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Early nonparental care and social behavior in elementary school : support for a social group adaptation hypothesis
(Wiley, 2015-08-06)
We examined the contribution of non-parental child care services received during the preschool years (i.e. between 5 months and 5 years) to the development of social behavior between kindergarten and the end of elementary ...
Comorbid development of disruptive behaviors from age 1½ to 5 years in a population birth-cohort and association with school adjustment in first grade
Comorbidity of Disruptive Behaviors from age 1½ to 5 years
(Springer Verlag, 2016-05)
Comorbidity is frequent among disruptive behaviors (DB) and leads to mental health problems during adolescence and adulthood. However, the early developmental origins of this comorbidity have so far received little attention. ...
Poverty and behavior problems during early childhood : the mediating role of maternal depression symptoms and parenting
(2017-11)
Poverty is a well-established risk factor for behavior problems, yet our understanding of putative family mediators during early childhood (i.e., before age 5 years) is limited. The present study investigated whether the ...
Timing and chronicity of maternal depression symptoms and children's verbal abilities
Maternal depression symptoms and children’s verbal abilities
(Elsevier, 2017-09-06)
ObjectiveTo test the associations between the timing and chronicity of maternal depression symptoms (MDS)and children’s long-term verbal abilities.Study designParticipants were 1073 mother-child pairs from a population-based ...
Intrinsic motivation and achievement in mathematics in elementary school : a longitudinal investigation of their association
Motivation and mathematical achievement
(Wiley, 2015-11)
This study examined the associations between intrinsic motivation and achievement in mathematics in a sample of 1,478 Canadian school‐age children followed from Grades 1 to 4 (ages 7–10). Children self‐reported their ...
Paternal age explains a major portion of de novo germline mutation rate variability in healthy individuals
(Public Library of Science, 2016-10-10)
De novo mutations (DNM) are an important source of rare variants and are increasingly being linked to the development of many diseases. Recently, the paternal age effect has been the focus of a number of studies that attempt ...
Co-morbidity between gambling problems and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal perspective of risk and protective factors
(Springer Verlag, 2016)
In both adolescents and adults, gambling problems and depressive symptoms co-occur and share some common risk factors (e.g., impulsivity and socio-family risk). However, little is known about (1) the developmental course ...
Victimization, suicidal ideation, and alcohol use from age 13 to 15 years : support for the Self-Medication Model
(Elsevier, 2017-04)
Purpose—Recent years have seen increased coverage of adolescent victimization and suicide.
Both adolescent peer victimization and substance use have been associated with suicidal ideation,
with evidence suggesting that all ...
Longitudinal association between peer victimization and sleep problems in preschoolers: the moderating role of parenting
Peer victimization and sleep problems
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-06-11)
This study examined the moderating role of parental behaviors in the longitudinal link between peer victimization and sleep problems during preschool. The sample consisted of 1,181 children (594 girls) attending day care ...
Dietary intake at 9 years and subsequent body mass index in adolescent boys and girls: a study of monozygotic twin pairs
Diet and weight status in adolescent twins
(Cambridge University Press, 2016-02)
There is a lack of evidence pointing to specific dietary elements related to weight gain and obesity prevention in childhood and adulthood. Dietary intake and obesity are both inherited and culturally transmitted, but most ...