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Characterizing Autism Phenotype Onset in the Electronic Health Records to Enable Age‐Specific Screening

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autism exhibits substantial phenotypic heterogeneity, yet age‐dependent variation in phenotypic profiles and onset timing remains poorly understood. We aimed to characterize stage‐specific phenotypes and temporal onset patterns of autism using longitudinal electronic health records (EHRs).
Fangyi Chen, Jerard Kneifati‐Hayek, Charlotte Zelin, Da Wu, Quan M. Nguyen, Casey N. Ta, Cong Liu, Kai Wang, Wendy K. Chung, Chunhua Weng   +9 more
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Grandparental involvement and preschoolers’ externalizing problem behaviors: the mediating roles of family functioning and emotion regulation

BMC Psychology
Background Grandparents represent an important component of child-rearing practices in many contemporary Chinese families. However, limited research has investigated how grandparent involvement is associated with externalizing problem behaviors in ...
Yanzhen Xu, Chen Lan, Yakun Ni, Tengfei Guo, Yutong Wu, Xiaobing Cai   +5 more
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Narrowing the Early Mathematics Gap: A Play-Based Intervention to Promote Low-Income Preschoolers’ Number Skills

Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2018
Preschoolers from low-income households lag behind preschoolers from middle-income households on numerical skills that underlie later mathematics achievement.
Nicole R. Scalise, Emily N. Daubert, Geetha B. Ramani   +2 more
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Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In early childhood education many researchers and professionals across the world have embraced the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's requirement to include young children in decision‐making. In the context of ongoing discussion about young children's capacity to share their views and opinions about matters affecting them ...
Laura Lundy, Colette Murray, Kylie Smith, Carmel Ward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlates of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption of Malaysian preschoolers aged 3 to 6 years

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background There is little information about the diet, lifestyle and parental characteristics associated with habitual sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in Asian children.
Leng Huat Foo, Ying Huoy Lee, Che Yahya Suhaida, Andrew P. Hills   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The quality of interaction with children in collective play: Children's agency

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is a growing body of studies on increasing the quality of infant–toddler education and care. Yet little attention has been directed towards how to bring toddlers' agency and perspective to their personally meaningful learning in collective play.
Liang Li
wiley   +1 more source

String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

The mediating effect of dietary patterns on the association between mother’s education level and the physical aggression of five-year-old children: a population-based cohort study

BMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background Relatively few studies have investigated the effects of diet on behavior problems among preschoolers, particularly, physical aggression. In addition, children raised by poorly educated mothers usually have a higher probability of developing ...
Wen-Chi Wu, Ching-I Lin, Yi-Fan Li, Ling-Yin Chang, Tung-liang Chiang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food consumption patterns and nutrient intakes of infants and young children amidst the nutrition transition: the case of Lebanon

Nutrition Journal, 2022
Background This is the first study on dietary intakes of infants and young children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, a region that is currently witnessing the nutrition transition.
Lamis Jomaa, Nahla Hwalla, Fatima Al Zahraa Chokor, Farah Naja, Lynda O’Neill, Lara Nasreddine   +5 more
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source