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ABSTRACT Aim This position paper aims to synthesize current evidence on the effects of screen exposure on children's and adolescents' physical, mental and social health, critically review existing international and European guidelines, and propose coordinated, harmonized and age‐appropriate recommendations for policymakers, paediatric societies ...
Lorenza Onorati +6 more
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ABSTRACT Aim To investigate whether birth size for gestational age is associated with failure at language screening in early childhood. Methods This population‐based cohort study used linked national register data from Sweden. Children born between 2018 and 2023 who had undergone language screening at 2 years 4 months to 3 years 3 months of age were ...
Anna Fäldt +2 more
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Abstract Objectives Behavioural sleep problems in the preschool developmental period (ages 3–5 years) are highly prevalent and associated with a myriad of deleterious consequences including anxiety, in the short‐ and long‐term. This study examined a parent‐focused behavioural sleep intervention for children aged from 3 to 5 years, delivered ...
Amy Shiels +2 more
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Faces and phases of epistemic curiosity in science learning: A longitudinal study
Different faces of epistemic curiosity shape science learning across development. While early scientific reasoning depends on the joint action of interest‐type and deprivation‐type curiosity, science knowledge is robustly driven by interest‐type curiosity, revealing a developmental reweighting of motivational mechanisms.
Susanne Koerber, Christopher Osterhaus
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Individual differences in empathy‐related responses in early childhood: A person‐centred approach
Abstract Empathy is vital for social development in early childhood. This study investigates the empathy‐related behaviours of 362 German and Canadian children (49.72% girls) aged 3 to 6 years (M = 60.65 months; SD = 11.43 months), focusing on responses to emotional distress.
Johannes Bullinger +7 more
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Abstract This study scrutinised whether children's imitative tendency varied depending on the model's ethnicity in a multicultural nation, Malaysia. 123 Malaysian Chinese and Malay children aged four to six were shown how to complete two goal‐oriented, tool‐use tasks using either an inefficient but normative method or an efficient alternative.
Rachel Y. Chin +3 more
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Gender stereotypes in preschool: An examination of age and gender differences
Abstract Gender stereotypes are prevalent in many societies and begin to emerge in early childhood. The present study examined the gender stereotypes and their association with age and gender in preschool. Gender stereotypes of feminine, masculine and gender‐neutral traits and behaviours were collected in a sample of 104 German and Austrian children ...
Johanna Landvogt, Jan Lenhart
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Abstract Recent studies suggest that Turkish preschoolers exhibit a different pattern of theory of mind development than Western samples, particularly with respect to understanding the diversity of beliefs and knowledge acquisition. The present study posits that such differences extend to distinctions between understanding others' false belief and one ...
Mesut Saçkes +3 more
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Some culture is hiding in plain sight in research on child development
Abstract Child development is cultural in nature, yet a divide persists between a (cross‐)cultural developmental science niche alongside a seemingly a‐cultural mainstream. In particular, childhood research relying on convenience sampling in often Western, post‐industrial (i.e., WEIRD) societies rarely ventures into issues of culture and context ...
Roman Stengelin
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