Perla B. Gámez, Ö. Ece Demir-Lira, Paola Pinzón-Henao
{"title":"Gesture Production Selectively Predicts Language Outcomes in Spanish-English Bilingual Children","authors":"Perla B. Gámez, Ö. Ece Demir-Lira, Paola Pinzón-Henao","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14249","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14249","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This longitudinal study (data collected from 2019 to 2023) examines the relation between Spanish-English bilingual Latino toddlers' (n=46; F=22; M=24) early gesture production (<i>Mage</i>=18.67 months; <i>SDage</i>=1.02) and later language skills (<i>Mage</i>=36.87 months; <i>SDage</i>=0.81). Video recordings at child-age 18-months yielded counts of children's speech and gesture production; the latter included gesture words (different meanings) and gesture sentences (gestures-plus-speech combinations). Multiple regression analyses revealed that gesture words and sentences at 18 months of age positively predicted word- and sentence-level skills at 36 months of age, respectively, but only in English. These relations held despite controlling for children's speech production. These findings, that early gesture production selectively predicts language outcomes in bilingual children, suggest that gesture production may facilitate language-specific learning rather than reflecting a global communicative skill.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"96 4","pages":"1443-1457"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143931078","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}
Audun Rosslund, Natalia Kartushina, Nora Serres, Julien Mayor
{"title":"Early Vocabulary Acquisition: From Birth Order Effect to Child-to-Caregiver Ratio","authors":"Audun Rosslund, Natalia Kartushina, Nora Serres, Julien Mayor","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14251","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14251","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Growing up with multiple siblings might negatively affect language development. This study examined the associations between birth order, sibling characteristics and parent-reported vocabulary size in 6163 Norwegian 8- to 36-month-old children (51.4% female). Results confirmed that birth order was negatively associated with vocabulary, yet exhibited a U-shaped pattern. A data-driven measure of “child-to-caregiver ratio” in the household was developed, in which old-enough siblings—females 1–3 years earlier than males—were considered caregivers for their younger siblings. This measure explained variance in vocabulary better than birth order, and indicates sex-differences in the age at which older siblings contribute to, rather than deplete, available resources. A child-to-caregiver ratio might better capture the interplay between language-learning resources and demands within households.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"96 4","pages":"1343-1353"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901246","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}
Jennie Cusiter, Kate Short, Annabel Webb, Natalie Munro
{"title":"Combined Language and Code Emergent Literacy Intervention for At-Risk Preschool Children: A Systematic Meta-Analytic Review","authors":"Jennie Cusiter, Kate Short, Annabel Webb, Natalie Munro","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14252","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14252","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This meta-analytic review explored the characteristics and effectiveness of combined language (e.g., vocabulary) and code (e.g., phonological awareness) interventions, including synergistic intervention effects for at-risk preschoolers. Data from 29 randomized controlled trials, published before March 2023, reporting on 43 interventions, including 9333 children (4–6 years; 55% male, 45% African American, 30% Hispanic) were included in the meta-analyses. Composite intervention effects were small: language (<i>g</i> = 0.11) and code (<i>g</i> = 0.23). Language and code outcomes were significantly related (<i>p</i> = 0.032). Interventions equally targeting code and language subskills produced equivalent or greater code and language outcomes than those with an unequal emphasis. Implications for future combined intervention studies are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"96 4","pages":"1519-1545"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14252","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meghan McCormick, Emily Hanno, Christina Weiland, Tiffany Wu, Mirjana Pralica, JoAnn Hsueh, Alexandra Giles, Catherine Snow, Jason Sachs
{"title":"Moving Beyond Point in Time Estimates: Using Growth Models to Understand When PreK Convergence Happens, How, and for Which Skills","authors":"Meghan McCormick, Emily Hanno, Christina Weiland, Tiffany Wu, Mirjana Pralica, JoAnn Hsueh, Alexandra Giles, Catherine Snow, Jason Sachs","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14240","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14240","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines associations between enrollment in high-quality PreK and growth in children's (<i>N</i> = 422; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 5.63 years; 47% female; 15% Asian, 19% Black, 30% White, 31% Hispanic; 5% other or mixed race) academic, executive functioning, and social–emotional skills across kindergarten (2017–2018) and first grade (2018–2019). Associations between PreK enrollment and language and math skills were sustained through first grade. More convergence between PreK enrollees and non-enrollees in language skills occurred during first grade than kindergarten. Convergence patterns were stronger in math during kindergarten than in first grade. There were no associations between PreK enrollment and executive functioning by spring of first grade; most convergence occurred in first grade. All other associations were null by first grade.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"96 4","pages":"1354-1372"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143872852","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}
Elena Maker Castro, Laura Wray-Lake, Jason A. Plummer
{"title":"Adolescents' Race Consciousness Strengthens Broader Awareness of Societal Inequality","authors":"Elena Maker Castro, Laura Wray-Lake, Jason A. Plummer","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14254","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14254","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examined bidirectional changes in adolescents' awareness of inequality and race consciousness between 2017 and 2018 in the USA and whether discriminatory experiences informed developmental pathways. The sample (<i>N</i> = 2645; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 14.6, SD = 2.14; 56.5% female; > 0.01% transgender and gender diverse) was White (35.8%), Latinx (31.4%), multiple racial and ethnic groups (13.5%), Black (7.3%), and Asian (5.2%). Race consciousness predicted changes in awareness of inequality (<i>B =</i> 0.31, <i>p</i> < 0.001); awareness of inequality did not predict changes in race consciousness. Social locations and experiences of gender and racial discrimination informed pathways. Providing adolescents with opportunities to explore race and racism may help them reflect on how society is organized in systemically inequitable ways.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"96 4","pages":"1488-1501"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866991","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}
Lixin Ren, Yeqing Li, Xuan Li, Jiayi Li, Lin Li, Jieqiong Fan
{"title":"Reconsidering the Typology of Parenting Styles and Its Association With Preschoolers' Development in Chinese Families","authors":"Lixin Ren, Yeqing Li, Xuan Li, Jiayi Li, Lin Li, Jieqiong Fan","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14236","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14236","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using latent profile analysis, the study examined distinct joint parenting styles among Chinese families with preschoolers (<i>N</i> = 300; 51.7% girls; <i>M</i><sub><i>age</i></sub> = 55.97 months). This study incorporated maternal and paternal reports on multiple parenting dimensions that covered both Western- and Chinese-emphasized practices. Using data collected between 2017 and 2019 from Shanghai, four joint parenting styles emerged: authoritative (39.3%), moderately supportive (38.0%), strict-affectionate (14.3%), and authoritarian (8.4%). Authoritarian and moderately supportive parenting styles were linked to poorer child outcomes 1.5 years later compared to authoritative parenting. However, there were no significant differences in most child outcomes between authoritative and strict-affectionate parenting. These findings necessitate a reevaluation of the parenting typology and its effects on child development in the Chinese context.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"96 4","pages":"1326-1342"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143986534","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}
Jennifer E. Lansford, Laura Gorla, W. Andrew Rothenberg, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, Jeremy D. W. Clifton, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A. Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Daranee Junla, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T. Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini
{"title":"Predictors of Young Adults' Primal World Beliefs in Eight Countries","authors":"Jennifer E. Lansford, Laura Gorla, W. Andrew Rothenberg, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, Jeremy D. W. Clifton, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A. Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Daranee Junla, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T. Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14233","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14233","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Primal world beliefs (“primals”) capture understanding of general characteristics of the world, such as whether the world is <i>Good</i> and <i>Enticing</i>. Children (<i>N</i> = 1215, 50% girls), mothers, and fathers from Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and United States reported neighborhood danger, socioeconomic status, parental warmth, harsh parenting, psychological control, and autonomy granting from ages 8 to 16 years. At age 22 years, original child participants reported their primal world beliefs. Parental warmth during childhood and adolescence significantly predicted <i>Good</i>, <i>Safe</i>, and <i>Enticing</i> world beliefs, but other experiences were only weakly related to primals. We did not find that primals are strongly related to intuitive aspects of the materiality of childhood experiences, which suggests future directions for understanding the origins of primals.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"96 4","pages":"1260-1273"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866197","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":"Theoretical and Quantitative Disconnect When Modeling Adverse Childhood Experiences Using a Common Factor Framework: An Argument for Causal Indicator Models in Stressor Research","authors":"Daniel P. Moriarity, George M. Slavich","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14230","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14230","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are highly impactful stressors that increase individuals' risk for a plethora of negative developmental and health outcomes. Furthermore, minoritized groups and under-resourced individuals are at higher risk for ACEs, positioning these stressors as possible mechanisms driving health disparities. Given this fact, a strong methodological foundation is necessary to ensure maximal clinical value. As emphasized by Jensen et al. (https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14050), this foundation must begin with rigorous ACEs measurement—a goal that requires careful matching between ACEs measures and the scoring procedures used. To amplify their message while advocating for an alternative approach that may better reflect the conceptualization of ACEs, we write this commentary to highlight the merits of causal indicator models as a better match between theory and methodology.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"96 4","pages":"1255-1259"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14230","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143849451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eileen F. Sullivan, Ran Wei, Shahria Kakon, Talat Shama, Fahmida Tofail, William A. Petri, Rashidul Haque, Charles A. Nelson III
{"title":"EEG Theta Power in Bangladeshi Children: Associations With Early Experiences and Cognitive Outcomes","authors":"Eileen F. Sullivan, Ran Wei, Shahria Kakon, Talat Shama, Fahmida Tofail, William A. Petri, Rashidul Haque, Charles A. Nelson III","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14245","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14245","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Identifying the neural processes that underlie the association between children's early adverse experiences and cognitive development could inform more effective intervention strategies. The goal of the current study (data collected 2015–2021) was to examine relations among early experiences at 6 months, electroencephalography (EEG) theta power at 6 months and 2 years, and cognitive outcomes at 5 years in Bangladeshi children (<i>N =</i> 115; 67 females). Results revealed that better nutritional status was associated with a slower increase in theta power from 6 months to 2 years and higher cognitive scores at 5 years. Higher frontocentral theta power at 2 years was related to better cognition at 5 years but did not mediate the association between nutritional status and cognition.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"96 4","pages":"1474-1487"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143846506","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}
Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz, Maayan Stavans, Barbu Revencu, Kazuhide Hashiya, Hiromi Kobayashi, Gergely Csibra
{"title":"Children's Trait Inference and Partner Choice in a Cooperative Game","authors":"Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz, Maayan Stavans, Barbu Revencu, Kazuhide Hashiya, Hiromi Kobayashi, Gergely Csibra","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14247","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14247","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A series of experiments conducted in Central Europe (Hungary, Austria) and East Asia (Japan) probed whether 5- to 10-year-old children (<i>n</i> = 436, 213 female) and adults (<i>n</i> = 71, 43 female; all data collected between July 2020 and May 2023) would infer traits and choose partners accordingly, in a novel touchscreen game. The participants observed third-party actions and interactions of animated agents whose behavior varied in prosociality and skill, and subsequently selected whom to play with in potentially cooperative endeavors. Overall, the results indicate (1) that trait inference may not naturally follow from action understanding but relies on learning and experimental task framing, and (2) that by 7 years of age, children begin to capitalize on such inferences in partner choice.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"96 4","pages":"1458-1473"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14247","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143966686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}