence for mother-to-child, but not child-to-mother effects linking N2 with mothers' emotion characteristics and a foundation for future longitudinal work on developing neural correlates of inhibitory control in preschoolers.","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144652837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vanessa T Cao,Patrick T Davies,Morgan J Thompson,Mona El-Sheikh
{"title":"Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Reactivity and Their Coordination as Antecedents to the Cascade of Children's Callous-Unemotional Traits and Later Psychological Adjustment.","authors":"Vanessa T Cao,Patrick T Davies,Morgan J Thompson,Mona El-Sheikh","doi":"10.1111/cdev.70014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70014","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined whether a mediational cascade involving children's respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) reactivity to a series of cognitive and socio-evaluative stressors, their callous-unemotional (CU) traits, and psychological adjustment was moderated by their cardiac pre-ejection period (PEP) reactivity. Using a multi-method, multi-informant design, 238 mothers and their preschool children (Mage = 4.38, 52% female; 68% White; 18% Black; 14% Multiracial or another race; and 16% Latinx) participated in three annual timepoints from 2018 to 2022. Findings indicated that children's CU traits at Wave 2 mediated the association between dampened RSA reactivity at Wave 1 and their Wave 3 externalizing and social difficulties. Consistent with hypoarousal models of CU traits, these pathways were stronger for children with dampened PEP reactivity to the stressors.","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144652710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multimodal Skills, but Not Motor Skills, Predict Narrative and Expressive Pragmatic Skills in Children With Typical Development and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.","authors":"Júlia Florit-Pons,Mariia Pronina,Alfonso Igualada,Pilar Prieto,Courtenay Norbury","doi":"10.1111/cdev.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.70015","url":null,"abstract":"To see whether communicative-based multimodal skills (compared to non-communicative motor skills) predicted complex language skills, this study examined the predictive power of multimodal and motor skills on narrative and expressive pragmatic abilities across two groups. Participants were children with typical development (N = 88, Mage = 5.34, 48% female) and with neurodevelopmental disorders (N = 51, Mage = 5.01, 25% female) mostly of white ethnicity (86.3%). We evaluated children's multimodal accuracy, motor skills, core language skills, and narrative and pragmatic skills. Results revealed that, in all groups, both multimodal skills and core language significantly predicted narrative (R2 = 0.569) and pragmatic skills (R2 = 0.621), while motor skills did not. These findings highlight the relevance of multimodality in the assessment of children's complex language skills.","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"810 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144640127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}