A5019456644- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Infant Health and Development
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
Arizona State University
2015-2024
University of Rochester
2009
Empathy-related responding, including empathy, sympathy, and personal distress, has been implicated in conceptual models theories about prosocial behavior altruism, aggression antisocial behavior, intergroup relationships. Conceptual arguments empirical findings related to each of these topics are reviewed. In general, there is evidence that empathy and/or sympathy important correlates of, likely contributors to, other-oriented the inhibition quality Applied implications findings, prevention...
Research Findings: In this article, we review research on the relations of self-regulation and its dispositional substrate, effortful control, to variables involved in school success. First, present a conceptual model which relation between self-regulation/effortful control academic performance is mediated by low maladjustment high-quality relationships with peers teachers, as well engagement. Then indicating that related skills are indeed maladjustment, social skills, teachers peers,...
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...
The present study explored early personality and environmental predictors of the development young children's empathy, as well relations empathy to prosocial behavior with peers at a later age. How children manage their own emotions behaviors when under stress--their ego-resiliency--would be expected affect responses others' emotions. Also, socialization experiences, such quality parenting behaviors, have been associated individual differences in empathy-related responding. We examined...
The goals of the present study were to examine (1) mean-level stability and differential children's positive emotional intensity, negative expressivity, social competence from early elementary school-aged adolescence, (2) associations between trajectories emotionality functioning. Using four waves longitudinal data (with assessments 2 years apart), parents teachers children (199 kindergarten through third grade at first assessment) rated emotion-related responding competence. For all...
Friendships matter for withdrawn youth because the consequences of peer isolation are severe. From a normative sample 2,437 fifth graders (1,245 females; M age = 10.25), subset ( n 1,364; 638 female) was classified into 3 groups (anxious‐solitary, unsociable, comparison) and followed across school year. Findings indicated that it more common unsociable than anxious‐solitary children to have friends, be stably friended, participate in multiple friendships. For as well nonwithdrawn children,...
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...
The purpose of this study was to examine a new measure children's dispositional positive empathy (i.e., reactions others' emotions) and its concurrent longitudinal relations with emotion, social competence, empathy/sympathy negative emotions. At Time 1, 192 3.5-year-olds (88 girls) participated; at 2, 1 year later, 168 4.5-year-olds (79 participated. Children's reported by mothers observed in the laboratory 2. Additionally, mothers, fathers, non-parental caregivers completed questionnaires 2...
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-...
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 primary goal of this study was to examine whether effortful control (EC; regulation), reactive undercontrol (IMP; e.g., impulsivity, speed approach), and overcontrol (NOV; inhibition novelty) were 3 distinct constructs at 30 months (Time 1; n = 216), 42 2; 192), 54 3; 168) age. Parents', nonparental caregivers', and/or observers' ratings obtained for all times, as multiple behavioral indices each construct. Several alternative factor structures tested, including 1-, 2-, 3-factor models....
Fearful and self‐conscious subtypes of shyness have received little attention in the empirical literature. Study aims included following: (1) determining whether fearful predicted shyness, (2) describing development (3) examining genetic environmental contributions to shyness. Observed was examined at 19, 22, 25, 28 months same‐sex twins ( MZ = 102, DZ 111, missing zygosity 3 pairs). Self‐conscious increased across toddlerhood, but onset earlier than by theory. (observed [6 12 months]...
The relations of childhood fearfulness (observed and adult reported) adult‐reported shyness at 18 (n = 256) 30 230) months age were assessed. Fear was positively related to concurrently longitudinally, but slightly more consistently months. moderating roles observed maternal sensitivity children's sex in the relation between 18‐month 30‐month shyness, 18‐ tested. positive mother‐reported strongest for sons insensitive mothers not significant daughters sensitive, average, or mothers....