Maltreatment adversely impacts the development of children across a host of domains. One
way in which maltreatment may exert its deleterious effects is by becoming embedded in the …

To be ready to learn, children need to be focused, engaged, and able to bounce back from
setbacks. However, many children come to school with heightened or diminished …

Background Procrastination is prevalent among students today, and this negatively impacts
upon their academic achievement. The current study aimed to explore the relationship …

Nearly half of young children nationally have some sort of preschool experience by the time
they enter kindergarten. Many of these children have experienced one or more types of …

How do sociology and stress biology connect in efforts to understand the impact of early
childhood adversity on health and life chances? This memorial article describes the …

Aim: To investigate the association between maternal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
during pregnancy and offspring DNA methylation and cortisol levels. Materials & methods …

Lower socioeconomic status (SES) environments are marked by higher stress that is
hypothesized to alter cortisol secretion in children, thereby damaging hippocampal volume …

Lie-telling may be part of a normative developmental process for children. However, little is
known about the complex interaction of social and cognitive factors related to this …

There is compelling evidence that the quality of caregiver-child interactions during
toddlerhood and the preschool years supports the development of executive function …

Executive functioning (EF), needed for goal‐oriented behaviour, thoughts, and emotions, is
important for various life domains. This study examined the relationship between family …