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{"title":"Parenting Stress, Rather Than Gender Identity, Predicts Child Adjustment Among Children of Nonbinary and Binary Transgender Parents","authors":"Samantha L. Tornello,&nbsp;Rachel G. Riskind,&nbsp;Lizbeth Benson","doi":"10.1002/icd.70051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.70051","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Social scientists know little about the experiences of transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) parents and their children's development. In this study of 138 transgender parents (age <i>M</i> = 35.28 years; 86.2% White/European American) with binary (52.9%) and nonbinary (47.1%) gender identities, we explore the links between family processes and young children's (age <i>M</i> = 6.30 years; 86.2% White/European American assigned female at birth = 47.8%) internalising and externalising behaviours. Bayes Factors suggested moderate to strong evidence that children's development and family processes did not differ by parent gender identity. Many parents reported clinical levels of depressive symptoms. However, their children experience typical development despite high parental depressive symptomology. Parenting stress, not parent gender identity or depressive symptoms, was the only credible predictor of children's externalising, internalising and total behavioural adjustment (<i>M</i> = 0.3; BF = 1.9e + 7; <i>M</i> = 0.3; BF = 1.1e + 7; <i>M</i> = 0.3; BF = 4.1e + 10, respectively). The implications of these findings are relevant to healthcare providers, legal experts and professionals who work with children and families and contradict the practice of citing unsupported and unfounded concerns that TGNB parents' marginalised gender identity could harm their children's functioning.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.70051","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145038210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Sibling Cooperation Across Cultures: Indigenous Yurakaré and Polish Urban Children","authors":"Natalia Siekiera,&nbsp;Arkadiusz Białek","doi":"10.1002/icd.70055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Children develop cooperative behaviours within culturally specific social environments from an early age. This exploratory study analysed cooperation between siblings in two different cultural contexts: Yurakaré Indigenous community in Bolivia (<i>N</i> = 22; <i>M</i>_age = 5.31 years; 59.1% female) and urban Poland (<i>N</i> = 24; <i>M</i>_age = 4.86 years; 45.8% female). Mixed-age sibling dyads participated in a tower-building task designed to evaluate cooperative behaviours, focusing on verbal communication, attention management, and cooperation dynamics. Yurakaré siblings more often engaged in complementary actions and jointly built tower levels, whereas Polish siblings tended to construct levels individually and used approximately three times more verbal communication. The groups also differed in their attention management characteristics. Across both groups, fewer attentional shifts during the task were associated with older age. Although the sample size is small, this study provides novel insights into culture-specific cooperation and proposes new research procedures and hypotheses for future investigation.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145007936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Motherhood Through the Eyes of Turkish Mothers With Young Children","authors":"H. Kübra Özkan-Kunduracı,&nbsp;K. Büşra Kaynak-Ekici,&nbsp;Zeynep Kurtulmuş","doi":"10.1002/icd.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Motherhood represents a significant phenomenon in the lives of many women, exerting influence not only on their personal experiences but also on the developmental processes of their children. The perception and meaning of motherhood can vary widely across different cultural contexts. This study aims to investigate Turkish mothers' perspectives on the role of motherhood through a phenomenological approach. The research involved a study group of 40 mothers residing in the city centre of Ankara, Türkiye, with infants aged 0 to 36 months. Data were gathered via semi-structured interviews using interview forms developed by the researchers. The collected data were subjected to content analysis and categorised accordingly. Findings reveal that Turkish mothers experience both positive and negative emotions concurrently regarding motherhood. Mothers viewed motherhood as a source of happiness; conversely, a prevalent concern among the participants was the fear of losing their babies. The participants noted significant changes in their lives due to motherhood. Furthermore, it was observed that families played a crucial supportive role for mothers in adapting to these changes during both prenatal and postnatal periods. The study suggests that motherhood, a biologically inherent aspect specific to women, is often perceived as a role laden with societal pressures and challenges. This perception is influenced by societal expectations and the roles imposed on women. Therefore, it is essential to provide comprehensive support to mothers throughout the prenatal and postnatal periods to address these challenges effectively.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144935361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Latinx Gay Fathers' Pathways to Parenthood, Social Stigma, Helpfulness of Social Relationships and Comfort Being Out: A Life Course Perspective","authors":"Fernando Salinas-Quiroz,&nbsp;Elana R. McDermott,&nbsp;Ellen C. Perrin,&nbsp;Jocelyn Demos Utrera,&nbsp;Ellen E. Pinderhughes","doi":"10.1002/icd.70052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.70052","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Historical events change the socio-cultural and political contexts that Latinx gay men live in, shaping generational differences in external support, comfort being out, experiences of stigma, and the impacts of and response to minority stress over time. The stigma Latinx gay fathers face is informed by racial and xenophobic prejudice they encounter as Latinx individuals and negative attitudes towards their parenting abilities as gay men. To better understand the lives of Latinx gay fathers, we employed a life course perspective to explore their pathways to parenthood, experiences and avoidance of stigma, helpfulness of social relationships, and their comfort being out. Eighty-six Latinx gay fathers (<i>M</i>_age = 46.03 years, SD = 10.50, range = 21–74) from 47 US states participated. Most identified as white, Hispanic (88.4%), while others identified as Black/African American and Hispanic (8.1%), Multiracial (2.3%), or Hispanic, non-white (1.2%). The average income level was approximately US $75,000–$80,000. Over half of participants' first and second children were genetically related to them. Participants reported low frequencies of sexuality-based stigma and even lower levels of stigma avoidance, as well as relatively high levels of comfort being publicly out and helpfulness of social relationships. Generational differences between Latinx gay fathers in the AIDS-1 (born 1950–1969) and AIDS-2 generations (born 1970–1980s) were salient, signifying the importance of historical context in understanding this population.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144929797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adapting Reading Measures From English to Meetei Mayek: An Exploratory Item Response Theory Approach","authors":"Gairan Pamei,&nbsp;Catherine McBride,&nbsp;Tomohiro Inoue","doi":"10.1002/icd.70050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.70050","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The main aim of this adaptation study was to construct measures of word reading and related skills in Meetei Mayek, a written script of the common language of Manipur in northeast India. Seven widely used measures in English for assessing phonological processing, word reading, and vocabulary were adapted into Meetei Mayek. The English and Meetei Mayek measures were administered to 113 bilingual and biliterate students of Grades 1–6 attending schools in Manipur. Bayesian and Mokken item response analyses were conducted to examine the psychometric properties of the measures. Results indicated unidimensionality of the adapted Meetei Mayek reading measures except for the receptive vocabulary task. All but the Meetei Mayek sight word reading task showed the best model fit with difficulty and discrimination item parameters. An exploratory network analysis showed that vocabulary measures across the two languages shared strong positive links, and inconclusive evidence for some of the constructs can inform new testable hypotheses for different grades.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"34 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.70050","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144923428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘It Seems Hard for Her, but She Tries to Be Strong’: Early Childhood Community Practitioners' Accounts of Foreign Mothers' Vulnerabilities in Alexandra Township, South Africa","authors":"Chloe Laumann,&nbsp;Josien de Klerk,&nbsp;Nicki Dawson","doi":"10.1002/icd.70047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.70047","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This qualitative study explores challenges foreign mothers face in caring for newborns in Alexandra Township, South Africa, from the perspective of Early Childhood Community Practitioners (ECCPs). Based on 21 observational reports written by ECCPs and 3 triangulation interviews, the study explores practitioner accounts of specific vulnerabilities and their impact on the ability of foreign mothers to respond to their infants. Using a vulnerability framework, the study shows three themes related to the experiences of 21 foreign mothers aged between 23 and 38, the majority being from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, that practitioners associated with mothers' ability to take care of their babies: experiences of structural and systemic challenges, challenges related to social and caregiving support, and resilience narratives. The interplay of different vulnerabilities shapes parenting infants at particular moments in time. The study concludes that ECCPs associate the parenting capacity of foreign mothers with the emotional toll of their experiences and the uncertainty of social support.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.70047","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144897455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Children's Trust and Attachment Representations Before and After the COVID-19 Lockdown: Exploring Links With Hair Cortisol Concentration","authors":"Marlies Wintmolders,&nbsp;Bien Cuyvers,&nbsp;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg,&nbsp;Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn,&nbsp;Guy Bosmans","doi":"10.1002/icd.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.70049","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Theory suggests that attachment figures' regulation of child arousal during stress is central to the development of secure attachment, that is, trust in the attachment figure, and knowledge about care-related interactions, known as the Secure Base Script (SBS). The current study tested the hypothesis that hair cortisol concentration (HCC), reflecting cumulative cortisol production over time, would be associated with attachment development in middle childhood during the first COVID-19 lockdown. HCC was measured in 55 West-European children (56.4% girls) aged 9–11 years (<i>M</i> = 9.48, SD = 0.47) as a biomarker of chronic stress during the lockdown. SBS knowledge and self-reported trust in the attachment figure were measured both before and after the lockdown period to assess attachment development. The results supported the hypothesis that higher HCC was associated with a decrease in trust in the attachment figure <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mfenced>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msubsup>\u0000 <mi>η</mi>\u0000 <mtext>partial</mtext>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msubsup>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mn>0.08</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mfenced>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ left({eta}_{mathrm{partial}}^2=0.08right) $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>. However, contrary to expectations, HCC did not moderate changes in SBS knowledge. Instead, all children showed an increase in SBS knowledge over time, regardless of HCC <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mfenced>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msubsup>\u0000 <mi>η</mi>\u0000 <mtext>partial</mtext>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msubsup>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mn>0.954</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mfenced>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ left({eta}_{mathrm{partial}}^2=0.954right) $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>. These findings suggest that cognitive (i.e., SBS knowledge) and affective (i.e., trust) dimensions of attachment may be differentially affected by stress. Further research is needed to clarify the role of endocrinological processes in distinct dimensions of attachment development.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contextual Fit? Exploring Diverging Areas of Knowledge Around Infant Rearing in a Home Visiting Intervention in Alexandra Township, South Africa","authors":"Nicola Dawson,&nbsp;Annemieke Exton,&nbsp;Thandiwe Khumalo,&nbsp;Josien de Klerk","doi":"10.1002/icd.70046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.70046","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The applied field of “Global Early Childhood Development”, developed in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialised Rich and Democratic) settings, asserts universal frameworks and understandings of early childhood development pathways. This field advocates for the roll out of parenting interventions aimed at improving child development outcomes, predominantly for children living in the Majority World. This article examines areas of divergence between knowledge about early child development and infant rearing from this applied academic field of “Global Early Childhood Development” and local knowledge in Alexandra Township, a multi-ethnic and multi-linguistic area in Johannesburg, South Africa. Based on thematic analysis of 107 home visit reports, and six triangulating interviews with frontline care workers who wrote the reports, this study identifies four areas of divergence between Global Early Childhood Knowledge and local knowledge, namely differences in knowledge about (1) the value of discriminate and responsive caregiving, (2) whether or not infants are sensing and sentient, (3) the value of exclusive breast-feeding and infant-led feeding, and the (4) causes and treatment for developmental delays and infant sickness. These findings highlight the imperative need for including diverse conceptualisations of child development and addressing structural and contextual influences on child development in Majority World intervention design and implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.70046","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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 Impact of Maternal Experience of Gender Roles on Children's Socio-Emotional Development in Uganda: A Qualitative Study","authors":"Georgia Tuohy,&nbsp;Herbert Ainamani,&nbsp;Brenda Kakai,&nbsp;Eunice Nydareeba,&nbsp;Josephine Paricia,&nbsp;John Sajabi,&nbsp;Carlo Vreden,&nbsp;Lynda Boothroyd,&nbsp;Zanna Clay","doi":"10.1002/icd.70048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.70048","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cultural learning environments and gender roles play a key role in shaping children's development, particularly regarding their social and emotional skills. However, most work on this topic relies on methods that overlook lived experiences and assume high participant literacy, which may not apply to Majority World contexts. To address these issues, this study qualitatively explored maternal beliefs about gender roles and their potential influence on children's socio-emotional development in two distinct Ugandan locations. We conducted focus groups with Ugandan mothers from a rural (Budongo, <i>N</i> = 22) and urban (Mbarara, <i>N</i> = 27) setting to explore common themes in maternal experiences and attitudes towards the socialisation of their infants and children. Inductive thematic analysis revealed four themes: (1) women's role as socially contingent, (2) men should, but do not, (3) hiding negative emotions for self-protection, and (4) emotion as a somatic experience. These themes and their relation to child socio-emotional development, examined through their children's behaviour, are discussed with regard to current literature on cultural learning and maternal attitudes towards parenting.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.70048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acting and Practising Together: Modulations of the Joint Simon Effect in 6- to 8-Year-Old Children","authors":"Cristina Iani,&nbsp;Sandro Rubichi","doi":"10.1002/icd.70044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.70044","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The study investigated joint action performance and joint unintentional transfer of learning in two cohorts of elementary school children. Thirty-two first-graders (mean age 6.6 ± 1.22 years; 22 females; all White) and 32 second-graders (mean age 7.8 ± 0.27 years; 15 females; all White) performed a Joint Simon task before and after performing a joint spatial compatibility task in which stimulus position was mapped incompatibly to the response position. We assessed whether, prior to training, children displayed a reliable Joint Simon effect (JSE), indicative of co-representation, and whether age-related differences emerged in its magnitude. Furthermore, we assessed whether the effect was affected by a jointly performed practice. Both age groups showed a significant JSE that was eliminated by the joint incompatible practice. No significant age-related differences emerged. Our results indicate that 6- to 8-year-old children are influenced by the presence of another agent and suggest that the knowledge acquired during joint task performance may automatically and unintentionally transfer to a subsequent similar task.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.70044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144758618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}