{"title":"Circadian rhythms of arousal in parent-child interaction: a 24-hour co-regulation process.","authors":"Chase J Boyer, Leah C Hibel","doi":"10.1093/cdpers/aadaf016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/cdpers/aadaf016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Caregivers play a critical role in regulating infants' arousal and synchronizing biological rhythms with environmental cycles. In this article, we examine how caregiving behaviors shape the development of circadian rhythms in early childhood, focusing on the integration of sleep-wake cycles and the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. We propose a framework that is grounded in dynamic systems theory and transactional models, and that highlights the bidirectional interactions between caregivers and infants in establishing a cohesive 24-hour regulatory system. We also explore the cascading effects of disruptions in sleep and stress regulation, emphasizing how responsive caregiving supports adaptive outcomes while inconsistent caregiving may lead to dysregulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"20 1","pages":"47-54"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13046071/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147621209","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":"Missing the Mix: Perceiving Code-Switches as a Mechanism for Bilingual Adaptation.","authors":"Maria M Arredondo, Stephanie Castro","doi":"10.1093/cdpers/aadaf014","DOIUrl":"10.1093/cdpers/aadaf014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Code-switching is a common and natural aspect of many bilingual individuals' everyday language use. For many infants growing up in bilingual environments, such language mixing forms may be a regular part of their daily input. However, the frequency and type of code-switching can vary widely by caregivers' language proficiency, context, and social norms. As early as infancy, increased exposure to code-switches in bilingual environments promotes differences in attention at the behavioral, physiological, and neural levels. In this article, we propose that exposure to code-switching may act as a mechanism driving cognitive adaptations in bilingual children's attention, but more evidence is needed on children's exposure to code-switching. Robust measures of bilingual experiences focusing on qualitative and quantitative aspects of code-switching are necessary to deepen our understanding of the variations in bilingual cognitive development.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12945321/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147324262","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":"Beyond adult speech: why research on language development should consider speech from children.","authors":"Federica Bulgarelli","doi":"10.1093/cdpers/aadaf004","DOIUrl":"10.1093/cdpers/aadaf004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Children's language development is tied to their linguistic input. While most of this research has focused on adult speech, around the world, children regularly engage with other children, in the home or in early childhood education settings. Here, I contextualize the frequency of interactions with other children. I then highlight properties of speech from children, such as acoustic signature and content, which might make other children's speech particularly relevant for language learning. Finally, I discuss how considering speech from children allows scholars to create theories that include societies around the world, where caretaking often involves more children and higher birthrates are common. I conclude that theories of language development should consider speech from other children as an important component.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12959929/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147363555","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":"AI companions and adolescent social relationships: Benefits, risks, and bidirectional influences.","authors":"Xiaoran Sun, Yunqi Wang, Brandon T McDaniel","doi":"10.1093/cdpers/aadaf009","DOIUrl":"10.1093/cdpers/aadaf009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>AI companions (AI-Cs)-rapidly emerging conversational agents built on large language models that can provide personalized humanlike companionship-create unprecedented opportunities for adolescents to form emotional bonds with nonhuman entities during a critical period for social development. In this article, we discuss the interplay between adolescents' use of AI-Cs and their social relationships based on theoretical hypotheses driving research on digital communication and adolescent well-being. We explore the benefits and risks of AI-Cs to social development based on the stimulation hypothesis and the displacement hypothesis: AI-Cs can provide safe spaces for identity exploration and emotional expression, potentially building skills that transfer to human relationships; however, concerns about AI-Cs include time displacement, psychological dependence, and unrealistic relationship expectations. We also address how adolescents' social relationships may drive their AI-C use, based on the social enhancement hypothesis and the social compensation hypothesis. Our discussion draws on studies of adolescents and adults in the United States and in other countries. We offer recommendations for research in this area, which deserves urgent investigation as these technologies advance rapidly.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12928748/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147281458","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":"Issue Information - Editorial Board","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/cdep.70003","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.70003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 4","pages":"187-188"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdep.70003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426229","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}
Sabine Seehagen, Christina Bartnick, Joscha Kärtner, Julia Krasko, Maike Luhmann, Nora Schaal, Silvia Schneider, Sarah Witt, Norbert Zmyj
{"title":"Belong, Broaden, and Build: The Role of Positive Emotions in Early Human Development","authors":"Sabine Seehagen, Christina Bartnick, Joscha Kärtner, Julia Krasko, Maike Luhmann, Nora Schaal, Silvia Schneider, Sarah Witt, Norbert Zmyj","doi":"10.1111/cdep.70002","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The broaden-and-build theory is a prominent framework in positive psychology that considers positive emotions as essential for people to flourish. The theory does not specify the origins of positive emotions during development, although experiences in the first years of life are considered influential for long-term adjustment and well-being. In this article, we propose a developmental extension of the broaden-and-build theory. This extension identifies belonging as a potential third function of positive emotions in addition to broadening and building. We suggest that positive emotions, inextricably linked to social interactions, play a crucial role in satisfying infants' and young children's fundamental need to belong. The belonging function of positive emotions might pave the way for broaden-and-build processes. Our proposed extended framework provides an opportunity to consider the origins and functions of early positive emotions in the context of social interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 4","pages":"237-243"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdep.70002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145425998","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":"Temporal Dynamics of Infant–Parent Synchrony: Challenges and Innovations in Brain–Behavior Coupling","authors":"Teresa Wilcox, Jacqueline Stotler Hammack, Lindsey Riera-Gomez","doi":"10.1111/cdep.70001","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Interpersonal synchronization between infants and parents emerges early in life and serves as a critical foundation for the development of cognitive, social, and communicative abilities. Traditionally, researchers have assessed this synchrony using composite scores that capture the overall degree of reciprocal, coordinated interaction within a dyad. While informative, such measures often overlook the nuanced temporal dynamics of these interactions—how they change during an interaction and vary across contexts. Hyperscanning techniques offer a way to examine real-time coordination of brain activity between social partners. However, a key challenge lies in aligning neural signals with behaviorally relevant markers of synchrony. Recent advances in automated movement analysis and time-series alignment methods are beginning to bridge this gap, enabling researchers to quantify and synchronize neural and behavioral data with greater precision. Continued innovation in these integrative approaches will deepen our understanding of early social development and the bidirectional interplay between brain and behavior.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 4","pages":"229-236"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426155","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":"Issue Information - Editorial Board","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/cdep.70000","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.70000","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 3","pages":"127-128"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdep.70000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144814670","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":"La socialización de los valores culturales y el desarrollo de la prosocialidad latinoamericana","authors":"Rodolfo Cortes Barragan, Andrew N. Meltzoff","doi":"10.1111/cdep.12550","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12550","url":null,"abstract":"<p>¿Qué significa tener una buena educación? En el idioma inglés, cuando se le describe a una persona como alguien con buena educación, generalmente el hablante se refiere al rendimiento académico de esa persona. Sin embargo, en español, cuando se usa esta frase, el hablante se refiere a una persona que, debido a las prácticas de socialización de su familia y su comunidad, ha logrado aprender a ser un miembro responsable de la comunidad, una persona que se esfuerza por colaborar, mostrar solidaridad y ayudar a los demás. ¿La pregunta es, cómo contribuyen las experiencias de aprendizaje social en las culturas latinoamericanas a la buena educación? ¿Y basados en esos datos, qué podemos aprender de manera más general sobre los procesos de socialización para ampliar las teorías del desarrollo humano?</p><p>Las culturas humanas varían en el énfasis que le dan a la conducta prosocial, definida como acciones voluntarias que benefician a los demás, como ayudar, compartir, consolar, ser amable y mostrar compasión (Killen y Smetana <span>2013</span>; Tomasello <span>2019</span>). En consonancia con el concepto de buena educación, se ha reportado que las comunidades de la región latinoamericana son especialmente prosociales (Díaz-Loving <span>2019</span>; Kitayama y Salvador <span>2024</span>; Senft et al. <span>2021</span>). En estas culturas, el desarrollo de actitudes y conductas prosociales es un objetivo central de la crianza (Carlo et al. <span>2022</span>; Markus y Kitayama <span>2010</span>; Rogoff <span>2003</span>). Por esta razón, examinar a las familias latinoamericanas puede brindar nuevos conocimientos sobre los orígenes, la expresión y la maleabilidad de la prosocialidad humana. Esto se debe a que los objetivos de socialización predominantes en las familias latinoamericanas no son idénticos a los de las familias del Norte Global, las cuales están sobrerrepresentadas en las investigaciones sobre la socialización (García Coll <span>2020</span>; Singh et al. <span>2023</span>; White et al. <span>2018</span>).</p><p>En este artículo, integramos investigaciones sobre el desarrollo infantil, la psicología social, y la antropología, realizadas en Centroamérica y Sudamérica, México, el Caribe y la diáspora latinoamericana en Estados Unidos. Proponemos un modelo teórico del surgimiento de un conjunto de valores culturales prosociales durante el desarrollo infantil de estas poblaciones (véase la Figura 1A). A la par describimos algunos de los procesos de socialización con los cuales estos valores prosociales pueden adquirirse (véase la Figura 1B). Al centrarnos en estudios realizados en Latinoamérica destacamos las diversas perspectivas que se pueden obtener al considerar grupos poco estudiados de manera en general en las ciencias sociales, como las comunidades indígenas y transnacionales.</p><p>Las niñas y los niños de ascendencia latinoamericana presentan una fuerte tendencia a la prosocialidad. Por ejemplo, ya a los 19 meses, los bebés de ascendenci","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 4","pages":"244-252"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdep.12550","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426247","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":"Issue Information - Editorial Board","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/cdep.12547","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12547","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 2","pages":"61-62"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdep.12547","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143889008","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}