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Lindsay Taraban; Daniel S. Shaw; Pamela A. Morris; Alan L. Mendelsohn – Child Development, 2024
Maternal sensitivity during an observed mother-child clean-up task at 18 months and maternal sensitivity during an observed mother-child free-play task at 18 months were tested as independent predictors of child internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, social competence, and language development at 24 months. Participants (n = 292 mothers)…
Descriptors: Mothers, Psychological Patterns, Infants, Play
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Berman, Jared M. J.; Graham, Susan A.; Callaway, Dallas; Chambers, Craig G. – Child Development, 2013
Two experiments examined 4- and 5-year-olds' use of vocal affect to learn new words. In Experiment 1 (n = 48), children were presented with two unfamiliar objects, first in their original state and then in an altered state (broken or enhanced). An instruction produced with negative, neutral, or positive affect, directed children to find the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Speech, Language Acquisition, Psychological Patterns