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George B. Richardson; Daniel Bates; Amy Ross; Hexuan Liu; Brian B. Boutwell – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Many developmental theories have not been sufficiently evaluated using designs that control for unobserved familial confounds. Our long-term goal is to determine the causal structure underlying associations between early environmental conditions and later psychosocial and health outcomes. Our overall objective in this study was to further evaluate…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Females, Individual Development, Sexuality
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Havron, Naomi; Lovcevic, Irena; Kee, Michelle Z. L.; Chen, Helen; Chong, Yap Seng; Daniel, Mary; Broekman, Birit F. P.; Tsuji, Sho – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Previous literature has shown that family structure affects language development. Here, factors relating to older siblings (their presence in the house, sex, and age gap), mothers (maternal stress), and household size and residential crowding were assessed to systematically examine the different roles of these factors. Data from mother-child dyads…
Descriptors: Family Structure, Siblings, Family Environment, Mothers
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Golombok, Susan; Jones, Catherine; Hall, Poppy; Foley, Sarah; Imrie, Susan; Jadva, Vasanti – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The seventh phase of this longitudinal study investigated whether children born through third-party assisted reproduction experienced psychological problems, or difficulties in their relationship with their mothers, in early adulthood. The impact of disclosure of their biological origins, and quality of mother-child relationships from age 3…
Descriptors: Mothers, Children, Parent Child Relationship, Birth
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Wiese, Bettina S.; Ritter, Johannes O. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Dealing with developmental tasks in work and family domains is an important challenge for young and middle-aged adults. We investigated a transition that has evolved into a normative task for women, namely, the retransition back to paid work following maternity leave. In a diary study with 149 mothers who had just returned to work, we examined the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Developmental Tasks, Mothers, Family Work Relationship
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Denissen, Jaap J. A.; van Aken, Marcel A. G.; Dubas, Judith S. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
According to J. Belsky's (1984) process model of parenting, both adolescents' and parents' personality should exert a significant impact on the quality of their mutual relationship. Using multi-informant, symmetric data on the Big Five personality traits and the relationship quality of mothers, fathers, and two adolescent children, the current…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Parents
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Caughy, Margaret O'Brien – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined how health and environmental risk affected mathematics and reading readiness among 867 5- and 6-year-old children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Interaction analysis indicated that child morbidity was predictive of poor mathematics performance only for children from impoverished homes. (MDM)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Health, Environmental Influences, High Risk Students
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Bugental, Daphne Blunt; Happaney, Keith – Developmental Psychology, 2004
Maternal attributions and child neonatal status at birth were assessed as predictors of infant maltreatment (harsh parenting and safety neglect). The population included low-income, low-education families who were primarily Hispanic. Child maltreatment during the 1st year of life (N = 73) was predicted by neonatal status (low Apgar scores, preterm…
Descriptors: Infants, Low Income Groups, Child Abuse, Depression (Psychology)