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Children with persistent versus transient early language delay : language, academic, and psychosocial outcomes in elementary school
(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2020-11-13)
Purpose: The objective of this study was to compare
children with persistent versus transient preschool language
delay on language, academic, and psychosocial outcomes
in elementary school.
Method: Children with ...
Examining the impact of a social skills training program on preschoolers’ social behaviors : a cluster-randomized controlled trial in child care centers
(BMC, 2020-04-23)
Background
Preschoolers regularly display disruptive behaviors in child care settings because they have not yet developed the social skills necessary to interact prosocially with others. Disruptive behaviors interfere ...
Associations between developmental trajectories of peer victimization, hair cortisol, and depressive symptoms : a longitudinal study
(Wiley, 2020-03-20)
Background
Peer victimization has been associated with long‐lasting risks for mental health. Prior research suggests that stress‐related systems underlying adaptation to changing environments may be at play. To date, ...
Psychometric properties of the Mental Health and Social Inadaptation Assessment for Adolescents (MIA) in a population-based sample
(Wiley, 2017)
We report on the psychometric properties of the Mental Health and Social Inadaptation
Assessment for Adolescents (MIA), a self‐report instrument for quantifying the frequency of
mental health and psychosocial adaptation ...
Distinct trajectories of separation anxiety in the preschool years: persistence at school entry and early-life associated factors
Evolution of separation anxiety symptoms in early childhood
(Wiley, 2016-01)
Background: Little is known about how children differ in the onset and evolution of separation anxiety (SA) symptoms during the preschool years, and how SA develops into separation anxiety disorder. In a large, representative ...
Early childhood trajectories of separation anxiety : bearing on mental health, academic achievement, and physical health from mid‐childhood to preadolescence
Separation anxiety and health outcomes
(Wiley, 2017-08)
1 Background
Separation anxiety disorder is the most prevalent childhood anxiety condition, but no study assessed children for separation anxiety at preschool age and followed them longitudinally and directly until ...
Testing the impact of a social skill training versus waiting list control group for the reduction of disruptive behaviors and stress among preschool children in child care : the study protocol for a cluster randomized trial
(BMC, 2017-08)
Background: Most preschoolers growing up in western industrialized countries receive child care services (CCS)
during the day, while their parents are at work. Meta-analytic data suggest that CCS represent a stressful ...
Why is maternal depression related to adolescent internalizing problems? : a 15-year population-based study
(Elsevier, 2018-09-20)
Objective: Exposure to maternal depression during early childhood is a well-documented risk
factor for offspring's internalizing problems, but the long-term risk and the psychosocial
mechanisms underlying the association ...
Risk factors associated with boys’ and girls’ developmental trajectories of physical aggression from early childhood through early adolescence
(JAMA Network, 2018-12-28)
IMPORTANCE This study used multitrajectory modeling to identify distinct trajectories of physical
aggression from ages 1.5 to 13 years for boys and girls.
OBJECTIVES To trace the development of boys’ and girls’ physical ...
Assessing the independent contribution of maternal educational expectations to children's educational attainment in early adulthood: A propensity score matching analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2015-03-24)
Background
Parental educational expectations have been associated with children’s educational attainment
in a number of long-term longitudinal studies, but whether this relationship is causal
has long been debated. The ...