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A recent study of homeless preschoolers found a strong correlation between the bonds those children formed with teachers and the children s risk of behavioral and emotional problems. It s well established that children who are homeless are at higher risk of a wide variety of negative outcomes, says Mary Haskett, corresponding author of the study and a professor of psychology at North Carolina State University. However, there s a lot of variability within this group. We wanted to learn more about what makes some of these children more resilient than others.
For their study, researchers drew on survey and interview data from parents and teachers about 314 children participating in the Head Start preschool program.
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IMAGE: A team of researchers including UD Assistant Professor Lauren Covington found that children from households with greater poverty had more overall inconsistent sleep onset times. Those with more inconsistent bedtimes. view more
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Establishing a consistent sleep schedule for a toddler can be one of the most challenging aspects of child rearing, but it also may be one of the most important.
Research findings from a team including Lauren Covington, an assistant professor in the University of Delaware School of Nursing, suggest that children with inconsistent sleep schedules have higher body mass index (BMI) percentiles. Their findings, published in the
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Although interest in studying prosocial behaviors among U.S. Latinx individuals has increased recently, there is still limited existing research with this population. Evidence shows that prosocial behaviors (actions intended to benefit others) are a marker of healthy social functioning and can both support positive development (such as academic achievement) and mitigate problematic outcomes (such as anxiety and depression). An important question is whether prosocial behavior is fostered by parents in ways that are specific to their cultural groups or through more universal aspects of parenting. A new longitudinal study in the United States examined relations among parenting, culture, and prosocial behaviors in U.S. Mexican youth.
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Children raised in neighborhoods with low socio-economic status are at risk for low academic achievement. A new longitudinal study followed young children from such neighborhoods from birth until age seven to explore whether children s capacity to act kindly or generously towards others (prosocial behavior) - including peers, teachers, and family - is linked to their ability to perform well in school. The study showed that prosocial behavior may mitigate academic risk across early childhood.
The findings were published in a
Child Development article written by researchers at Stanford University and the University of Leeds, and the Bradford Institute for Health Research.
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Aurora, Colo. (Feb. 17, 2021) ? The National Institute of Health s (NIH) National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is supporting an estimated 3-year, $2.7 million award to the University of Colorado Denver through its Disparities Elimination through Coordinated Interventions to Prevent and Control Heart and Lung Disease Risk (DECIPHeR) initiative to address health disparities in diverse Colorado communities. The overarching goal is to help disadvantaged kids with uncontrolled asthma breathe better.
The DECIPHeR Alliance is composed of seven research centers across the United States plus a research coordinating center. The Colorado DECIPHeR site is made up of team members from Children s Hospital Colorado s (Children s Colorado) Breathing Institute, National Jewish Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine (CUSOM), Colorado Comprehensive School-Centered Asthma Program (AsthmaCOMP), and the Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery