Terri J. Sabol, Elise Chor, Teresa Eckrich Sommer, Lauren A. Tighe, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Amanda Sheffield Morris, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Christopher King
{"title":"Does adding parent education and workforce training to Head Start promote or interfere with children's development?","authors":"Terri J. Sabol, Elise Chor, Teresa Eckrich Sommer, Lauren A. Tighe, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Amanda Sheffield Morris, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Christopher King","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14141","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14141","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores the effects of the two-generation program Career<i>Advance</i>—which combines education and training for parents in healthcare with Head Start for children—on children's academic, language, mathematics, and inhibitory control followed for 3 years. The sample (collected in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 2011 to 2018) includes 147 children in the Career<i>Advance</i> group and 139 children in a matched comparison group (<i>n</i> = 286; 40% Black, 17%, White, 10% Hispanic, 33% Mixed Race, or Other Race; <i>M</i> = 3.6 years old; 47% female). Overall, the effect of Career<i>Advance</i> on child outcomes is neither greater nor less than Head Start alone. These findings suggest that children's developmental outcomes do not worsen or improve in the short term when their parents return to school.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 6","pages":"2102-2118"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14141","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141854998","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}
Chloe Austerberry, Pasco Fearon, Angelica Ronald, Leslie D. Leve, Jody M. Ganiban, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Daniel S. Shaw, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, David Reiss
{"title":"Evocative effects on the early caregiving environment of genetic factors underlying the development of intellectual and academic ability","authors":"Chloe Austerberry, Pasco Fearon, Angelica Ronald, Leslie D. Leve, Jody M. Ganiban, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Daniel S. Shaw, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, David Reiss","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14142","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14142","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examined gene–environment correlation (<i>r</i>GE) in intellectual and academic development in 561 U.S.-based adoptees (57% male; 56% non-Latinx White, 19% multiracial, 13% Black or African American, 11% Latinx) and their birth and adoptive parents between 2003 and 2017. Birth mother intellectual and academic performance predicted adoptive mother warmth at child age 6 (<i>β</i> = .14, <i>p</i> = .038) and 7 (<i>β</i> = .12, <i>p</i> = .040) but not 4.5 years, and adoptive father warmth at 7 (<i>β</i> = .18, <i>p</i> = .007) but not 4.5 or 6 years. These <i>r</i>GE effects were not mediated by children's language. Contrary to theory that <i>r</i>GE accounts for increasing heritability of intellectual ability, parenting did not mediate genetic effects on children's language or academic performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 6","pages":"2082-2101"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141854999","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}
Cindy O. Trevino, Jin-Shei Lai, Xiaodan Tang, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Sara S. Nozadi, Adaeze Wosu, Leslie D. Leve, Nissa R. Towe-Goodman, Yu Ni, Joyce Carolyn Graff, Catherine J. Karr, Brent R. Collett, program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes
{"title":"Using ECHO program data to develop a brief measure of caregiver support and cognitive stimulation using the home observation for measurement of the environment-infant/toddler (HOME-IT)","authors":"Cindy O. Trevino, Jin-Shei Lai, Xiaodan Tang, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Sara S. Nozadi, Adaeze Wosu, Leslie D. Leve, Nissa R. Towe-Goodman, Yu Ni, Joyce Carolyn Graff, Catherine J. Karr, Brent R. Collett, program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14137","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14137","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Data from three NIH Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program cohorts that collected the HOME-Infant-Toddler (HOME-IT age 0–3 years) version were used to examine the reliability of a brief scale of caregiver support and cognitive stimulation. Participants with HOME-IT data (<i>N</i> = 2518) were included in this analysis. Mean child age at HOME-IT assessment was 1.51 years, 48% of children were female, and 43% of children identified as Black. A four-stage analysis plan was used to evaluate item response theory assumptions, item response theory model fit, monotonicity, scalability, item fit, and differential item functioning. Results indicate the feasibility of developing a reliable 10-item scale (reliability >0.7) with particularly high precision for children with lower levels of cognitive stimulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 6","pages":"2241-2251"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141855000","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}
Shannon Egan-Dailey, Lisa A. Gennetian, Katherine Magnuson, Greg J. Duncan, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Nathan A. Fox, Kimberly G. Noble
{"title":"Child-directed speech in a large sample of U.S. mothers with low income","authors":"Shannon Egan-Dailey, Lisa A. Gennetian, Katherine Magnuson, Greg J. Duncan, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Nathan A. Fox, Kimberly G. Noble","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14139","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14139","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research on early language input and socioeconomic status typically relies on correlations in small convenience samples. Using data from Baby's First Years, this paper assesses the causal impact of monthly, unconditional cash transfers on child-directed speech and child vocalizations among a large, racially diverse sample of low-income U.S. mothers and their 1-year-olds (<i>N</i> = 563; 48% girls; 2019–2020). The monthly, unconditional cash transfers did not impact mothers' child-directed speech during a 10-min at-home play session (effect sizes range from −.08 to .02), though there was wide variability within this sample. Future work will assess the impact of the continued cash transfer on children's language input and development over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 6","pages":"2045-2061"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141787364","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}
Jessica F. Sperber, Deborah Lowe Vandell, Greg J. Duncan, Tyler W. Watts
{"title":"Delay of gratification and adult outcomes: The Marshmallow Test does not reliably predict adult functioning","authors":"Jessica F. Sperber, Deborah Lowe Vandell, Greg J. Duncan, Tyler W. Watts","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14129","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14129","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study extends the analytic approach conducted by Watts et al. (2018) to examine the long-term predictive validity of delay of gratification. Participants (<i>n</i> = 702; 83% White, 46% male) completed the Marshmallow Test at 54 months (1995–1996) and survey measures at age 26 (2017–2018). Using a preregistered analysis, Marshmallow Test performance was not strongly predictive of adult achievement, health, or behavior. Although modest bivariate associations were detected with educational attainment (<i>r</i> = .17) and body mass index (<i>r</i> = −.17), almost all regression-adjusted coefficients were nonsignificant. No clear pattern of moderation was detected between delay of gratification and either socioeconomic status or sex. Results indicate that Marshmallow Test performance does not reliably predict adult outcomes. The predictive and construct validity of the ability to delay of gratification are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 6","pages":"2015-2029"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141787366","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":"Streets ahead: Neighborhood safety and active outdoor play in early childhood using a nationally representative sample of 5-year-olds","authors":"Suzanne M. Egan, Jennifer Pope","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14132","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14132","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using data from a nationally representative sample of 5-year-olds in the Growing Up in Ireland study (<i>N</i> = 9001, 51% male), this research investigated the role of factors in the neighborhood environment on levels of active outdoor play in young children. Primary caregivers (98% mothers; 81% Irish) responded to questions regarding their child's levels of active outdoor play (e.g., chasing) and their perceptions of their neighborhood (e.g., social cohesion and antisocial behavior). Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that levels of active outdoor play were associated with parental perceptions of neighborhood safety and traffic levels, even after other factors were controlled for (i.e., family income). The results are discussed from a bioecological systems perspective. Implications for policy makers and parents are considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 6","pages":"2030-2044"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14132","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141787367","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}
Merel Bakker, Joke Torbeyns, Lieven Verschaffel, Bert De Smedt
{"title":"Cognitive characteristics of children with high mathematics achievement before they start formal schooling","authors":"Merel Bakker, Joke Torbeyns, Lieven Verschaffel, Bert De Smedt","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14140","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14140","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This 5-year longitudinal study examined whether high mathematics achievers in primary school had cognitive advantages before entering formal education. High mathematics achievement was defined as performing above Pc 90 in Grades 1 and 3. The predominantly White sample (<i>M</i>\u0000 <sub>age</sub> in preschool: 64 months) included 31 high achievers (12 girls) and 114 average achievers (63 girls). We measured children's early numerical abilities, complex mathematical abilities, and general cognitive abilities in preschool (2017). High mathematics achievers had advantages on most tasks in preschool (<i>d</i>s > 0.62). Number order, numeral recognition, and proportional reasoning were unique predictors of belonging to the high-achieving group in primary school. This study shows that the cognitive advantages of high mathematics achievement are already observed in preschool.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 6","pages":"2062-2081"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141787365","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":"Understanding allostasis: Early-life self-regulation involves both up- and down-regulation of arousal","authors":"S. V. Wass, F. U. Mirza, C. Smith","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14136","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14136","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Optimal performance lies at intermediate autonomic arousal, but no previous research has examined whether the emergence of endogenous control associates with changes in children's up-regulation from hypo-arousal, as well as down-regulation from hyper-arousal. We used wearables to take day-long recordings from <i>N</i> = 58, 12-month-olds (60% white/58% female); and, in the same infants, we measured self-regulation in the lab with a still-face paradigm. Overall, our findings suggest that infants who showed more self-regulatory behaviors in the lab were more likely to actively change their behaviors in home settings moment-by-moment “on the fly” following changes in autonomic arousal, and that these changes result in up- as well as down-regulation. Implications for the role of atypical self-regulation in later psychopathology are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 6","pages":"2000-2014"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14136","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141757432","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}
{"title":"The NIH Infant and Toddler Toolbox: A new standardized tool for assessing neurodevelopment in children ages 1–42 months","authors":"Richard Gershon, Miriam A. Novack, Aaron J. Kaat","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14135","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14135","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The progress of developmental research demands reliable measurement techniques, yet inconsistency persist across laboratories, subfields, and settings. To address this, the NIH Toolbox for Neurological and Behavioral Function (NIHTB)® has been extended to create a universal assessment for developmental and pediatric communities: The NIH Infant and Toddler (“Baby”) Toolbox. Currently undergoing norming in a sample of 2550 children demographically representative of the 2020 U.S. census, the Baby Toolbox is slated for release in late 2024. This paper introduces the Baby Toolbox, details its objectives, development, and technological innovations, describes plans for reliability and norming, and invites researchers to consider the Baby Toolbox in the future studies. Ultimately, this initiative stands to enhance cross-study comparability and advance comprehensive developmental evaluation.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 6","pages":"2252-2254"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14135","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141747478","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}
Xiaohui Yan, Yang Fu, Guoyan Feng, Hui Li, Haibin Su, Xinhong Liu, Yu Wu, Jia Hua, Fan Cao
{"title":"Reading disability is characterized by reduced print–speech convergence","authors":"Xiaohui Yan, Yang Fu, Guoyan Feng, Hui Li, Haibin Su, Xinhong Liu, Yu Wu, Jia Hua, Fan Cao","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14134","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14134","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Reading disability (RD) may be characterized by reduced print–speech convergence, which is the extent to which neurocognitive processes for reading and hearing words overlap. We examined how print–speech convergence changes from children (mean age: 11.07<span>+</span>0.48) to adults (mean age: 21.33<span>+</span>1.80) in 86 readers with or without RD. The participants were recruited in elementary schools and associate degree colleges in China (from 2020 to 2021). Three patterns of abnormalities were revealed: (1) persistent reduction of print–speech convergence in the left inferior parietal cortex in both children and adults with RD, suggesting a neural signature of RD; (2) reduction of print–speech convergence in the left inferior frontal gyrus only evident in children but not adults with RD, suggesting a developmental delay; and (3) increased print–speech convergence in adults with RD than typical adults in the bilateral cerebella/fusiform, suggesting compensations. It provides insights into developmental differences in brain functional abnormalities in RD.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 6","pages":"1982-1999"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14134","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141731039","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}