From Learning Beliefs to Achievement Among Chinese Immigrant and European American Preschool Children
We examined the BASLs and achievement children of Chinese immigrants’ (CCI) and European American (EA) children. We followed longitudinally 120 middle‐class children from age 4 to 5, balanced for gender. Children heard two story beginnings depicting a child eager to attend school and another not. Children completed the stories and were tested for math and literacy achievement. We found seven BASLs. CCIs and EAs showed similar BASLs. Awareness of parental involvement and intellectual benefit consistently explained their achievement, with CCIs showing greater achievement. CCIs’ (but not EAs’) valuation of learning ex...
Source: Child Development - March 7, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Jin Li, Yoko Yamamoto, Jamison M. Kinnane, Bree C. Shugarts, Clarence K.K. Ho Tags: Empirical Article Source Type: research
Contributions of Reward Sensitivity to Ventral Striatum Activity Across Adolescence and Early Adulthood
This study demonstrates that state‐ and trait‐level reward sensitivity account for reward‐related ventral striatum activity in different phases of adolescence and early adulthood. (Source: Child Development)
Source: Child Development - March 1, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Elisabeth Schreuders, Barbara R. Braams, Neeltje E. Blankenstein, Jiska S. Peper, Berna G üroğlu, Eveline A. Crone Tags: Special Section Source Type: research
A Path Analysis of Nutrition, Stimulation, and Child Development Among Young Children in Bihar, India
Nutrition plays an important role in the development of a child, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries where malnutrition is often widespread. The relation between diet, hemoglobin, nutritional status, motor development, stimulation and mental development was examined in a cross‐sectional sample of 1,079 children 12–18 months of age living in rural Bihar, India. Path analysis revealed associations between (a) length‐for‐age z‐scores and motor development, standardized β (β) = .285, p < .001, and (b) motor and all mental development outcomes (language: β = .422; personal‐social: β =...
Source: Child Development - March 1, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Leila M. Larson, Reynaldo Martorell, Patricia J. Bauer Tags: Empirical Article Source Type: research
Using Meta ‐analytic Structural Equation Modeling to Study Developmental Change in Relations Between Language and Literacy
Child Development, EarlyView. (Source: Child Development)
Source: Child Development - February 27, 2018 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Child Sleep and Socioeconomic Context in the Development of Cognitive Abilities in Early Childhood
Child Development, EarlyView. (Source: Child Development)
Source: Child Development - February 27, 2018 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
