{"title":"The (in)effectiveness of training domain-general skills to support early math knowledge","authors":"Emily R. Fyfe, Giulia A. Borriello","doi":"10.1111/cdep.12526","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12526","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Researchers agree that both domain-general skills and domain-specific skills contribute to mathematics knowledge, but questions arise as to which skills can and should be trained to improve children's learning outcomes. In this article, we synthesize research on training three domain-general constructs in early childhood (patterning skills, working memory, and spatial reasoning) and their causal links to mathematics knowledge. The results are clear: Practice with these domain-general tasks is unlikely to transfer to higher scores on measures of mathematics knowledge, especially for preschool-aged children. Based on this evidence, we argue against using isolated domain-general training to enhance math knowledge in early childhood. We offer recommendations for researchers and practitioners to optimize best practices in this area.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 1","pages":"54-60"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdep.12526","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141931174","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}
Tilbe Göksun, Aslı Aktan-Erciyes, Dilay Z. Karadöller, Ö. Ece Demir-Lira
{"title":"The multifaceted nature of early vocabulary development: Connecting children's characteristics with parental input types","authors":"Tilbe Göksun, Aslı Aktan-Erciyes, Dilay Z. Karadöller, Ö. Ece Demir-Lira","doi":"10.1111/cdep.12524","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12524","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Children need to learn the demands of their native language in the early vocabulary development phase. In this dynamic process, parental multimodal input may shape neurodevelopmental trajectories while also being tailored by child-related factors. Moving beyond typically characterized group profiles, in this article, we synthesize growing evidence on the effects of parental multimodal input (amount, quality, or absence), domain-specific input (space and math), and language-specific input (causal verbs and sound symbols) on preterm, full-term, and deaf children's early vocabulary development, focusing primarily on research with children learning Turkish and Turkish Sign Language. We advocate for a theoretical perspective, integrating neonatal characteristics and parental input, and acknowledging the unique constraints of languages.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 1","pages":"30-37"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141881187","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.12521","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12521","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"18 3","pages":"105-106"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdep.12521","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141881188","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":"How does work during pregnancy affect maternal and infant health and development?","authors":"Alejandra Ros Pilarz, Jessica Pac","doi":"10.1111/cdep.12523","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12523","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the United States, most mothers work during pregnancy. Yet, until the passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in 2022, pregnant employees did not have a right to reasonable accommodations to work under safe conditions. This law is expected to increase employment among pregnant women, making it critical to understand the effects of work during pregnancy on health and the potential benefits of the law. Because the prenatal period has long-lasting consequences for health, employment during pregnancy can affect children's health and development in childhood and beyond. In this article, we review theory and empirical evidence on the effects of work during pregnancy on maternal and infant health. We propose a conceptual framework that outlines the pathways through which work during pregnancy affects health, discuss policies that are expected to affect work during pregnancy and health and conclude with priorities for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 1","pages":"45-53"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdep.12523","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141773352","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":"Being good and feeling good: What happiness means to children","authors":"Fan Yang","doi":"10.1111/cdep.12522","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12522","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Happiness is one of the most important parenting goals in today's modern society. To promote a happy childhood, we need to understand what happiness means to children. Contrary to the view that young children may equate happiness with satisfying material desires and experiencing simple pleasures, in this article, I review recent developmental research showing that (1) even young children have a sophisticated understanding about the role of desire satisfaction in happiness, (2) they perceive happiness as contingent on moral goodness, and (3) they experience happiness from performing morally good behaviors. Together, the findings suggest that for children, happiness means more than feeling good about satisfying material desires and experiencing simple pleasures; it also means <i>being good</i> to oneself and others. This research deepens our understanding of children's emotional cognition and experience, elucidates the nature and origins of happiness, and has significant implications for fostering a happy childhood and beyond.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 1","pages":"38-44"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdep.12522","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141650125","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":"Toward a mechanistic understanding of the association between motor and executive function skill development in early childhood","authors":"Jessica M. Cassidy, Michael T. Willoughby","doi":"10.1111/cdep.12520","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12520","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Early childhood is characterized by rapid increases in both motor skills and executive function skills. Rather than simply codeveloping, the development of motor and executive function skills may be linked causally. In this article, we introduce corticomuscular coherence as a paradigm for psychologists interested in testing mechanistic questions about the potentially causal association between motor and executive function skill development in early childhood. We also consider the broader implications of this work for informing typical and atypical development.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 1","pages":"14-19"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141528872","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":"Music enrichment programs may promote early language development by enhancing parent responsiveness: A narrative review","authors":"Amy R. Smith, Kai Ling Kong","doi":"10.1111/cdep.12519","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12519","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The first years of life are critical for language development. Numerous studies indicate that actively participating in music creates a neural processing advantage in brain regions that support language development. Nevertheless, shared social characteristics between music and language may also play a role in explaining the benefits of music engagement during infancy for language development. The causal effects of a social learning pathway explaining the relation between music and language development in infants have not been fully elucidated. In this article, we posit that music enrichment programs indirectly benefit language development through enhanced parental responsiveness, an aspect of high-quality parent–infant interactions. We summarize research on parent–child music enrichment classes and early language development. We also provide a narrative review and conceptual model of relevant research to support how parental responsiveness may partly explain the association between participating in music enrichment programs during infancy and benefits to early language development.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 1","pages":"20-29"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141371259","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}
Anne J. Maheux, Shedrick L. Garrett, Kara A. Fox, Nathan H. Field, Kaitlyn Burnell, Eva H. Telzer, Mitchell J. Prinstein
{"title":"Adolescent social gaming as a form of social media: A call for developmental science","authors":"Anne J. Maheux, Shedrick L. Garrett, Kara A. Fox, Nathan H. Field, Kaitlyn Burnell, Eva H. Telzer, Mitchell J. Prinstein","doi":"10.1111/cdep.12518","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12518","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Social gaming—online gameplay involving digital interactions with others—is a common form of social media use among adolescents. Research on this topic has neglected the social aspect of gaming and the potential role of social gaming in adolescent development. In this article, we define social gaming, drawing on interdisciplinary theories to clarify how it is both similar to and distinct from the app-based social media platforms that have received more research attention. We outline how social gaming may be uniquely rewarding and influential for adolescents, given three key features of adolescent development: peer relationships, identity development, and neurobiological development. We address how individual differences—including those related to social identities, neurobiology, and pre-existing social skills—may shape social gaming experiences and related outcomes. We conclude with a call for more work on how social gaming influences adolescent development and an agenda for researchers.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"19 1","pages":"3-13"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141380865","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":"Revisiting the conceptualization and measurement of ethnic-racial identity affect: Recommendations for future directions","authors":"Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor","doi":"10.1111/cdep.12517","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12517","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ethnic-racial identity (ERI) is an important psychological construct that can have significant implications for individuals' positive development and adjustment. The multifaceted nature of ERI has been well documented, and scholars have identified clear distinctions between process and content dimensions of ERI. ERI affect is among the most widely studied dimensions of ERI. In this article, I revisit the theoretical and empirical foundations on which the conceptualization and measurement of ERI affect have been grounded, and present findings that suggest that distinctions between positive and negative affect are necessary. I also draw on social identity and emotion science theories to explain the patterns of findings for positive and negative affect and offer suggestions for future theorizing and empirical work on ERI affect. Finally, I offer recommendations for revised interpretations of prior work, more refined measurement approaches for future work, and increased attention to the practice-based implications of research on ERI affect.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"18 4","pages":"215-220"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdep.12517","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141192309","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}
Teresa Eckrich Sommer, Emily Franchett, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Joan Lombardi
{"title":"A Global Call for Two-Generation Approaches to Child Development and Caregivers' Livelihoods","authors":"Teresa Eckrich Sommer, Emily Franchett, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Joan Lombardi","doi":"10.1111/cdep.12516","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdep.12516","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Interest in two-generation approaches to improve the developmental outcomes of children and their caregivers and the economic well-being of families has increased amid persistent child and family poverty worldwide. Grounded in a dual developmental science perspective and the theory of linked lives, these approaches maximize developmental potential by addressing the interrelated educational, economic, and developmental needs of children and their caregivers. They offer coordinated, aligned, and simultaneous services for at least two generations in the same family. In this article, we propose that from a global perspective, two-generation approaches that harness synergies among children and their caregivers are likely to be more effective than single-generation approaches in alleviating poverty and improving human development. We identify five models in different geographic regions of the world that promote the development of young children (0–6 years), the education and livelihood of their caregivers, and the well-being of both, which we group by type of program: quality child care, early childhood development + nonformal education for parents, and cash transfers + parenting. We close with a call for more research on two-generation programs and policies globally.</p>","PeriodicalId":150,"journal":{"name":"Child Development Perspectives","volume":"18 4","pages":"204-214"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdep.12516","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141192129","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}