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Early Childhood Temperament Factors and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Preschool and School Aged-Children: A Systematic Narrative Review
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Vivian Chau; Valsamma Eapen; Erinn Hawkins; Jane Kohlhoff – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
Background: There is growing interest in research understanding the individual-specific predictors of child callous-unemotional (CU) traits, particularly in early childhood. Objective: This study reviewed evidence from studies that investigated the relationship between early child temperament factors (between 0 and 3 years) and CU traits in…
Descriptors: Children, Child Behavior, Student Behavior, Personality Traits
Techniques for Studying the Interests of Infants and Young Children.
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Cohen, Lenora M. – Gifted International, 1987
A method for preparing observation summaries, both current and retrospective, is presented in order to identify and track intense early interests in infants and their relationship to later giftedness. Examples of observation forms, instructions for recording observed behavior, and approaches to uncovering patterns and themes within recorded data…
Descriptors: Gifted, Infant Behavior, Interest Inventories, Interest Research
Infant Tests as Predictors of Cognitive and Language Development at Two Years.
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Siegel, Linda S. – Child Development, 1981
Assesses ability of infant tests to predict language and cognitive development and to detect infants at risk for developmental problems. The Bayley Mental Development Index was particularly capable of detecting infants at risk for developmental delay. The Caldwell Inventory of Home Stimulation identified home environment as a key factor in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
Stability and Instability in the Newborn Infant: The Quest for Elusive Threads.
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Horowitz, Frances Degen; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1978
Reviews issues of reliability (especially test-retest reliability) in newborn assessment, discusses predictive models based on newborn assessment, and presents information on modifications of the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale which may help in pursuing fruitful questions involving prediction of development. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Infant Behavior, Infants, Models
The Impact of an Insult or Disability from Birth on Infants' Ability to Organize and Interpret Multiple Sources of Information.
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Urquhart, Marilyn K. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1993
Findings of a study of 32 infants attending a neonatal intensive care unit follow-up clinic included mechanically ventilated infants were more irritable than nonventilated infants; infants from lower income families were fussier than infants from higher income families; 5-minute Apgar scores were more predictive of infants' success on a visual…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Family Income
Saving the Bathwater.
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Brazelton, T. Berry – Child Development, 1990
Presents an account of the development and use of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). Discusses ways in which NBAS has increased understanding of development in the newborn, of states of consciousness in the infant, of prediction in development, and of a clinician's opportunities to share information with parents. (BC)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Feedback, Infant Behavior