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{"title":"Impact of decision-making autonomy and social distance on young Chinese children's sharing behaviour","authors":"Wenjie Zhang,&nbsp;Li Yang,&nbsp;Ruyi Long,&nbsp;Tengji Yang,&nbsp;Yi Ning,&nbsp;Wei Fan","doi":"10.1002/icd.2535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2535","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research explores how decision-making autonomy and social distance impact young children's sharing behaviour. In Study 1, findings from 159 Chinese children (total <i>N</i> = 159, 72 boys, aged 3–6 years) revealed that children aged 5–6 exhibited significantly more sharing behaviours in the controlled condition, however 3–4 years-olds showed no variance between the two conditions, indicating that the impact of decision-making autonomy on sharing behaviour surfaces around the age of 5–6 years. Study 2 examined the effects of social distance and decision-making autonomy on sharing behaviours among Chinese children aged 5–6 years (total <i>N</i> = 57, 29 boys). Results showed that irrespective of the decision-making condition, children in this age group exhibited a greater tendency to share with close friends. Furthermore, the controlled condition intensified this effect. These findings suggest that the perceived sense of autonomy among Chinese children aged 5–6 when deciding to share may not be as stable as expected, with social distance playing a pivotal role in guiding their sharing decisions. This study enhances our comprehension of how decision-making autonomy and social factors shape young children's prosocial behaviour, underscoring the significant role of social context in influencing sharing behaviours during childhood development.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"33 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252560","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":"Investigating correlates of children's emotional well-being: Parenting stress and child temperament","authors":"Şevval Çelebi,&nbsp;Ibrahim H. Acar","doi":"10.1002/icd.2539","DOIUrl":"10.1002/icd.2539","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Children's emotional well-being may emerge as a result of the dynamic interplay between individual factors, such as temperament and environmental factors, such as parenting stress. The current study aimed to investigate the contributions of child temperament and parenting stress to children's emotional well-being. This study also examined the moderating role of parenting stress on the association between child temperament and children's emotional well-being. Participants were mothers of 219 Turkish preschool children (110 girls) aged 36 months to 76 months (<i>M</i> = 56.95 months, SD = 11.73 months). Mothers reported on children's emotional well-being (emotion regulation, emotion dysregulation, child aggression and child anxiety), temperament (persistence and reactivity) and parenting stress. Persistence was negatively associated with emotion dysregulation and child aggression, while reactivity was negatively associated with emotion regulation and positively associated with emotion dysregulation, aggression and anxiety. Parenting stress was negatively associated with emotion regulation and positively associated with emotion dysregulation, aggression and anxiety. Simple slope analyses revealed that high persistence coupled with low parenting stress was associated with higher emotion regulation, while low persistence paired with high parenting stress was linked to higher child aggression. The findings underline the significance of child temperament and parenting stress for children's emotional well-being.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Highlights</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Temperamental persistence is negatively associated with emotion dysregulation and aggression.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Temperamental reactivity is negatively associated with emotion regulation and positively associated with emotion dysregulation, aggression and anxiety.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Parenting stress was negatively associated with emotion regulation and positively associated with emotion dysregulation, aggression and anxiety in children.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"33 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.2539","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141910315","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":"Remote assessment of the association between early executive function and mathematics skills","authors":"Jasmine R. Ernst,&nbsp;Sarah E. Pan,&nbsp;Stephanie M. Carlson","doi":"10.1002/icd.2534","DOIUrl":"10.1002/icd.2534","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Executive function (EF) skills are consistently associated with global mathematics assessments. However, less is known about which specific mathematics skills invoke EF in early childhood. We adapted batteries of EF, numerical, and patterning tasks to be conducted via synchronous video conferencing with typically developing 4-year-old children (<i>N</i> = 115, 56.6% female, 85.2% White, non-Hispanic, 7.8% Multiracial, 0.9% Hispanic, 0.9% Black, 1.7% American Indian/Alaska Native, 2.6% Asian and 0.9% missing) from primarily upper middle class households (maternal education range: some college to graduate or professional degree, mode = graduate or professional degree) in the United States. We found feasibility of remote adaptation varied greatly by task. Just over half of enrolled children (57.02%) completed all tasks and there were higher rates of missingness compared to an in-person sample with a similar age range collected in schools. Nonetheless, working memory predicted various mathematics skills, including patterning, verbal counting, and number comparison, controlling for age and maternal education. Relations between cognitive flexibility and patterning varied across model specifications. Overall, these findings provide insight into the costs and benefits of remotely administered direct assessments of EF and mathematics in early childhood and add to the growing body of literature suggesting working memory plays an important role in several foundational early mathematics skills. Suggestions are offered for remote assessment with preschoolers.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Highlights</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Executive function and mathematics tasks were adapted for remote use and associations among skill sets were examined.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Remotely administered data collection sessions had higher rates of missingness than comparable in-person studies.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Findings replicate and extend prior work on the associations between working memory and patterning, verbal counting, and number comparison in a remote setting.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"33 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.2534","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141862238","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":"Beyond the false belief task: How children develop their knowledge about the mind","authors":"Marta Białecka,&nbsp;Arkadiusz Gut,&nbsp;Małgorzata Stępień-Nycz,&nbsp;Krystian Macheta,&nbsp;Jakub Janczura","doi":"10.1002/icd.2528","DOIUrl":"10.1002/icd.2528","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Previous research on children's knowledge about the mind has primarily focused on their comprehension of false beliefs, leaving the conceptualization of thoughts and thinking less explored. To address this gap, we developed a new assessment tool, the interview about the mind (IaM), to assess children's understanding of the mind. Two studies involving Polish preschool and early school-aged children were conducted to assess the validity and reliability of the tool: a cross-sectional study with 212 preschoolers aged three to 6 years (106 boys, <i>M</i> = 59 months) followed by a longitudinal study with approximately 200 children (110 boys) assessed at ages 5.5, 6.5, and 7.5 years. We found that the IaM possesses robust psychometric properties and a one-factor structure. Younger children recognize that thoughts are imperceptible to the senses and identified the mind's location as the head. Older children exhibited difficulties with analogical or abstract definitions of thoughts. As expected, a linear developmental trajectory was evident from ages 5.5–7.5, with children's language abilities showing a positive correlation with IaM scores. Future research should explore the relationship between knowledge about the mind and theory of mind (ToM), as well as cross-cultural differences in children's mind conceptualization.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"33 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141755230","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":"Maternal substance use, unpredictability of sensory signals and child cognitive development: An exploratory study","authors":"Noora Hyysalo,&nbsp;Minna Sorsa,&nbsp;Eeva Holmberg,&nbsp;Riikka Korja,&nbsp;Elysia Poggi Davis,&nbsp;Eveliina Mykkänen,&nbsp;Marjo Flykt","doi":"10.1002/icd.2530","DOIUrl":"10.1002/icd.2530","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Maternal substance use and unpredictable maternal sensory signals may affect child development, but no studies have examined them together. We explored the unpredictability, frequency and duration of maternal sensory signals in 52 Caucasian mother–child dyads, 27 with and 25 without maternal substance use. We also examined the association between unpredictable maternal signals and children's cognitive development. Maternal sensory signals were evaluated with video-recorded dyadic free-play interactions at child age of 24 months. Children's cognitive development was evaluated with Bayley-III at 24 months and with WPPSI-III at 48 months. We found similar unpredictability, frequency and duration of sensory signals between substance-using and non-using mothers. Higher unpredictability of maternal sensory signals was robustly linked with poorer child cognitive development at 24 months. The link persisted, although weakened to 48 months. Unpredictability of maternal sensory signals may be a vital parenting aspect shaping children's development, but more research is needed in high-risk groups.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Highlights</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>We examined unpredictability, frequency and duration of maternal sensory signals among substance-using and non-using mothers, and the associations between unpredictability and children's cognitive development.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>We assessed sensory signals with dyadic free-play interaction and children's cognitive development with standardized tests. Groups showed similar sensory signal unpredictability, frequency and duration. Unpredictable sensory signals were linked with poorer child cognitive development at 24 and 48 months.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Unpredictability of maternal sensory signals is a potentially vital aspect of parental care in shaping children's development. More research is needed especially including high-risk mothers.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"33 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.2530","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141602686","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 relationship between parental anxiety, fear of Covid-19, partner involvement in children's care and sleep quality during the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy","authors":"Benedetta Ragni,&nbsp;Daniela Paoletti,&nbsp;Simona De Stasio","doi":"10.1002/icd.2531","DOIUrl":"10.1002/icd.2531","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>During the Covid-19 pandemic new stressors were added to the usual challenges parents face, changing habits and reduced physical activity, all factors that negatively affect sleep quality in adults and children. This study examines (1) possible changes in the sleep-wake patterns of parents and children before and after the March–May 2020 lockdown and during the new restrictions imposed by the Italian government in March 2021; (2) possible associations between children and parents' sleep quality reported by parents and intrinsic and extrinsic factors. A total of 264 Italian parents with children aged 1–6 years (<i>M</i> = 40 months, SD = 18.18) completed self-report questionnaires. Children's sleep habits changed, and parental insomnia symptoms worsened after the March–May 2020 lockdown, while children's insomnia symptoms decreased. Positive associations between children's negative affectivity and insomnia symptoms emerged, as well as between generalized parental anxiety and parental insomnia symptoms and between parental fear of Covid-19 and sleep-related habits not in line with paediatric recommendations. Partner's involvement in children's care promoted good sleep habits. Results identified risks and protective factors that could impact Italian parents' and children's sleep during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, raising awareness among families, education practitioners, healthcare providers and the general public.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Highlights</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Italian children's sleep habits changed, and parental insomnia symptoms worsened after the March–May 2020 lockdown, while children's insomnia symptoms decreased.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>During the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, higher levels of children's temperamental negative affectivity were associated with higher levels of parental and children's insomnia, higher levels of parental anxiety, and the presence of children's sleep-related habits not in line with pediatric recommendations.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Partner's involvement in children's care promoted good and healthy children's sleep habits.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"33 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.2531","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141566153","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":"Latent profiles of infant negative affect and respiratory sinus arrhythmia during the still-face paradigm: The role of maternal sensitivity","authors":"Savannah Girod,&nbsp;Esther Leerkes,&nbsp;Yu Chen,&nbsp;Cheryl Buehler,&nbsp;Lenka Shriver,&nbsp;Laurie Wideman","doi":"10.1002/icd.2532","DOIUrl":"10.1002/icd.2532","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We examined if there were profiles of infants' behavioural and physiological responses during the still-face and if these profiles were predicted by maternal sensitivity. Participants included 230 mothers (40.4% non-white) and their 2-month-old infants (48.7% female). Three profiles were identified: <i>continually increasing negative affect and decreasing respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA)</i> (17.39%); <i>modest, classic still-face effect for negative affect and RSA</i> (64.35%); <i>high negative affect, late decreasing RSA</i> (18.26%). Infants of highly sensitive mothers were more likely to be in the <i>modest, classic still-face effect for negative affect and RSA</i> profile than in the <i>continually increasing negative affect and decreasing RSA</i> and the <i>high negative affect, late decreasing RSA</i> profiles. Additionally, infants of mothers who were high in maternal sensitivity were more likely to be in the <i>continually increasing negative affect and decreasing RSA</i> profile compared to the <i>high negative affect, late decreasing RSA</i> profile. The findings demonstrate heterogeneity in infant responses and that maternal sensitivity is an important predictor of children's behavioural and physiological responses to stressors.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"33 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.2532","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141566096","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":"Evidence of the validity of the child self-regulation & behaviour questionnaire for the Brazilian context","authors":"Natália Batista Albuquerque Goulart Lemos,&nbsp;Valerie Carson,&nbsp;Steven Howard,&nbsp;Carlos Cristi-Montero,&nbsp;Glacithane Lins da Cunha,&nbsp;Jéssica Gomes Mota,&nbsp;Antony Okely,&nbsp;Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira,&nbsp;Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins","doi":"10.1002/icd.2526","DOIUrl":"10.1002/icd.2526","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Poor early childhood self-regulation is related to many mental health problems and antisocial behaviours, so it is important to use psychometrically sound instruments to assess children's self-regulation and behavioural development. The aim of this study is to report the translation, adaptation, as well as explore the construct validity of the child self-regulation &amp; behaviour questionnaire (CSBQ) for the Brazilian context. The process consisted of different steps, such as transcultural translation, item intelligibility analysis, and psychometric analysis based on classical and contemporary theories. The validation process was carried out on a sample of 277 parents/caregivers (35.00 ± 6.72 years old) of 281 children (4.92 ± 1.45 years old; 156 females). The final Brazilian version showed adequate values of semantic, idiomatic, and conceptual equivalence. The validation process resulted in a seven-dimensional model with 33 items. The validation of Brazilian CSBQ is promising for investigating early self-regulation and behaviour problems in low-middle income contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"33 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141461764","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":"Black American adolescent's efficacy in the face of discrimination","authors":"Briah A. Glover,&nbsp;Dawn P. Witherspoon","doi":"10.1002/icd.2529","DOIUrl":"10.1002/icd.2529","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The pervasiveness of racism in the U.S. and its negative relations with key development outcomes has led researchers to uncover mediators, of which this article argues efficacy should be considered. Self-efficacy, one's belief in their capability to accomplish a task or goal, can be measured in multiple domains of functioning and contexts to predict behaviour. The current study examines possible specificity in the relation between discrimination (general discrimination and school discrimination) and efficacy (academic efficacy and efficacy to combat discrimination), whether resilience moderates these associations, and if these processes differ by gender. A total of 879 Black youth (47% female; mean age = 12, SD = 0.58) were included in the analyses. Findings suggest that school discrimination experiences are differentially associated with domains of efficacy. Resilience was associated with increased efficacy, but no significant moderation effects were found.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"33 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/icd.2529","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141452880","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":"Temperament ratings by parents and teachers as predictors of non-verbal ability in Argentinean preschoolers","authors":"Maria Julia Hermida,&nbsp;Eliana Ruetti,&nbsp;Sebastián Javier Lipina,&nbsp;Maria Soledad Segretin","doi":"10.1002/icd.2527","DOIUrl":"10.1002/icd.2527","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Child temperament is a predictor of non-verbal ability (i.e. thinking and problem-solving skills that do not fundamentally require verbal language production and comprehension). Given that temperament scores might vary depending on whether the reporter is a parent or a teacher, this study analyses (a) whether those reports are different and (b) how each report predicts child non-verbal ability in a non-western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic sample. The Matrix subtest of KABC-II (a non-verbal ability task widely used in non-western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic contexts) was administered to 85 Argentinian children (47 girls, 38 boys) aged 4–5 years, from middle-to-low socioeconomic status homes. Also, the Child Behaviour Questionnaire-Very Short Form was administered to obtain temperament reports from parents and teachers. We will compare the parent's and teacher's reports on temperament using Mann–Whitney <i>U</i>-tests. Finally, multiple linear regression analyses will be conducted to explore how parent and teacher reports of temperament predict non-verbal ability. Each temperament dimension will be analysed separately. Results should be interpreted considering the low sample size.</p>","PeriodicalId":47820,"journal":{"name":"Infant and Child Development","volume":"33 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141448261","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}