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Influences of Family and Community Physical Violence on Child Development: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Research Gaps
Introduction Violence exposure in the lives of children includes both direct forms of victimization and indirect forms of witnessing across family and community context.a Fifty-four percent...
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Reproductive Technology and Its Impact on Psychosocial Child Development
Introduction Since the first In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) birth in 1978 in England,1 more than 1,000,000 children have been born worldwide as a result of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).2 In...
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The Development and Socialization of Aggression During the First Five Years of Life
Introduction Preschoolers who have not successfully developed age-appropriate strategies for regulating aggressive behaviour are at high risk for engaging in chronic aggressive and antisocial...
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The Development and Socialization of Aggression During the First Five Years of Life
Introduction Preschoolers who have not successfully developed age-appropriate strategies for regulating aggressive behaviour are at high risk for engaging in chronic aggressive and antisocial...
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Physical activity
Physical activity and, conversely, sedentary behaviours, affect young children’s physical and cognitive development. This topic aims to increase understanding of the impact of one’s practices on...