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School corporal punishment and its associations with achievement and adjustment
This study reports results from an anonymous online survey of emerging adults (ages 18 to 23) in the 19 states where school corporal punishment is legal. Of the more than 800 participants, 16% revealed that they experienced school corporal punishment. Propensity score matching was used to equate those who had experienced school corporal punishment and those who had not on a range of covariates. In regression models, having ever experienced school corporal punishment was linked with lower high school GPA, higher current depressive symptoms, and greater likelihood of spanking their own children in the future. (Source: Journa...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - May 29, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Negative social self-cognitions: How shyness may lead to social anxiety
Publication date: July–August 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 63Author(s): Anke W. Blöte, Anne C. Miers, Esther Van den Bos, P. Michiel WestenbergAbstractThis three-wave longitudinal study spanning five years evaluated the mediating roles of negative social self-perception and social interpretation bias in the link between adolescent shyness and social anxiety. Participants were 331 (pre-)adolescents aged 9 to 17 years old at Wave 1, with data from 261 participants available for the main analyses. The study used a parent-reported measure of shyness. Social anxiety and the mediator varia...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - May 29, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

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Publication date: May–June 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 62Author(s): (Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology)
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - May 17, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Parent-youth discussions about politics from age 13 to 28
Publication date: May–June 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 62Author(s): Yunhwan Kim, Håkan StattinAbstractIt has been commonly assumed that post-adolescent youth have fewer political discussions with parents than do adolescents, due to transitional events in young adulthood and the emergence of new age-appropriate socializing agents, like peers, colleagues, and romantic partners. We proposed a contrasting view that post-adolescent youth have more frequent political discussions with parents due to their increased political interest over time. Using an accelerated longitudinal design (n =...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - May 4, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Latina mothers' mental health and children's academic readiness: Moderation by maternal education
Publication date: May–June 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 62Author(s): Francisco Palermo, Gustavo Carlo, Jean M. Ispa, Christina SquiresAbstractWe tested a mediated-moderation model examining the association between Latina mothers' parenting stress and depression and children's academic skills approximately 4 years later, prior to kindergarten entry, whether mothers' positive parenting behaviors and children's self-regulation mediated those associations, and whether the mediated associations varied based on mothers' education. Participants were 714 low-income Latina mothers (M age at en...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - May 4, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

A dimensional risk approach to assessing early adversity in a national sample
Publication date: May–June 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 62Author(s): Sharon Wolf, Noelle M. SuntheimerAbstractWe examine how incidence and accumulation of two domains of risk factors—deprivation and threat of harm—predict early childhood development, testing a framework put forth by McLaughlin and Sheridan (2016). Using the ECLSK: 11 (N = 18,200, M = 5.6 years; 48.7% female), a nationally representative sample of kindergarteners, we consider behavioral and cognitive indicators that represent different learning processes. We find partial support for the hypothesis that depr...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - May 4, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Developmental differences in young children's self-regulation
Publication date: May–June 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 62Author(s): Antonia Zachariou, David WhitebreadAbstractThis paper explores self-regulatory development in young children. Research suggests developmental differences in the acquisition of self-regulation, which could inform self-regulatory training at different ages. Most of this research focuses on very young children's (younger than 5) or older children's (aged 9+) self-regulation during academic tasks. This paper takes an innovative approach and investigates self-regulatory development in children aged 6 and 8 years old, in a...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - May 4, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Predicting the development of victimization from early childhood internalizing and externalizing behavior
Publication date: May–June 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 62Author(s): J. Loes Pouwels, Laura H.D. Hanish, Sanny Smeekens, Antonius H.N. Cillessen, Yvonne H.M. van den BergAbstractThe aim of this 8-year longitudinal study was to predict children's (n = 96) level of self-reported victimization at age 9 and their development of victimization from age 9 to 13 from parent-reported and teacher-reported internalizing and externalizing behaviors at age 5. We also examined whether ego-resiliency was a protective factor in these associations. Findings revealed that early childhood externalizin...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - May 4, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Further evidence for social projection in the classroom: Predicting perceived ethnic norms
Publication date: May–June 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 62Author(s): Jochem Thijs, Marjolein ZeeAbstractThis longitudinal study examines whether children in late childhood (age 7–12) project their ethnic attitudes on their classroom peer group, by using these attitudes to predict children's perceptions of the descriptive ethnic norms in their classroom. Children's norm perceptions were relatively unstable over a half year period, and their ethnic minority group attitudes in the fall uniquely predicted their perceptions of the corresponding classroom norm in the spring. This effect see...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - April 7, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Gender-based harassment in early adolescence: Group and individual predictors of perpetration
Publication date: May–June 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 62Author(s): Michelle J. Tam, Jennifer A. Jewell, Christia Spears BrownAbstractThe current study examined gender-based harassment in early adolescence and the characteristics of individuals who perpetrate such harassment (specifically, experiences with witnessing gender-based harassment and gender identity). Students in seventh and eighth grade (n = 483; 247 girls, 236 boys) completed surveys containing measures of gender identity (perceived same and other-gender typicality, felt pressure to conform to gender norms, and gender ...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - March 29, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

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Publication date: March–April 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 61Author(s): (Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology)
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - March 21, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Understanding Well-Being among Teachers in Early Childhood Settings: Challenges, Supports, and Implications for Children’s Development
Publication date: March–April 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 61Author(s): Annemarie H. Hindman, Andres S. Bustamante (Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology)
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - March 21, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Valuing happiness in youth: Associations with depressive symptoms and well-being
Publication date: May–June 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 62Author(s): Amy L. Gentzler, Cara A. Palmer, Brett Q. Ford, Karena M. Moran, Iris B. MaussAbstractIn Western society, happiness is often viewed as an important or even preeminent life goal. Yet, research with adults suggests that excessively valuing happiness (e.g., equating happiness to constant feelings of happiness, worrying about happiness even when happy) is linked to more depressive symptoms and lower subjective well-being. We extended this work by investigating valuing happiness in youth within three samples: 7–12 year-...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - March 18, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Observing teachers' displays and scaffolding of executive functioning in the classroom context
This study introduces the Teachers' Displays and Scaffolding of Executive Function (T-DASEF) Protocol, an observational measure designed to capture how teachers display EF-related behaviors and scaffold students' EFs in elementary school classrooms. We describe the process for developing the T-DASEF protocol and evaluating the reliability and predictive validity of components derived from the protocol in a diverse sample of 813 students (ages 8–12) and 33 teachers. We found that components from the T-DASEF protocol reliably capture teachers' EF-related difficulties and scaffolding practices. Multi-level path analysis rev...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - March 16, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Children who disclose a minor transgression often neglect disclosing secrecy and coaching
Publication date: May–June 2019Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 62Author(s): Angela D. Evans, Alison M. O'Connor, Kaila C. Bruer, Heather L. PriceAbstractThe present study examined 7- to 12-year-olds' disclosure of a minor transgression as well as their disclosure about being asked to keep a secret and being coached to lie about the transgression. All children interacted with a confederate who allowed children to play with a forbidden object. Children were randomly assigned to one of three coaching conditions: Secrecy coaching (told to keep a secret), Cover story coaching (provided with a cover...
Source: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology - March 15, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research