Isabella Valbusa , Maria Anna Donati , Laura Nota , Sara Santilli , Caterina Primi , Maria Cristina Ginevra
{"title":"‘A journey towards rightsland’: An intervention to foster school inclusion","authors":"Isabella Valbusa , Maria Anna Donati , Laura Nota , Sara Santilli , Caterina Primi , Maria Cristina Ginevra","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101815","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101815","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The diversity of today's schools (i.e., children from different backgrounds) can lead to prejudices, stereotypes, and negative attitudes, which have been associated with discrimination and social exclusion. These phenomena constitute violations of children's rights. The intervention program ‘A journey towards Rightsland’ was developed to promote knowledge of rights associated with inclusion, social skills, and positive social relationships with all students. Ten classes (167 children, aged 8–10) were randomly assigned to an experimental group or a control group. All measures were administered two weeks before and after the intervention program. The mixed-effects models showed significant improvements for the experimental group, which held significantly more positive peer nominations, social skills, ability to collaborate with others, and intention to help classmates whose rights were violated. Wilcoxon tests revealed that children at risk of social exclusion in the experimental group received more positive behaviors from their classmates. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 101815"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144239853","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}
Rebecca A. Dore, Kelly M. Purtell, Tzu-Jung Lin, Laura M. Justice
{"title":"Exploring children's naturalistic educational media use: Prevalence, domains, and correlates","authors":"Rebecca A. Dore, Kelly M. Purtell, Tzu-Jung Lin, Laura M. Justice","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101814","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101814","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Media use is a pervasive context in children's lives and has the potential to shape development. This study examines the prevalence of educational content in first graders' media use, the educational domains represented, and whether educational media use is related to socioeconomic status, child gender, and time spent using media and reading. Caregivers of 346 first graders reported children's three to five most-used shows/videos and three to five most-used apps/games, which were coded for educational content and domain. Caregivers also reported demographics and time children spent using media and reading. Educational content comprised a small but measurable portion of media use and gender but not socioeconomic status is related to educational media use. Educational media use was associated with less time spent using media and more time spent reading. Findings have implications for the promotion and creation of educational media for different populations and in diverse domains.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 101814"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144230278","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":"How knowledge of teacher-child interactions moderates the association between teacher-child relationships and children's self-regulation","authors":"Barry Bai , Jing Li , Chunmei Liao","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101812","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101812","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Children's self-regulation is shaped by multiple factors at both the individual and classroom levels. The present study, guided by the ecological system model, explored the role of teachers' knowledge of teacher-child interactions (KTCI) as a moderator in the association between individual teacher-child relationships and children's self-regulation. A two-level hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) approach was employed, analyzing data from 618 children (335 boys and 283 girls, aged 3–6 years) in 42 classrooms. The results revealed that, at the individual level, close teacher-child relationships were positively associated with children's self-regulation, while conflictual and dependent relationships were negatively related to their self-regulation. No significant variation in conflictual relationships was found between the classrooms, while significant variation was observed in close and dependent relationships. At the classroom level, KTCI did not have a direct association with children's self-regulation. However, cross-level moderating effects showed that KTCI, as a “catalyst”, strengthened the positive association between close relationships and children's self-regulation. These findings offer valuable insights into how KTCI and teacher-child relationships may interact and are associated with children's self-regulation, particularly within the Chinese cultural context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 101812"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144223355","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}
Elide Francesca De Caro , Elisa Delvecchio , Luciana Paola Pagano , Carlo Garofalo , Mireia Orgilés , Claudia Mazzeschi
{"title":"Child and adolescent mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Elide Francesca De Caro , Elisa Delvecchio , Luciana Paola Pagano , Carlo Garofalo , Mireia Orgilés , Claudia Mazzeschi","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101811","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101811","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The COVID-19 outbreak impacted child and adolescent mental health. This five-wave study examined the growth trends of internalizing, externalizing, and sleep symptoms in Italian children and adolescents. It also investigated how individual, pandemic-related, and environmental factors influenced trends throughout the pandemic and lockdown periods until its end in May 2023. Parents reported their children and adolescents (ages 3–18) symptoms, socio-demographics, COVID-19-exposure, and housing characteristics. Results revealed a quadratic growth for internalizing and sleep symptoms and a stable-high trend for externalizing symptoms, within five-week of lockdown, followed by a decrease over two-years. Age and sex moderated these trends, with early adolescent girls exhibiting higher symptom levels even post-pandemic. Hospitalization of family members/friends was associated with increased internalizing symptoms, while access to a balcony/garden influenced all symptoms. Findings suggest the general decline in symptoms reflects the easing of national restrictions, highlighting the role of environmental factors in shaping children's responses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 101811"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212807","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}
Clara Sancho-Domingo , José Luis Carballo , Ainhoa Coloma-Carmona , Antonia Pelegrín Muñoz , Carlos van-der Hofstadt
{"title":"Adolescents' drug use patterns and associations with psychological factors for alcohol prevention","authors":"Clara Sancho-Domingo , José Luis Carballo , Ainhoa Coloma-Carmona , Antonia Pelegrín Muñoz , Carlos van-der Hofstadt","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101813","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101813","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite its negative effects, alcohol remains the most used substance among adolescents and is often consumed with other drugs. Since polydrug use can undermine prevention efforts, this study aimed to analyze drug use patterns and their association with alcohol-related psychological risk factors in adolescents. A cross-sectional study was conducted, involving 2010 high school students aged 15–18 (55.5 % female). Participants were assessed for drug use, motivation to reduce drinking, self-efficacy, perceived risk, and drinking attitudes. A Multiple-Group Latent Class Analysis was used to identify drug use patterns across sexes, and ANCOVA for group comparisons. Five patterns were identified: ‘Low-Likelihood Use’ (26.7 %), ‘Sporadic Alcohol Use’ (37.7 %), ‘Binge Drinking and Sporadic Tobacco Use’ (17.5 %), ‘High-Risk Drinking, Tobacco and Sporadic Cannabis Use’ (14.8 %), and ‘High-Risk Polydrug Use’ (3.3 %). The patterns were invariant across sexes. Yet, female adolescents were more likely to engage in ‘Binge Drinking and Sporadic Tobacco Use’, while male in ‘Low-Likelihood Use’. Participants in the three polydrug patterns showed lower self-efficacy and motivation, and greater ambivalence in drinking attitudes than those with low-likelihood or sporadic use. No differences were observed for perceived risk. Tailored interventions addressing these psychological factors are recommended to enhance prevention programs, considering characteristics of both low-alcohol and polydrug patterns.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 101813"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212806","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":"The relationship between socioeconomic status and future orientation: A comprehensive three-level meta-analysis","authors":"Ruijun Song , Nana Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101798","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101798","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Extensive research has explored the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and future orientation. However, the strength of this relationship across studies has been inconsistent. This study employs a three-level meta-analysis to synthesize existing research and assess the relationship between SES and future orientation. Moderator analyses were conducted to investigate the sources of research heterogeneity. A systematic literature search identified 38 eligible studies, providing 119 effect sizes and involving 661,697 participants. The results revealed a small positive correlation between SES and future orientation (<em>r</em> = 0.14). Moderator analyses indicated that culture significantly moderated the relationship. Specifically, a stronger correlation was found in high-welfare and low-welfare countries compared to medium-welfare countries. Furthermore, the measurement of SES showed a significant moderating effect, with a stronger correlation in subjective SES than objective SES. Sex demonstrated a significant moderating effect, with the association stronger in studies with a higher proportion of girls in the sample.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 101798"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143885993","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}
Sophie S. Havighurst, Christina C. Ambrosi, Ann E. Harley, Christiane E. Kehoe
{"title":"Tuning in to Kids: Theoretical basis, program description, and factors impacting effectiveness","authors":"Sophie S. Havighurst, Christina C. Ambrosi, Ann E. Harley, Christiane E. Kehoe","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101797","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101797","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper introduces Tuning in to Kids (TIK), a suite of parenting programs that take an emotion-focused approach to working with parents and carers to improve parent functioning, the parent-child relationship, and children's emotional, social, and behavioural functioning. A range of theoretical influences have shaped the program including emotion socialisation theory. A proposed theoretical model for the program is outlined that considers ways in which the program might lead to change. TIK program content and delivery methods are outlined. The final section of the paper outlines a socioecological model that explores the layering of factors contributing to program effectiveness, including child, parent, and family factors; the program content; facilitator factors; organisational factors; and finally, the wider social, cultural, and political influences. These factors provide a framework for reflecting on and understanding what can be both enablers and barriers to program effectiveness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 101797"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143895047","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":"Aggressive and non-aggressive parental discipline: Longitudinal associations with children's peer problems","authors":"Zijia Li , Yiji Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101809","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101809","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This longitudinal study investigated whether aggressive and non-aggressive parental discipline methods are differentially associated with children's peer-related difficulties and whether emotion dysregulation may mediate these relations. When children (<em>N</em> = 16,708; 51.1 % boys) were 3, 5, and 7 years old, parents reported parental discipline and children's emotion dysregulation and peer problems. The results demonstrated that aggressive and non-aggressive discipline methods differentially predicted children's peer problems and supported the mediation of children's emotion dysregulation (β<sub>ind</sub> = 0.004 to 0.012). Moreover, reasoning was the only method that positively predicted emotion regulation (β = − 0.07, <em>p</em> < .01), and a balanced disciplinary approach may support children's peer relationships through its relation to emotion dysregulation (βind = − 0.01). The findings offer a nuanced understanding on the relation between parental discipline and child development and highlight emotional regulation as a mechanism underlying these relations in early childhood.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 101809"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144167116","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}
Yuan Shen , Chenglong Jia , Kaiyan Yang , Ke Shen , Wenshuo Li , Jinliang Qin
{"title":"Young children's interpersonal trust update based on promise fulfillment: Relationship counts","authors":"Yuan Shen , Chenglong Jia , Kaiyan Yang , Ke Shen , Wenshuo Li , Jinliang Qin","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101801","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101801","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To navigate the ever-changing social world, children need to update trust in response to new experience. Little is known, however, about how young children update trust in interpersonal interactions. The current study investigated how 5–6-year-olds (<em>N</em> = 160) predicted that a protagonist would update their trust for a mother character based on the mother's promise-fulfillment behavior, with unfamiliar others included for comparison. Results showed that 5–6-year-olds predicted that the protagonist would decrease trust for both mother and unfamiliar characters in the promise-breaking condition. However, in the promise-keeping condition, children predicted that the protagonist would increase trust only for the unfamiliar character, not for the mother character. These results suggest that 5–6-year-olds are able to update interpersonal trust based on promise-fulfillment observed from a third-party perspective, and this process is moderated by the relationships between characters in observed interactions. These results underscore the dynamic and relationship nature of children's interpersonal trust, which offers insights into establishing trusting relationships with children in daily caregiving and education settings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 101801"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143935991","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":"Longitudinal impact of child care and home environments on low-income children's development","authors":"Yijie Wang , Nail Hassairi","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101800","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101800","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This longitudinal study investigates how child care quality (CCQ) and home learning environments (HLE) relate to cognitive and social-emotional development among children from low-income backgrounds during their first five years. Analyzing data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study (<em>N</em> = 482), the research found that HLE demonstrated a significant positive association with achievements in cognitive and social-emotional domains. Notably, HLE's influence on cognitive development became increasingly important over time. While CCQ alone did not directly correlate with developmental outcomes in either domain, the interaction between CCQ and HLE over time significantly influenced cognitive growth. As children developed, cognitive development gaps widened in favor of children from high-quality home learning environments, with this advantage notably amplified by high-quality child care. The findings highlight the critical importance of both enriching home environments and nurturing child care settings in supporting optimal cognitive development for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 101800"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143902306","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}