Early Childhood | DESC Lab

Research Publication: Latent class analysis of maternal depression from pregnancy through early childhood - Differences in children’s executive functions

by Daniel Ewon Choe
March 12, 2023

This study shows mothers in the United Kingdom who reported clinically significant depressive symptoms throughout pregnancy, infancy, and toddlerhood had children who performed worst on measures of inhibition during the elementary school years. Inhibition is a key executive function that supports self-regulation, such as emotion regulation and impulse control.

Research Publication: The role of different screen media devices, child dysregulation, and parent screen media use in children’s self-regulation

by Daniel Ewon Choe
September 13, 2022

This study shows that preschool-aged children’s screen time on mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones, is more negatively related to their self-regulation than their TV use. Children’s earlier self-regulatory deficits and parental screen time were mostly unrelated to their media use, and their self-regulation was unrelated to parents’ screen time. As young children are increasingly exceeding screen time guidelines, these findings encourage parents and other caregivers to limit children’s screen media use in early childhood.

Research Publication: Mobile media and young children's cognitive skills - A review

by bkatsuda
May 09, 2021

Emerging scholarship suggests that young children can learn from mobile devices, but their use is also associated with poorer language and self-regulation skills. As these abilities foreshadow important outcomes, additional rigorous and innovative research is needed. Implications for practice are discussed.

Research Publication: Postnatal Trajectories of Maternal Depressive Symptoms - Postpartum Antecedents and Differences in Toddler Adjustment

by bkatsuda
May 02, 2021

A research article that reports a longitudinal study that shows that mothers’ parenting stress and social support at age 7 months in infancy predict the postnatal course of their depressive symptoms through infancy and toddlerhood.

Research Publication: Association of Young Children’s Use of Mobile Devices with Their Self-Regulation

by bkatsuda
February 07, 2021

This is a pre-print of a research article examining associations between multimethod assessments of self-regulation and screen media device use in early childhood, comparing the use of traditional (television) and mobile devices (smartphones, tablets).

Research Publication: Curvilinear Relations Between Preschool-Aged Children’s Effortful Control and Socioemotional Problems - Racial-Ethnic Differences in Functional Form

by Daniel Ewon Choe
November 26, 2020

This published study of PACT Study data collected from Davis families between 2016 and 2019 shows that preschool-age children who are racial-ethnic minorities or non-Hispanic White differ most in internalizing problems, such as anxiety and social withdrawal, among those with low self-regulation.

The interplay of externalizing problems and inductive and physical discipline during childhood

by mng17
August 24, 2016

Publication

The Interplay of Externalizing Problems and Physical and Inductive Discipline during Childhood

Pioneer scientist, Dr. Russell Barkley, discusses executive functions and ADHD.

by mng17
August 17, 2016

Human Health

Effects of early maternal distress and parenting on the development of children’s self-regulation and externalizing behavior

by mng17
August 17, 2016

Publication

Effects of early maternal distress and parenting on the development of children’s self-regulation and externalizing behavior Abstract

Emotional distress experienced by mothers increases young children’s risk of externalizing problems through suboptimal parenting and child self-regulation.

Children’s Developmental Milestones from Ages 1.5- to 5-year-old

by mng17
August 17, 2016

Your 1.5- to 5-year-old Child Developmental Milestones

Brochure from Children Without a Voice (CWAV) USA, a grass roots 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated and determined in fighting crimes, child abuse and neglect in America through education and advocacy.