News tagged with child behavior
Humans not the only ones that pass down abusive behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in The Auk, researchers claim they have found evidence that humans are not the only species where child abuse is a socially transmitted behavior.
Aug 10, 2011 |
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High-quality child care for low-income children: Long-term benefits
More than 12 million U.S. children under age 6 attend child care or preschool programs. A new longitudinal study of low-income children has found that children in high-quality preschool settings had fewer behavior problems ...
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Family child care providers' behavior found to affect children's stress
A new study on preschoolers attending full-day child care in licensed day care homes has found increases in cortisol, a stress hormone, when the children are in child care that exceeds their levels at home. The increases ...
May 14, 2010 |
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Study finds effects of early child care at age 15
Teens who were in high-quality child care settings as young children scored slightly higher on measures of academic and cognitive achievement and were slightly less likely to report acting-out behaviors than peers who were ...
May 14, 2010 |
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Copycat behavior in children is universal and may help promote human culture
Children learn a great deal by imitating adults. A new study of Australian preschoolers and Kalahari Bushman children finds that a particular kind of imitation - overimitation, in which a child copies everything an adult ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 03, 2010 |
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Spanking sparks aggression, does little to reduce behavior problems
(PhysOrg.com) -- Discipline -- whether it's spanking, yelling or giving time-outs -- may sometimes do little to reduce children's behavior problems, a new study indicates.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Exploration in toddlers activated by fathers
A new study has found that fathers give toddlers more leeway and that allows them to actively explore their environments, according to a new study on parent-child attachment published in Early Child Development and Care.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Study: Teen bloggers show little risky behavior online
An Ohio State University study of 100 teen bloggers from around the United States found that the vast majority use blogs to nurture relationships with their peers and build a sense of community -- rather than to admit misbehavior.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Teaching self-control skills to children reduces classroom problems
Children taught skills to monitor and control their anger and other emotions improved their classroom behavior and had significantly fewer school disciplinary referrals and suspensions, according to a study by University ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 05, 2010 |
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Distance education for parents of children with autism found effective
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (February 1, 2010) — Through the use of instructional DVDs, parents of children with autism can learn how to teach their child to communicate and improve their behavior, ...
Feb 01, 2010 |
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The developing child: Rating aggressive and delinquent behavior in pre-adolescence
In a study published in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry researchers show that over reactive parenting, such as heavy criticism or yelling as a response to a child's negative behavior, can pr ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Youths see all parental control negatively when there's a lot of it
A new study has found that young people feel differently about two types of parental control, generally viewing a type of control that's thought to be better for their development more positively. However, when parents are ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Study: Personality traits associated with stress and worry can be hazardous to your health
(PhysOrg.com) -- Personality traits associated with chronic worrying can lead to earlier death, at least in part because these people are more likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking, according ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Mental, emotional and behavioral disorders can be prevented in young people
Around one in five young people in the U.S. have a current mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder. About half of all adults with mental disorders recalled that their disorders began by their mid-teens and three-quarters ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Does mom know when enough is enough?
As the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States continues, researchers are examining whether early parent and child behaviors contribute to the problem. A study from the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers ...
May 11, 2009 |
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