{"title":"From mind to mind: Understanding the role of mothers in children’s theory of mind","authors":"Nursena Koç , Deniz Tahiroğlu , Berna A. Uzundağ","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101719","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101719","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Theory of mind (ToM) enables children to comprehend mental states of themselves and others. In this first study investigating the mediating role of mothers' mental state talk between mothers' sociocognitive skills (i.e., mothers' ToM and parental reflective functioning) and children's ToM, 89 children (<em>M</em>(<em>SD</em>)<sub>age</sub> = 57.0 months (5.49)) and their mothers from Türkiye participated. Results revealed that mothers with higher prementalization scores used fewer affective and desire words. Mothers exhibiting greater interest and curiosity in mental states used more cognitive words, while those with more proficient ToM skills tended to use more mental state terms indicating certainty (e.g., ‘perhaps’). Furthermore, mothers' use of certainty words mediated the relationship between mothers' ToM and children's ToM. These cross-sectional findings underscore the significant role of mothers' socio-cognitive abilities in mother-child interactions regarding mental states and the development of children's ToM skills, and call for a longitudinal investigation into these relationships.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142579026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sophia H.J. Hwang , Michael J. Kieffer , Elise Cappella
{"title":"The role of supportive relationships in academic performance and personal wellbeing: Results from a U.S. national sample of early adolescents","authors":"Sophia H.J. Hwang , Michael J. Kieffer , Elise Cappella","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101721","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101721","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examined the associations of supportive relationships with academic performance and personal wellbeing in a national sample of early adolescents (<em>N</em> = 6,469). Six latent classes captured variation in youth-reported relational support from adults and peers in school, family, and community contexts. We report four main findings from models testing the associations of latent class with the outcomes. First, the three classes with emotional and informational support from school friends performed at or above the mean on academic performance. Second, the three classes with parental emotional and informational support performed at or above the mean on personal wellbeing. Third, the two classes with emotional, informational, and academic support from peers and adults had the highest outcomes. Lastly, the low/no support class had the lowest outcomes. Findings motivate the need to bolster programs and practices across settings to cultivate relational support during this critical time of early adolescence.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142579027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susan M. Sheridan , Lisa L. Knoche , Natalie Koziol , Amanda L. Witte , Jenna Stadheim , Cassidy A. Spradlin , Iheoma U. Iruka
{"title":"Relationships across the elementary years: Association with children's social-behavioral skills","authors":"Susan M. Sheridan , Lisa L. Knoche , Natalie Koziol , Amanda L. Witte , Jenna Stadheim , Cassidy A. Spradlin , Iheoma U. Iruka","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101718","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101718","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Students' social-behavioral competencies are foundational to development. This longitudinal study identified associations between parent-teacher and student-teacher relationships, and children's social skills and problem behaviors at a single timepoint and over time. It involved 316 students and their parents and teachers across Grades 1 through 4. Several significant associations were uncovered, generally consistent with hypotheses. Parents' and teachers' reports of the parent-teacher relationship at one point in time were associated with their own ratings of students' social-behavioral outcomes. Across grades, parents' reports of the parent-teacher relationship were associated with their own ratings of students' outcomes. Teachers' reports of parent-teacher relationships were associated with children's overall social-behavioral outcomes as reported by parents and teachers. Teacher-rated student-teacher relationships at one timepoint were associated with their own ratings but not parents' ratings of student behaviors. Teacher-reported student-teacher relationships over time were associated with students' outcomes as rated by parents and teachers. Implications are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142527104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alice Schittek, Isabelle Roskam, Moïra Mikolajczak
{"title":"Parental burnout stages and their link to parental violence: A longitudinal study","authors":"Alice Schittek, Isabelle Roskam, Moïra Mikolajczak","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101717","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101717","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Parental burnout's (PB) literature has blossomed, showing that PB is a major predictor in child maltreatment. But it is unclear at what PB stage parents become violent.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>1466 parents answered a pre-registered three-wave longitudinal survey.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>PB seems to start with exhaustion, which catalyzes the development of all other PB symptoms. There seems to be a process relating PB symptoms to violence towards the offspring: exhaustion is prospectively linked to an increase in emotional distancing and feeling fed up, which are then linked to a prospective increase in violence.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Researchers would benefit from focusing more on the symptoms of PB, to increase nuance and give even more concrete suggestions for clinical practice. Clinicians should focus on reducing exhaustion as it seems to be the starting point of PB, and be alert to child maltreatment when <em>emotional distancing</em> or <em>feeling fed up</em> are mentioned. Implications are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142527103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachel H. Farr , Ilyssa P. Salomon , Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi , Christia Spears Brown
{"title":"Children's implicit and explicit attitudes and stereotypes about same-gender parent families","authors":"Rachel H. Farr , Ilyssa P. Salomon , Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi , Christia Spears Brown","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101715","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101715","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) parent families are increasingly visible in the United States, we know little about how children perceive them. Among 151 elementary school students (<em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 7.95 years; 74 girls; 77 % white), we assessed (a) implicit attitudes (and associations with explicit attitudes), (b) perceptions of parents' attitudes, and (c) gendered stereotypes about same-gender parent families. Children showed greater implicit biases against same-gender (versus different-gender) parent families, and LG-specific stereotype endorsement (distinct from broad gender stereotypes), despite limited ability to define “gay” or “lesbian.” Attitudes were similar across demographic factors and experience with same-gender parent families. Thus, despite increasing societal visibility of same-gender parent families, children hold biases (consistent with societal biases) against them.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142444669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Agata Trzcińska, Wojciech Podsiadłowski, Patrycja Golus, Jowita Wieleszczyk
{"title":"Self-esteem and materialism in preschool children: The role of theory of mind and parental material indulgence","authors":"Agata Trzcińska, Wojciech Podsiadłowski, Patrycja Golus, Jowita Wieleszczyk","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101716","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101716","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent studies indicate that even preschool children can develop materialistic tendencies. In a sample of 219 children attending Polish preschools (47 % female, <em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 65.30 months, <em>SD</em> = 12.18 months, all White) and their parents (84 % female, <em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 38.27 years, <em>SD</em> = 4.78 years), we assessed children's materialism, self-esteem, theory of mind, and parental material indulgence. Moderation analyses revealed that the relation between self-esteem and materialism becomes apparent with the development of theory of mind (<em>R</em><sup><em>2</em></sup> = 0.15). Furthermore, we found that this effect may be amplified by high levels of parental material indulgence (<em>R</em><sup><em>2</em></sup> = 0.17 for the co-moderating model). Our findings provide new insights into how child development and parental behavior interact to influence a child's materialistic tendencies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142442178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sandra Pellizzoni , Alessandro Cuder , Chiara De Vita , Maria Chiara Passolunghi
{"title":"Exploring the effect of numerical video training on at-risk preschool children","authors":"Sandra Pellizzoni , Alessandro Cuder , Chiara De Vita , Maria Chiara Passolunghi","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101714","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101714","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Evidence has shown the importance of early numerical skills in sustaining future mathematical abilities. However, the literature has largely ignored the potential of educational videos to improve numerical abilities in children at risk of developing numeracy difficulties. The aim of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of a numerical video training on domain-specific precursors in first-year preschoolers (Mean<sub>age</sub> = 43.64 months) by comparing two intervention groups (i.e., at-risk of developing numeracy difficulties group; average intervention group) with an active control group, while controlling for domain-general precursors. Results revealed that the training was effective in enhancing counting skills in both the at-risk and average intervention groups. The findings also showed an enhancement of cardinality knowledge and digit recognition in the delayed post-test, but only for the group with average numerical abilities. Results will be discussed considering the implications for children who are at risk of experiencing numerical difficulties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
KT Todd , Ian L. Campbell , Peter R. Blake , Allison Anderson , Rachel Fyler
{"title":"Emotion and self-awareness in a longitudinal study of teens' science identities within a museum-university partnership","authors":"KT Todd , Ian L. Campbell , Peter R. Blake , Allison Anderson , Rachel Fyler","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101711","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101711","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Science education often focuses on knowledge and skills without allowing space to critically explore how we feel about science. This paper shares findings from a study of six teens' science identities through a social-emotional lens. The project involved a year-long employment and education program led through a museum-university partnership during which teens engaged in authentic science research, communication, and education activities such as collecting and analyzing data for federally-funded research; presenting findings in journals and conferences; and educating museum visitors. Youth were involved in a participatory evaluation and analyzed their own survey and interview data about science identity, including interest, self-efficacy, and sense of belonging. Case study data analysis combined descriptive statistics and qualitative coding. Results show that involving teens in reflecting on their science identities allowed them to articulate mixed emotions, contextualize their fluctuating confidence in science, and integrate themselves into their concept of a science person.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142311079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sex differences in early childhood education intervention impacts on cognitive outcomes","authors":"Margaret Burchinal , Tiffany Foster , Kylie Garber , Marketa Burnett , Iheoma U. Iruka , Frances Campbell , Craig Ramey","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101712","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101712","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Several influential studies reported sex differences in early care and education (ECE) treatment on young adult IQ and academic outcomes. This paper extends that work by asking whether sex differences in impacts of the Carolina Abecedarian Project emerged during the treatment period or subsequently and whether sex differences were maintained into middle adulthood. The randomized clinical trial (98 % Black, 51 % female) followed 104 infants 5 to 45 years of age. Longitudinal analyses estimated treatment and sex-by-treatment differences at 5 years, from 5 to 21 years, and at 21 and 45 years. Results revealed treated children entered school with higher IQ and reading skills than control children. Treatment impacts on IQ and math increased over time for females and decreased for males yielding sex differences in treatment impacts at 21 and 45 years. These findings suggest that, while the ECE treatment similarly benefited boys and girls in the short term, the long-term impacts likely depended on subsequent experiences.</p></div><div><h3>Public significance</h3><p>Findings from this paper provide further evidence that ECE can improve educational outcomes for low-income Black children, but that subsequent experiences may erode those impacts especially for low-income Black males.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142274441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crystal B. Li , Emma K. Lecarie , Devan Walter , Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant , Rachel Brown , Mary C. Davis , Leah D. Doane
{"title":"The role of sleep in links between daily interpersonal stress and internalizing and externalizing symptoms during middle childhood","authors":"Crystal B. Li , Emma K. Lecarie , Devan Walter , Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant , Rachel Brown , Mary C. Davis , Leah D. Doane","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101713","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101713","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Interpersonal stress has been consistently linked with poorer adjustment, and healthy sleep may play a promotive or protective role in this relation. However, little is known regarding such associations among children. The current study examined longitudinal associations between daily interpersonal stress, sleep, and internalizing/externalizing symptoms during middle childhood.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>At age 8 years, participants wore actigraphy watches for 7 days to capture sleep, and primary caregivers reported on children's daily interpersonal stress, internalizing/externalizing symptoms, and sleep problems. At age 9 years, children self-reported symptoms.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Greater daily interpersonal stress at age 8 years predicted greater internalizing/externalizing symptoms at age 9 years. Higher sleep efficiency predicted fewer externalizing symptoms. Sleep duration moderated links between interpersonal stress and internalizing/externalizing symptoms, but associations were positive and significant for children with average and high duration only.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Findings advance our understanding of links between interpersonal stress, sleep, and child adjustment and can inform targeted family and school interventions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142274440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}