Infant and Child Development

Papers
(The median citation count of Infant and Child Development is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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Leveraging Eye‐Tracking Technology to Understand How Young Children Solve a Mental Rotation Task133
We need to talk about validity – A commentary on “Six solutions for more reliable infant research” from the viewpoint of an early executive functions researcher43
An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the strengths and difficulties scale in Turkey: Implications for other non‐WEIRD countries37
Learning in Dos Idiomas: The Impact of Codeswitching on Children's Noun and Verb Learning27
Caregiver Beliefs About Childhood Development and Schooling Outcomes: A Qualitative Study in Mahikeng, South Africa24
The Online Assessment of Emotional Knowledge in Toddlerhood21
Black‐Asian solidarity through collective racial socialization20
Does surgency moderate the relationship between parenting and children's aggression in middle childhood?19
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Goldilocks and the home mathematics environment: Parents' rate activities ‘too easy,’ ‘just right,’ or ‘too hard’ across early development18
Longitudinal associations between attachment representations coded in the adult attachment interview in late adolescence and perceptions of romantic relationship adjustment in adulthood17
The health costs associated with “looking forward to success”: Educational expectations and children's health16
The dynamic functions of social cues during children's word learning14
Fulfilling the promise of applied developmental science: Is it time to reconsider our approach?14
Acting and Practising Together: Modulations of the Joint Simon Effect in 6‐ to 8‐Year‐Old Children13
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Additive and synergistic relations of early mother–child and caregiver–child interactions and socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood13
Bibliometric Examination of Artificial Intelligence Studies on Infants13
Pre‐ K attendance and social development: The moderating role of kindergarten classroom experiences12
Associations of Maternal Stress and Socioeconomic Status With Infant Cognitive and Brain Outcomes: A Systematic Review12
Emotional Words, Emotional Contexts: Investigating Emotional Valence in Children's Writing and Word Learning12
The Story of Sickness: Improving Children's Sick Face Perception11
Preschool children's high‐frequency heart rate variability during low and high emotional challenge in relation to their self‐regulation11
How Linguistic Labels and Objects Types Shape Inductive Reasoning in Chinese Preschool Children Aged 3 to 5 Years11
Gender attitudes and gender discrimination among ethnically and geographically diverse young children11
Examining the indirect role of perceived normativeness in the association between collectivistic values and psychological control of Turkish mothers10
Will power serve for oneself or others? An exploratory study toward 6‐ to 9‐year‐old Chinese children10
Perspectives on the impact of generative AI on early‐childhood development and education10
“I definitely feel like a scientist”: Exploring science identity trajectories among Latinx students in a critical race theory‐informed undergraduate research experience10
Infant‐directed communication in Tanna, Vanuatu and Vancouver, Canada10
How Well Do Children Remember Fast‐Mapped Words? A Pre‐Registered Meta‐Analysis of Retention Following the Mutual Exclusivity Response10
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Impact of decision‐making autonomy and social distance on young Chinese children's sharing behaviour9
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Temperament and behaviour problems in children: A multilevel analysis of cross‐cultural differences9
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The Indonesian version of Ages and Stages Questionnaire III accuracy compared to Bayley Scales of Infant Development III9
Defining Parent Responsiveness: A Systematic Review‐Based Theoretical Model8
Don't look any further: How a model's linguistic group membership limits exploration and discovery in preschool children8
Dyslexia is not a gift, but it is not that simple8
Child refugee's social skills and resilience: Moderating effects of time in refugee camp, parental education, and preschool attendance8
Do mother's socialization goals in early childhood predict children's later self?8
The role of the natural history museum in promoting word learning for young children8
The Marshmallow Test as a Screening Instrument: Sensitivity and Specificity of a Delay of Gratification Task for Later ADHD and Conduct Problems8
Understanding the relation between socioeconomic status and elementary science achievement: A quantile regression approach7
Anxiety, Depression, and Behavioural Problems Among US Children and Adolescents, 2016–20227
Do Emotions Speak a Universal Language? English‐Speaking Preschoolers' and Adults' Detection of Emotional Prosody in an Unfamiliar Language7
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The role of fathers in children's emotion regulation development: A systematic review6
Variability in parenting behaviours during play and during mealtimes with toddlers6
Associations among family socioeconomic status, parenting and sustained attention for socioeconomically disadvantaged children at age 5 years6
Life satisfaction trajectories among junior high school students in China: The role of parent–child communication6
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Who Should Play the Instrument?: Effects of Pitch and Loudness on Children's Gender Associations With Musical Instruments6
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Preschool language exposure and use: A comparison study of dual‐language learners and English monolingual children6
‘The system is unfair’: Uncontrollable attributions for inequality predict more equitable giving in adolescents6
Trauma is not the whole story: Trajectories of responses to childhood disasters intertwining with Life following the Indian Ocean tsunami6
‘When my mummy and daddy aren't looking at me when I do my maths she helps me’; Children can be taught to create imaginary companions: An exploratory study6
Frontal Asymmetry in Infancy: Predictive Utility for Distinct Patterns of Temperament5
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I copy you as I believe you know about our culture: Combining imitation and selective trust literatures5
Correction to “Relationship Between Colours and Emotions as Reflected in Children's Drawings”5
Open science and metascience in developmental psychology: Introduction to the special issue5
Latent profiles of infant negative affect and respiratory sinus arrhythmia during the still‐face paradigm: The role of maternal sensitivity5
Infant placement and language exposure in daily life5
Prevalence, risk and protective factors of substance use amongst adolescents living in peri‐urban communities in Abuja, Nigeria5
Bayesian sample size planning for developmental studies5
The other side of false belief: Constructing the objectivity of reality5
Communication With Friends and Non‐Friend Peers: An Examination of Dyadic Connectedness Across Two Play Contexts5
Children's preferences of the colour composition of art paintings5
Beliefs, practices and support needs of preschool teachers toward shy‐withdrawn behaviours5
The cost–benefit trade‐off in young children's overimitation behaviour5
Temperament ratings by parents and teachers as predictors of non‐verbal ability in Argentinean preschoolers4
The seventh solution: A commentary on Byers‐Heinlein , Bergmann, and Savalei (2022)4
Exploring Sibling Cooperation Across Cultures: Indigenous Yurakaré and Polish Urban Children4
Testing prosodic development with the Headturn Preference Procedure: A test‐retest reliability study4
From a Traditional Family to a Queer Step‐Family: Challenges and Resources of Family Transition Among Gay and Lesbian Parents and Their Children in Belgium. A Systemic Approach4
Caregivers' Perspectives on Playful Learning Approaches: Benefits, Barriers, and Engagement4
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Childhood fantasy play relates to adult socio‐emotional competence4
Toddlers' emotion vocalizations during peer conflicts and contingent teacher interventions in early care and education settings4
Performance during object retrieval tasks in young children with and without Down syndrome: A pilot study4
Do Two Minds Work Better Than One? The Use of Cognitive Offloading to an External Agent in Working Memory Across Development4
Utilising Non‐Nutritive Sucking in Developmental Language Research: Past, Current and Future4
Maternal distress and body mass index in preschoolers living in families experiencing l ow‐income4
Temporal Variation in Preschoolers' Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and the Use of Behavioural Emotion Regulation Strategies4
Use them or lose them: Are manipulatives needed to assess numeracy and geometry performance in preschool?4
Can we predict non‐response in developmental tasks? Assessing the longitudinal relation between toddlers' non‐response and early academic skills4
The developing of executive function skills through culturally organized autonomy and helping4
The Contingent Relationships Between Maternal and Child Cognitive Demand Contributions in Shared Book Reading Among Low‐Income Preschool‐Age Dual Language Learners: A Sequential Analysis4
Examining the female‐talker default in experimental language acquisition research4
Spanking and parental verbal aggression during early childhood: Association with later academic achievement and the mediating role of executive function4
Greenspace and Adolescent Internalising and Externalising Problems: Limited Associations in the ABCD Cohort4
The relation between social acceptance and school well‐being in early childhood3
The First Year: Profiling the Home Environment of Infants From Low‐Income Homes3
Is It the Content or the Gossiper's Behaviour While Evaluating Gossip for Children?3
Great expectations: The construct validity of the violation‐of‐expectation method for studying infant cognition3
Neonatal Surgency Moderates the Association Between the Home Environment and Executive Functions in Children With a Family History of ADHD3
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Cultural Construction of Infant Motor Development in a Minority Group: The Case of First Time Druze Mothers in Israel3
Gender Differences, or Lack Thereof, in the Early Home Science Environment3
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Excluded Now What? Families' Perceptions of Subsequent Care Arrangements Following Preschool Expulsion3
Black American adolescent's efficacy in the face of discrimination3
A Script and Tutorial for Using Rev AI 's Automatic Speech Transcription3
Baseline and Rest: A Need for Conceptual Clarity When Measuring Parasympathetic Reactivity and Recovery3
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They are the best: The significance of others to emerging adults and well‐being3
Math Anxiety, Activities, and Skills: Evidence From US Latine Families3
COVID ‐19 Lockdown and Children's Recreational Experiences: A Cross‐Sectional Study Using the Six Stages of Play Theory3
Toward inclusive and identity safe learning for supporting racialized student achievement3
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Associated biological and environmental factors of impaired executive function in preschool‐aged children: A population‐based study2
In search of a measure to investigate mental performance among children: Development of the mental speed test2
Development and Initial Validation of the Indonesian Child Self‐Regulation Scale2
Sharing is caring for developmental psychology2
Piloting a battery to evaluate parasympathetic reactivity and externalizing behaviours during early childhood in autism spectrum disorder2
Maternal sensitivity as a predictor of change in respiratory sinus arrhythmia activity from infancy to toddlerhood2
Mapping Multi‐Domain Influences on Theory of Mind: A Systematic Review and Call for Research Action2
Phonological–semantic flexibility and its role in reading for Chinese kindergarten children2
Are we all on the same page? Subfield differences in open science practices in psychology2
Contextual Fit? Exploring Diverging Areas of Knowledge Around Infant Rearing in a Home Visiting Intervention in Alexandra Township, South Africa2
Parental Math Beliefs and Home Math Experiences of Preschoolers in Chile: A Qualitative Study2
Manipulation Complexity in Infants2
Keeping track of language: Can monolingual and bilingual infants associate a speaker with the language they speak?2
Exploring profiles of hormone exposure: Associations with cognition in a population‐based cohort of early adolescents2
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Teachers matter in early childhood: The relation between teacher behaviours and executive function development in toddlerhood2
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Implementation of a multiverse approach in developmental research: The longitudinal relation between self‐esteem and peer victimization2
Qualitative and quantitative measures of joint attention development in the first year of life: A scoping review2
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Strengthening Developmental Science With Psychometric Evaluations: An Examination of the Spatial Arrangement Method as a Measure of Semantic Structure in Children2
Chinese child unsociability, maternal maladaptive parenting, and peer exclusion among preschoolers: A cross‐lagged model2
The feasibility of remote measurement of infant sleep and motor development2
The Role of Daily Physical Activities in Enhancing Subjective Well‐Being Among Chilean School‐Aged Children2
‘It's Mine!’ Infants' Ownership Understanding and Choice Prediction: Exploring the Role of Experiential Factors2
Reliability and acceptability of web‐based administration of Spanish ages and stages questionnaires third edition®2
A nuanced look into youth journeys of gender transition and detransition2
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Investigating the association between socioeconomic status and language skills in children with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental delays2
Maternal substance use, unpredictability of sensory signals and child cognitive development: An exploratory study2
The Impact of Maternal Experience of Gender Roles on Children's Socio‐Emotional Development in Uganda: A Qualitative Study2
Maternal depression and the timing of mother–child dialogue2
Exploring the cognitive development of children born to adolescent mothers in South Africa2
Examining the Longitudinal Associations Between Paternal and Maternal Involvement and Social Competence Among Chinese Young Children via an Extended Cross‐Lagged Panel Model2
Relationship Between Colours and Emotions as Reflected in Children's Drawings2
Infants in Dutch daycare: Exploring fine‐grained dimensions of temperament2
Behavioural Interventions for Problematic Infant Sleeping and Cry/Fuss Behaviour: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analyses2
Methods Used to Code Adult‐Child Mathematical Interactions and the Association With Children's Mathematical Skills: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis2
Early Childhood Education and Care Quality and Gains in Skills Among a Diverse Sample of Toddlers and Preschoolers in Norway2
Is sleep longitudinally related to children's achievement, executive function and classroom behaviour?2
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Exploring Inter‐Brain Coherence Between Fathers and Infants During Maternal Storytelling: An fNIRS Hyperscanning Study2
Enhancing Sensitive Parenting: Comparing Narration and Behavioural Mirroring Strategies in Mother–Infant Interactions2
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Applying Research Domain Criteria to the study of emotion dysregulation in infancy and early childhood1
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Maternal depressive symptoms and early childhood temperament before and during the COVID ‐19 pandemic in the United Kingdom1
Mother–infant shared book reading in the first year of life1
The self‐concept questionnaire offers a multidimensional, developmentally sensitive measure of the capacity for self‐reflection in young children1
Are Dominant Figures More Trustworthy? Examining the Relation Between Parental Authoritarianism and Children's Trust Preferences in the U.S. and China1
Toddlers' self‐regulation development from 14 to 26 months: The unique role of paternal discipline1
Individual differences in preschoolers' spatial thinking: Comprehension of dimensional adjectives and their relation to children's performance on non‐verbal spatial tasks1
Infant sleep and anxiety disorders in early childhood: Findings from an Australian pregnancy cohort study1
Biomarker adoption in developmental science: A data‐driven modelling of trends from 90 biomarkers across 20 years1
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Pre‐K attendance and social development: The moderating role of kindergarten classroom experiences1
The PRSIST Intervention to Improve Self‐Regulation in Preschoolers: An Adaptation to the Italian Context1
Social competence with peers and theory of mind among Chinese preschool children1
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Influences on Data Quality in Developmental Children Studies1
The link between early iconic gesture comprehension and receptive language1
Brain Morphometry of Toddlers With Language Delay: An Exploratory Study1
Family structure and material hardship: Child and adolescent pathways to health and well‐being1
The Impact of a Community‐Based Music Program on the Quality of Parent–Child Language Interactions: A One‐Year Follow‐Up1
Examining the Effect of Household Pesticide Exposure on Infants' Temperament and Children's Behavioural and Emotional Problems1
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Examining the generalisability of the simple view of reading comprehension for emergent bilinguals1
Into the unknown: Maternal responsiveness influences young children's support‐giving expectations of fathers but not unfamiliar others1
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Factors influencing kindergarten Families' perceptions of home–school interactions1
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Children presume confident informants will be accurate (until proven otherwise)1
Individual differences in parasympathetic functioning across social stressor tasks: Relations with child and parent anxiety1
Preterm‐born children's development: A bioecological perspective1
The Development of Mathematical Performance From Kindergarten to Grade 1: The Role of Children's Mathematical Liking and Parents' Beliefs and Activities1
Do Parents and Children See Eye to Eye When It Comes to Parenting Styles? Results From a Cross‐Informant Agreement Study With Portuguese Middle‐School Children1
Print and Screen Media in Families Experiencing Low Income: The Impact of Stressors and Protective Factors1
A Comparison of Sleep and Settle Behaviours Across Twins and Singletons at 5 Months of Age1
Improving data quality in online parenting research1
The ‘scars’ left on children by exclusion, but re‐inclusion may ‘heal up’1
Exploratory study of best friendship dissolution characteristics and psychological difficulties during early adolescence1
Temperament Ratings by Parents and Teachers as Predictors of Non‐Verbal Ability in Argentinean Preschoolers1
The role of effort type and intensity in children's decisions about effort‐based outcomes1
Caregiver executive functions are associated with infant visual working memory1
Prosocial development throughout the toddlerhood: A person‐centred approach1
Una Buena Madre Tiene Ovarios Gigantescos (A Good Mother Has Giant Ovaries)’: How Mexican Mothers Negotiate the Madresposa Ideology1
Coparenting conflict moderates the association between maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and infant regulatory capacity1
The impact of theory of mind and executive function on math and reading abilities: A longitudinal study1
Impact of Prenatal Stress on Autonomic Nervous System Functioning and Psychopathology Risk in Early Childhood: The Harvey Mom Study1
COVID ‐19 pandemic impacts on kindergarteners' mental health: A qualitative study of perspectives of U.S. mothers with low income1
‘It Seems Hard for Her, but She Tries to Be Strong’: Early Childhood Community Practitioners' Accounts of Foreign Mothers' Vulnerabilities in Alexandra Township, South Africa1
The myth of normative development1
Qualitative Research on Infant and Child Development in Majority World Countries1
Socialisation of Emotion Regulation in Preschool Classrooms: How Do Peers Matter?1
A Home Under Threat: The Meanings of Home Among Bedouin Children in the Unrecognised Villages in Israel: A Context‐Informed Perspective1
Susceptibility to prosocial and antisocial influence in adolescence following mindfulness training1
Perinatal Risk Factors Associated With Infant Socioemotional Development1
Investigating correlates of children's emotional well‐being: Parenting stress and child temperament1
The Children's Worlds Psychological Well‐Being Scale in Children Aged 10 and 12 From 30 Countries: Analysis From Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory1
Associations between risk factors, developmental outcomes, and executive function in neonatal intensive care unit graduates at 2 years: A retrospective study1
Prescriptions from history: A case for replications that control for leading1
Participation in Everyday Routines: Examining the Latent Structure of the MEISR for Children Aged 3–5 Years1
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