A5057956397- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Social Representations and Identity
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Infant Health and Development
- Humor Studies and Applications
- Media Influence and Health
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
Arizona State University
2007-2024
University of Rochester
2009
University of Florida
2008
The authors examined the relations of maternal supportive parenting to effortful control and internalizing problems (i.e., separation distress, inhibition novelty), externalizing problems, social competence when toddlers were 18 months old (n = 256) a year later 230). Mothers completed Coping With Toddlers' Negative Emotions Scale, their sensitivity warmth observed. was measured with delay task adults' reports (Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire). functioning assessed Infant/Toddler...
Five studies document the validity of a new 8-item scale designed to measure positivity, defined as tendency view life and experiences with positive outlook. In first study (N = 372), psychometric properties Positivity Scale (P Scale) were examined in accordance classical test theory using large number college participants. Study 2, unidimensionality P was corroborated confirmatory factor analysis 2 independent samples (N₁ 322; N₂ 457). 3, invariance across sexes its relations self-esteem,...
Data were collected when children 42, 54, and 72 months of age (Ns=210, 191, 172 for T1, T2, T3, respectively). Children's emotion understanding (EU) theory mind (ToM) examined as predictors children's prosocial orientation within across time. EU positively related to sympathy 2.5 years, T1 parent-reported concurrently 1 year (T2). T2 ToM parents' reports 18 later (T3); in contrast, T3 did not relate or orientation. accounted marginally significant variance (p<0.058) mother-reported over...
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to test the premise that children's effortful control (EC) is prospectively related their academic achievement and specify mechanisms through which EC success. We used data from 214 children (M age at Time 1 [T1] = 73 months) whether social functioning (e.g., competence externalizing problems) mediated relations between achievement. Children's adult-reported observed were assessed T1. Parents' teachers' reports obtained 2 years later (T2),...
Indices of physiological regulation (i.e., resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA] and RSA suppression) observed fearfulness were tested as predictors empathy-related reactions to an unfamiliar person's simulated distress within across 18 (T1, N = 247) 30 (T2, 216) months age. Controlling for T1 helping, high suppression low at predicted T2 helping. In a structural model, empathic concern was marginally positively related both assessments whereas personal time (marginally significantly...
In a sample (n = 235) of 30-, 42-, and 54-month-olds, the relations among parenting, effortful control (EC), impulsivity, children's committed compliance were examined. Parenting was assessed with mothers' observed sensitivity warmth; EC measured by caregivers' reports, as well behavioral task; impulsivity reports; during cleanup prohibition task, adults' reports. Using path modeling, there evidence that 30-month parenting predicted high low year later when stability outcomes controlled, 30-...
The Perceived Empathic Self-Efficacy Scale (PESE) and the Social (PSSE) were developed to assess, respectively, individuals' self-efficacy beliefs regarding both empathic responding others' needs or feelings managing interpersonal relationships. In this study of young adults, a unidimensional factorial structure scales was found in Italy, United States, Bolivia. Complete invariance at metric level partial scalar across gender countries for scales. construct incremental validity PESE PSSE...
Findings on the relation of maternal verbal teaching strategies to children's effortful control (EC; i.e., self-regulation) are limited in quantity and somewhat inconsistent. In this study, EC was assessed at 18, 30, 42 months (ns = 255, 229, 209, respectively) with adults' reports a behavioral measure. Mothers' were while mother child worked task together. Children's general vocabulary also measured. structural panel model taking into account prior levels constructs correlations within...
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to examine the relations children's effortful control and quality relationships with teachers school attitudes longitudinally in an ethnically diverse economically disadvantaged sample. Data were collected as part a larger intervention project during mid-fall, winter, late spring (ns = 823, 722, 758, respectively) for 2 cohorts 3- 5-year-olds (collected different years). Children's assessed fall parents' teachers' reports behavioral measures....
Abstract In a sample of 18-, 30-, and 42-month-olds, the relations among parenting, effortful control (EC), maladjustment were examined. Parenting was assessed with mothers' reports observations; EC measured caregivers' reports, as well behavioral task; externalizing internalizing symptoms parents' reports. Although 18-month unsupportive (vs. supportive) parenting negatively predicted at 30 months, when stability these variables taken into account, there no evidence additional potentially...
The goal of this study was to test if both effortful control (EC) and impulsivity, a reactive index temperament, uniquely predict adolescents’ academic achievement, concurrently longitudinally (Time 1: N = 168, [Formula: see text] age 12 years). At Time 1, parents teachers reported on students’ EC impulsivity. time points, spaced 2 years apart, achievement. In concurrent regression, impulsivity were positively related T1, there evidence nonlinear relation between the shape quadratic...
The relations of children's coping strategies and efficacy to parent socialization child adjustment were examined in a sample school-age children that included families which some the grandparents and/or parents had an alcoholism diagnosis. Parents older reported on strategies; their parenting behavior; teachers externalizing internalizing problems. Measures associated with parents' reports active both support-seeking efficacy. Some these moderated by familial alcohol status. Children higher...
An important part of children's social and cognitive development is their understanding that people are psychological beings with internal, mental states including desire, intention, perception, belief. A full as requires a representational theory mind (ToM), which an can faithfully represent reality, or misrepresent reality. For the last 35 years, researchers have relied on false-belief tasks gold standard to test beliefs In tasks, children asked reason about behavior agents who false...
The LPR and STin2 polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) were combined into haplotypes that, together with quality maternal parenting, used to predict initial levels linear change in children's (N = 138) noncompliance aggression from age 18-54 months. Quality mothers' parenting behavior was observed when children 18 months old, nonparental caregivers' reports collected annually 54 age. early negatively related slope only for LPR-S/STin2-10 haplotype 18-month that did not...
Abstract Stability and change in mother–adolescent conflict reactions ( CRs ) the prediction of from adolescents' earlier behavior problems (and vice versa) were examined with 131 mothers their adolescents (63 boys). Dyads engaged a 6‐min discussion twice, 2 years apart [ M age was 13 at T ime 1 T1 )]. Non‐verbal expressive verbal during coded. Mothers, fathers, teachers reported on problem behaviors. There inter‐individual (rank‐order) stability for whereas mothers' less stable. Mean levels...
Abstract The relations of control/regulation‐related temperamentally based dispositions (effortful control (EC), impulsivity, and approach/avoidance) to externalizing problems personality ego resiliency were examined in a sample 467 children ( M age = 7.46 years), some whom alcoholics (COAs). In addition, we if the temperamental regulation/control maladjustment/ego moderated by COA status or sex child. general, regulated, controlled temperament was negatively related EC positively...
This study assessed children's ( N = 236) ability to introspect the mental states of seeing and knowing relative their attribute each state others. Children could 10 months before they . Two‐ 3‐year‐olds correctly reported own states, whereas 3‐ 4‐year‐olds states. For state, there was a 7‐month difference children that another. These findings indicate is more difficult than emerges prior them Theoretical implications for self–other differences in theory‐of‐mind development are considered.
Abstract. Recent research has pointed to the benefits of positive emotions and their appropriate modulation in buffering impact negative experience, promoting well-being. Two studies examined psychometric properties a new scale that was designed assess perceived self-efficacy using memories emotional experiences humor face challenges cope with stressful experiences. In first study, we factor structure internal validity two scales youths from United States (N = 1,277), Italy 363), Spain 223)....