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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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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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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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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...
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Physical Activity in Early Childhood: Topic Commentary
Introduction The six contributions which make up the topic of physical activity in early childhood provide an accessible and critical summary and synthesis of the recent research evidence in this...
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Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
Introduction and Subject It is estimated that in 2019 at least 38 million children under the age of five were overweight globally.1 The pediatric obesity epidemic has heightened interest in...
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Emotions
Emotional learning begins at a very young age, as children discover a wide range of emotions, and evolves as they grow. This topic aims to provide a better understanding of the key stages of emotional...
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The Development and Prevention of Physical Aggression
Introduction Physical violence exhibited by adolescents and young adults is a major concern in all modern societies. Indeed, the risk of being arrested and found guilty of criminal behaviour is...
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The Self-Conscious Emotions
Introduction Until recently, the self-conscious emotions have been poorly studied.1 Little research on their meaning, how they develop, and how individual differences arises have been conducted,...