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Sohee Lee; Olivia C. Robertson; Kristine Marceau; Valerie S. Knopik; Misaki N. Natsuaki; Daniel S. Shaw; Leslie D. Leve; Jody M. Ganiban; Jenae M. Neiderhiser – Infant and Child Development, 2024
This study utilised the Early Growth and Development Study (N = 561 adoptive children; 57.2% male, 55.3% White), a study of children adopted at birth, to examine heritable (birth parent psychopathology) and prenatal risk (prenatal maternal distress and smoking during pregnancy), infant negative affectivity, adoptive parent over-reactivity and…
Descriptors: Adoption, Children, Genetics, Parent Influence
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Peixinho, Jessica; Toseeb, Umar; Mountford, Hayley S.; Bermudez, Isabel; Newbury, Dianne F. – Infant and Child Development, 2022
The negative health effects of cigarette smoking during pregnancy (SDP) on the foetus are well known. Despite previous reports of poor cognitive performance in offspring exposed to SDP, few studies specifically consider language outcomes according to maternal smoking. In this study, we systematically review the literature to assess the…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Pregnancy, Correlation
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Fujisawa, Keiko K.; Todo, Naoya; Ando, Juko – Infant and Child Development, 2017
Executive functions (EF) are an important predictor of later adaptive development. A number of environmental influences, such as parenting, have been suggested as important promoters of EF development. However, behavioural genetic research has demonstrated that many environmental influences could be affected by genetic influences. Therefore, it is…
Descriptors: Genetics, Environmental Influences, Preschool Children, Correlation