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Lunkenheimer, Erika; Dunning, Emily D.; Diercks, Catherine M.; Kelm, Madison R. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2023
Media use and screen time show both positive and negative effects on child development. Parents' behaviors, perceptions, and regulation of parent and child screen-based device (SBD) use may be critical understudied factors in explaining these mixed effects. We developed the Parent Screen-Based Device Use Survey (PSUS) to assess parental use of…
Descriptors: Mass Media Use, Parenting Styles, Parent Attitudes, Computer Use
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Zeytinoglu, Selin; Calkins, Susan D.; Leerkes, Esther M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Cognitive flexibility is a sophisticated form of executive functions that predicts a range of adaptive outcomes; however, little is known about which caregiving behaviors predict the rapid improvements in children's cognitive flexibility during early childhood. This study examined whether ordinary variations in mothers' provision of emotional and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Early Childhood Education, Mothers, Cognitive Ability
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Lensing, Nele; Elsner, Birgit – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Executive functions (EFs) may help children to regulate their food-intake in an "obesogenic" environment, where energy-dense food is easily available. There is mounting evidence that overweight is associated with diminished hot and cool EFs, and several longitudinal studies found evidence for a predictive effect of hot EFs on children's…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Elementary School Students, Food, Eating Habits
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Rochette, Émilie; Bernier, Annie – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
A growing body of theoretical and empirical work has been attempting to answer the questions of how and how much of the effects of children's early experience may depend on their inner characteristics. Theory and evidence suggest that some children, notably those with difficult temperaments, are more susceptible to both negative and positive…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Child Rearing, Preschool Children, Individual Characteristics
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Martins, Eva Costa; Osório, Ana; Veríssimo, Manuela; Martins, Carla – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
This investigation was aimed at studying the relations between executive functions (EFs) and categorical emotion understanding while controlling for preschoolers' IQ, language ability and theory of mind (ToM). Specifically, we wanted to analyse the association between emotion understanding and set shifting, due to the lack of studies with this EF.…
Descriptors: Role, Executive Function, Preschool Children, Theory of Mind