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Audun Rosslund; Natalia Kartushina; Nora Serres; Julien Mayor – Child Development, 2025
Growing up with multiple siblings might negatively affect language development. This study examined the associations between birth order, sibling characteristics and parent-reported vocabulary size in 6163 Norwegian 8- to 36-month-old children (51.4% female). Results confirmed that birth order was negatively associated with vocabulary, yet…
Descriptors: Family Size, Birth Order, Siblings, Infants
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Arya Ansari; M. Nicole Buckley; S. Colby Woods; Michael Gottfried – Child Development, 2025
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Class of 2011 (n = 14,370; 51% Male; 51% White; 14% Black; 25% Hispanic; 4% Asian; and 6% Other), this study examined the cumulative, timing-specific, and enduring associations between student-teacher relationships in the United States and a broad range of student outcomes.…
Descriptors: Surveys, Children, Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Student Relationship
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Julia Matthes; Vsevolod Scherrer; Franzis Preckel – Child Development, 2025
Need for cognition (NFC) reflects the tendency to enjoy and engage in cognitive challenges. This study examines the relations between NFC and academic interest among 922 German secondary school students (academic track) assessed four times in Grades 5-7 (initial age M = 10.63, SD = 0.55; 41% female; 90% first language German) in mathematics,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Cognitive Processes
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Tirill Fjellhaugen Hjuler; Daniel Lee; Simona Ghetti – Child Development, 2025
This longitudinal study examined age- and gender-related differences in autobiographical memory about the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and whether the content of these memories predicted psychological adjustment over time. A sample of 247 students (M[subscript age] = 11.94, range 8-16 years, 51.4% female, 85.4% White) was recruited from public and…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Memory, COVID-19, Pandemics