The results of a study recently published by the Journal of Experimental
Child Psychology show that bilingual children are better than monolinguals at a certain type of mental control, and that those children with more practice switching between languages have even greater skills.
Research in child development and
child psychology shows us over and over again that children learn best from positive interactions, not negative ones.
Not exact matches
Watch a rerun of «The Cosby
Show» and you'll see it in action, according to Laurence Steinberg, a professor of
psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia and one of the foremost researchers on parenting styles: «Cosby is warm, affectionate and relatively strict, but it's a strictness that is reasoned and reasonable, based on the belief that what
children need from their parents is guidance and training.»
... Newest bits of evidence linking a young
child's intelligence with the quality of mothering and the amount of mental stimulation in the home comes from the Journal of Educational of
Psychology... Most important elements include the mother's involvement with the
child, the verbal and emotional responsiveness of the mother and the provision of appropriate materials, this research
shows.
According to an article in
Psychology Today by clinical psychologist and sleep disorder specialist Michael J Breus, a 2011 study
showed that bed - sharing does not negatively affect cognitive or behavioral development in young
children.
Tough draws on neuroscience, economics,
psychology and
child development to
show how qualities such as self - mastery and optimism are what make
children succeed and persevere, and how, in the light of this, good parenting, supportive mentoring and thoughtful, character - based schooling can make all the difference.
A 2011 study published in the Journal of
Child Psychology and Psychiatry found that among the participating mothers, the ones who were breastfeeding
showed a heightened sensitivity to their baby's cries which suggests greater bonding and empathy.
A study published in the Journal of
Child Psychology and Psychiatry whose aim was to follow 11 - year - olds born to mothers with postpartum depression
showed that the
children had significantly low IQs.
Led by Dr Sakari Lemola from Warwick's Department of
Psychology and Natalie Urfer - Maurer from the University of Basel, the study reported in Sleep Medicine
shows that
children of mothers with insomnia symptoms fall asleep later, get less sleep, and spend less time in deep sleep.
«Traumatic avoidance symptoms have been
shown to have a negative impact on the cognitive and emotional development of
children,» said Kristin Valentino, Notre Dame assistant professor of
psychology who specializes in the development of at - risk and maltreated
children.
«It is our hope that this study
shows that even with limited resources, and even when there are language barriers, we can make a difference in the lives of
children through leveraging technology,» said Selcuk Sirin, J.K. Javits professor of applied
psychology at NYU Steinhardt and a Project Hope investigator.
Dr Elena Hoicka, from the Department of
Psychology, added: «The study
shows just how important play is to
children's development.
After adjusting for maternal IQ and education, characteristics of the home environment, school district, and number of siblings, the
children who were exposed to greater than 5 parts arsenic per billion of household well water (WAs ≥ 5 μg / L)
showed reductions in Full Scale, Working Memory, Perceptual Reasoning and Verbal Comprehension scores, losses of 5 - 6 points, considered a significant decline, that may translate to problems in school, according to Gail Wasserman, PhD, professor of Medical
Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia, and the study's first author.
Odd, when Elly Singer
shows, in
Child Care and the Psychology of Development, how childcare provisions have influenced the ways in which psychologists have looked at child development since the 19th century at l
Child Care and the
Psychology of Development, how childcare provisions have influenced the ways in which psychologists have looked at
child development since the 19th century at l
child development since the 19th century at least.
Mounting evidence from fields like neuroscience and cognitive
psychology, as well as studies on such topics as school turnaround implementation,
shows that an academically challenging yet supportive and safe learning environment boosts both
children's learning and coping abilities.
Examples of undergraduate degrees for students interested in continuing their education in
child psychology at a postgraduate level are
shown below.
Psychology Today said this was
shown when the
Child Protective Services called the attention of the parents of two
children ages 6 and 10 about allowing their
children to walk home unsupervised.
Age of Onset of
Child Maltreatment Predicts Long - Term Mental Health Outcomes Kaplow & Widom Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 116 (1), 2007 View Abstract
Shows results that indicate early onset of maltreatment predict anxiety and depression in adulthood; later onset of maltreatment predicts behavioral problems in adulthood.
The results of the study, as published on the Journal of Abnormal
Child Psychology and reported by Independent,
showed 10 percent of the
children exhibited conduct disorder traits, which include lack of affection, empathy, and remorse.
As research across neuroscience, developmental
psychology, and economics demonstrates, early social - emotional, physical, and cognitive skills beget later skill acquisition, setting the groundwork for success in school and the workplace.15 However, an analysis of nationally representative data
shows that 65 percent of
child care centers do not serve
children age 1 or younger and that 44 percent do not serve
children under age 3 at all.16 Consequently,
child care centers only have the capacity to serve 10 percent of all
children under age 1 and 25 percent of all
children under age 3.17 High - quality
child care during this critical period can support
children's physical, cognitive, and social - emotional development.18 Attending a high - quality early childhood program such as preschool or Head Start is particularly important for
children in poverty or from other disadvantaged backgrounds and can help reduce the large income - based disparities in achievement and development.19
... but numerous studies of the
psychology of
children show that the «quality» of infant attachment — the way our mother responded to our need for comfort, security, attention etc. - is paramount in the shaping of our personality and how we deal with relationships.
Attachment theory research and many other studies in the developmental
psychology of
children have
shown that our very first close relationship with - or attachment to - our primary caregiver (typically our mother) the first two years of our lives shapes how we:
Also in
children who have experienced abuse, pets have reduced trauma symptoms as
shown by a study reported in Clinical
Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
A study by Cecilia Cheung, assistant professor of
psychology at the University of California, Riverside, has found that «controlling» parents were more disruptive to
children than parents who
showed «hand - off» support.
The broader empirical pediatric
psychology literature has also found few links between overcontrol, overinvolvement, or overprotection and poor
child adjustment or health outcomes to date (Berg et al., 2007; Mullins et al., 2004; Wiebe et al., 2005) and in fact overcontrol has been
shown to serve as a protective factor in certain contexts (Tolou - Shams, Paikoff, McKirnan, & Holmbeck, 2007).