This review examines mechanisms contributing to the intergenerational transmission of self-
regulation. To provide an integrated account of how self-regulation is transmitted across …

Recent research indicates that parental behaviours may influence the development of
executive functions (EFs) during early childhood, which are proposed to serve as domain …

Why are children of poor parents more likely to be poor as adults than other children? Early-
childhood adversities resulting from social structures and relationships impact children's …

Childhood maltreatment leads to a host of negative physical and mental health outcomes,
with cortisol dysregulation implicated as a possible mechanism. Given inconsistencies …

Inhibitory control is thought to demonstrate heterotypic continuity, in other words, continuity
in its purpose or function but changes in its behavioral manifestation over time. This creates …

Poverty is among the most robust correlates of child maltreatment. This chapter explores the
evolving knowledge on the relationship between poverty and child abuse and neglect …

This article reviews the evidence for theoretical models postulating that early adversity can
set in motion a deleterious developmental cascade, involving changes in hypothalamic …

This chapter examines the evidence pertaining to parenting in resilience science and its
implications for practice and policy to promote and protect human development. It explores …

Prior research has found that higher residential mobility is associated with increased risk for
children's academic and behavioral difficulty. In contrast, evaluations of experimental …

Individual differences in effortful control, a component of temperament, reflecting the ability
to use attention and other cognitive processes to self-regulate emotion and behavior …