{"title":"Some culture is hiding in plain sight in research on child development","authors":"Roman Stengelin","doi":"10.1111/bjdp.70053","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjdp.70053","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Child development is cultural in nature, yet a divide persists between a (cross-)cultural developmental science niche alongside a seemingly a-cultural mainstream. In particular, childhood research relying on convenience sampling in often Western, post-industrial (i.e., WEIRD) societies rarely ventures into issues of culture and context, promoting excessive overgeneralization and false assumptions of what is considered ‘typical’ in child development. This article has two aims: First, it illustrates the cultural make-up of the communities traditionally overrepresented yet often unmarked in developmental science, while highlighting important variations within this cluster. Second, it demonstrates how this cultural make-up, in turn, is key to the methods employed, the findings produced and the theories postulated in developmental science. Regardless of where it is conducted, developmental science is a cultural endeavour and thus needs to grapple with its cultural foundations.</p>","PeriodicalId":51418,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Psychology","volume":"44 4","pages":"843-860"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjdp.70053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148139697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhaohong Zhu, Shichen Zhang, Qinyu Xu, Yuanyuan Chen, Junxi Mao
{"title":"24-h movement behaviours and inhibitory control in Chinese preschoolers: A compositional data analysis approach","authors":"Zhaohong Zhu, Shichen Zhang, Qinyu Xu, Yuanyuan Chen, Junxi Mao","doi":"10.1111/bjdp.70051","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjdp.70051","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigated the relationships between 24-h movement behaviours and both ‘cool’ and ‘hot’ inhibitory control in Chinese preschoolers. Sixty-six children aged 3–6 years participated in this study. Twenty-four hours movement behaviours were assessed using validated questionnaires measuring moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), light physical activity (LPA), sedentary behaviour (SB), and sleep duration (SLP). ‘Cool’ inhibitory control was measured using the Fish Flanker task, while ‘hot’ inhibitory control was assessed via the Emotion Flanker task. Compositional data analysis (CoDA) and isotemporal substitution modelling were employed for statistical analysis. The results showed that 24-h movement behaviours were significantly associated with both ‘cool’ and ‘hot’ inhibitory control. Increased SB was negatively associated with both ‘cool’ and ‘hot’ inhibitory control. Longer SLP was positively associated with both ‘cool’ and ‘hot’ inhibitory control. LPA showed a significant negative association with ‘hot’ inhibitory control. Isotemporal substitution analyses revealed that increasing MVPA and SLP while reducing SB and LPA was associated with enhanced control performance. This study demonstrates significant associations between 24-h movement behaviour and inhibitory control in preschoolers. The findings support the development of comprehensive movement guidelines that optimize the balance between physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep to promote cognitive development in early childhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":51418,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Psychology","volume":"44 4","pages":"801-817"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147977170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hanna Forrest, Grace Salloum, Allison West, Avery Sutton, Qingfang Song
{"title":"Ethnic-racial socialization and ethnic minority youth's hair cortisol concentration","authors":"Hanna Forrest, Grace Salloum, Allison West, Avery Sutton, Qingfang Song","doi":"10.1111/bjdp.70060","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjdp.70060","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite the plethora of evidence on the association of parental ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) and ethnic minority youth's mental health, the physiological stress-response mechanism that may explain such link has been rarely studied. In the current study, we investigated the relations between parental ERS and youth's chronic physiological stress, indexed by hair cortisol concentrations (HCC). Forty-eight Black and 38 Latino youth (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 12.18 years, SD = 1.50) in the United States and their parents participated in the study. Parents reported ERS in terms of enculturation and preparation for bias. Youth's hair samples were collected and analysed for HCC. Results revealed that parental enculturation was significantly associated with lower levels of HCC. The importance of parental ERS in relation to ethnic minority youth's stress physiology is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51418,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Psychology","volume":"44 4","pages":"970-977"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148474047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adolescents' use of Instagram for coping with stress","authors":"I-Ling Chen, Yee-San Teoh","doi":"10.1111/bjdp.70058","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjdp.70058","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examined how adolescents use Instagram as a coping resource and coping tool within the framework of the transactional theory of stress. We explored how perceived stress and resilience influence coping strategies and their links to life satisfaction. Participants were 375 Taiwanese high school students (73.3% female; <i>M</i> age = 16.7, <i>SD</i> = 0.7) who completed an online questionnaire assessing perceived stress, resilience, coping, life satisfaction and Instagram use. Habitual Instagram use was assessed via self-reported usage frequency and duration, engagement with platform features and reported changes in use under stress. Analyses focused on 280 adolescents who reported using Instagram to cope with stress. Four coping strategies were identified: problem-focused, emotion-focused, support-seeking and avoidance. Stress and resilience were associated with strategy use. Emotion-focused coping predicted higher life satisfaction across both low stress–high resilience and high stress–low resilience groups. Problem-focused coping was beneficial in the high stress–low resilience group, whereas support-seeking coping was effective only in the low stress–high resilience group. Findings underscore the nuanced role of social media in adolescent coping and its implications for adaptive interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":51418,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Psychology","volume":"44 4","pages":"932-945"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148334204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. J. Sanchez-Ruiz, S. El-Hajj, J. M. Gimenez-Lozano, A. Hernández-Saguar, M. El Khoury-Malhame, R. Doumit, K. Petrides, M. Checa-Romero
{"title":"The effectiveness of an emotional intelligence intervention on Lebanese adolescent mental health: A mixed-method study with emotional diary integration","authors":"M. J. Sanchez-Ruiz, S. El-Hajj, J. M. Gimenez-Lozano, A. Hernández-Saguar, M. El Khoury-Malhame, R. Doumit, K. Petrides, M. Checa-Romero","doi":"10.1111/bjdp.70061","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjdp.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Adolescents in Lebanon face socioeconomic and political stressors that undermine socioemotional development and mental health. This study evaluated the Yes to Emotions (YEY) programme, a culturally adapted 11-session intervention to enhance trait Emotional Intelligence (trait EI) and mental health. The sample comprised 712 adolescents (326 girls) aged 14–21 years from public schools allocated to either the YEY intervention (with voluntary diary completion) or a waitlist comparison condition. A mixed-methods design combined self-report and diary data. Results showed higher trait EI, intrapersonal emotional competencies, adaptive coping and reduced maladaptive coping and depressive symptoms. Effect sizes were larger in the diary group, whereas the non-diary group showed more modest gains and often did not differ from the waitlist comparison group. Qualitative findings illustrated the quantitative results, illustrating improvements in emotion regulation, self-esteem, empathy and interpersonal relationships. Findings support EI training and the potential value of emotional diaries in high-adversity contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":51418,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Psychology","volume":"44 4","pages":"978-1003"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjdp.70061","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148632840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Penny for your thoughts: A review and proposed model of socioeconomic status, working memory and worry","authors":"Colton L. Hunter","doi":"10.1111/bjdp.70056","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjdp.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Socioeconomic status is a complex psychological construct linked to a number of professional and personal barriers, including cognitive deficits. Current explanations of the link between socioeconomic status and cognition focus primarily on influences of external factors on development, with less attention paid to internal psychological mechanisms operating in the present. In this review, I propose The Bucket Model of Socioeconomic Working Memory Disparities as a complementary framework, which attributes a portion of socioeconomic deficits in working memory to increased worry and social comparison. To accomplish this, I first summarize research linking socioeconomic status to cognitive outcomes. I then explore the role of working memory specifically in these links. Finally, I define The Bucket Model of Socioeconomic Working Memory Disparities, exploring possible pathways by which worry and social comparison divert resources away from working memory processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":51418,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Psychology","volume":"44 4","pages":"899-919"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjdp.70056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148201161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Norm conflict and ingroup bias in children's polite and altruistic lies.","authors":"Dan Cui, Yanfang Li","doi":"10.1111/bjdp.70075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.70075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prosocial lying supports children's social functioning, yet different types of prosocial lies may not follow the same group patterns. This study examined 7-, 9- and 11-year-old children's polite and altruistic lies towards ingroup and outgroup recipients and the role of theory of mind (ToM) in these behaviours. Polite lies showed a group-general pattern: children told them equally across group lines, independent of ToM. In contrast, altruistic lies displayed a marked ingroup bias that strengthened with higher ToM levels. These findings indicate that prosocial lies are context-sensitive and governed by distinct social-cognitive processes. By revealing that ingroup bias extends to prosocial behaviours involving tension between honesty and altruism, the study clarifies how social and moral considerations and group processes jointly shape the development of children's moral reasoning.</p>","PeriodicalId":51418,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149118075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Milena Bakopoulou, Jade Archer, Larissa K Samuelson
{"title":"Relating object memory to word learning: Data from a new test of toddlers' object recognition.","authors":"Milena Bakopoulou, Jade Archer, Larissa K Samuelson","doi":"10.1111/bjdp.70070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.70070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Learning names for concrete objects, which dominate early vocabularies, relies on visual processes such as object recognition and memory for previously named objects. We examined the relation between memory for pairs of familiar and novel objects and early vocabulary development. We tested 52 14- to 24-month-olds (26 girls) in a preferential-looking object recognition task. Analysis of data from 44 toddlers suggested memory performance was based on whether the stimuli were from categories known to children in this age range and a vocabulary percentile score based on age and gender, rather than just age or total productive vocabulary. We found some evidence that toddlers with higher vocabulary percentile scores remembered familiar but not novel object pairs. We discuss possible reasons for differences in memory for familiar and novel objects, limitations of our task and how our findings fit with proposals on the relations between memory, visual processing and variability in vocabulary development.</p>","PeriodicalId":51418,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149118047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily Nguyen, Zhenmei Yeap, Nicholas Badcock, Cele Richardson
{"title":"Systematic review of the relationship between sleep and reading in children: A meta-analysis and narrative synthesis.","authors":"Emily Nguyen, Zhenmei Yeap, Nicholas Badcock, Cele Richardson","doi":"10.1111/bjdp.70074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.70074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While it is well established that poor sleep is associated with worse cognitive and academic performance in primary school-aged children, less is known about the relationship between sleep and specific abilities like reading. The present study is the first comprehensive review of the relationship between sleep and reading in children (5-12 years), which included 48 studies comprising 55,061 participants (3 case report, 30 cross-sectional, 6 case-control and 9 longitudinal studies). Meta-analyses were conducted as appropriate and showed that poorer reading is associated with greater general sleep disturbances (r = -.26), insomnia symptoms (r = -.20), sleep-disordered breathing symptoms (r = -.31), daytime sleepiness (r = -.12) and shorter sleep duration (r = .22). These findings appear to be robust across different types of reading measures and generally support an association between behavioural sleep outcomes and reading; however, there was substantial heterogeneity, with differences across studies likely driving variability, so these findings should be interpreted cautiously. Ultimately, further research is required to identify specificity in how sleep and reading are related to one another, and whether sleep interventions may be a useful support for children at risk of poor reading.</p>","PeriodicalId":51418,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149082791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Víctor Manuel Valle-Muñoz, Manuel Ávila-García, Francisco David López-Centeno, José Manuel Segura-Díaz, Emilio Villa-González
{"title":"The social pillar of physical literacy: A domain-specific mediation analysis between motor competence and physical activity in adolescents.","authors":"Víctor Manuel Valle-Muñoz, Manuel Ávila-García, Francisco David López-Centeno, José Manuel Segura-Díaz, Emilio Villa-González","doi":"10.1111/bjdp.70071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.70071","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Motor competence (MC) and physical literacy (PL) are associated with physical activity (PA) during adolescence, but the processes underlying this relationship remain unclear. This cross-sectional study examined whether perceived PL was associated with the relationship between MC and PA and whether this indirect association differed by sex. A total of 273 Spanish adolescents aged 12-17 years (46.9% girls) participated. MC was assessed using the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency Short Form, PA using the Youth Activity Profile and perceived PL using the Spanish Physical Literacy Perception Instrument. Analyses adjusted for biological maturation, body mass index and socioeconomic status indicated a significant indirect association between MC and PA through perceived PL, whereas the direct association was not significant after adjustment. Only the social domain of perceived PL showed a significant indirect association, with no evidence of sex differences.</p>","PeriodicalId":51418,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149082807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}