Introduction to special issue on global child development studies

doi:10.1111/desc.12888

. 2019 Sep;22(5):e12888.

doi: 10.1111/desc.12888.

Introduction to special issue on global child development studies

Sarah K G Jensen^{1

2}, Jelena Obradović³, Charles A Nelson 3rd^{2

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Boston College School of Social Work, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
² Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, USA.

PMID: 31323172
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12888

Introduction to special issue on global child development studies

Sarah K G Jensen et al. Dev Sci. 2019 Sep.

. 2019 Sep;22(5):e12888.

doi: 10.1111/desc.12888.

Authors

Sarah K G Jensen^{1

2}, Jelena Obradović³, Charles A Nelson 3rd^{2

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Boston College School of Social Work, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
² Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, USA.

PMID: 31323172
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12888

Abstract

As global child development research is taking off, this special issue provides a collection of recent research characterizing child development across the globe, validating behavioral and neuroimaging tools across diverse geographical setting and cultures, exploring relationships between risk and protective factors and diverse child outcomes, and testing novel avenues of innovative intervention. In particular, three prominent themes that emerge from this special issue are (a) research linking biology and behavior in the service of uncovering biological systems that are susceptible to experience and may mediate associations between experiences and long-term developmental outcomes in global child development research, (b) a movement towards inclusion of more detailed investigation of children's socio-emotional functions in global child development research, and (c) longitudinal studies of developmental outcomes across global settings. In this introduction we outline key themes and findings from the 25 articles included in the special issue.

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1. Berkes, J., Raikes, A., Bouguen, A., & Filmer, D. (2019). Joint roles of parenting and nutritional status for child development: Evidence from rural cambodia. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12874. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12874
1. Black, M. M., Yimgang, D. P., Hurley, K. M., Harding, K. B., Fernandez-Rao, S., Balakrishna, N., … Nair, K. M. (2019). Mechanisms linking height to early child development among infants and preschoolers in rural India. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12806. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12806
1. Buchweitz, A., de Azeredo, L. A., Sanvicente-Vieira, B., Metsavaht Cará, V., Bianchini Esper, N., Soder, R. B., … Grassi-Oliveira, R. (2019). Violence and Latin-American preadolescents: A study of social brain function and cortisol levels. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12799. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12799
1. Cook, C. J., Howard, S. J., Scerif, G., Twine, R., Kahn, K., Norris, S. A., & Draper, C. E. (2019). Associations of physical activity and gross motor skills with executive function in preschool children from low-income South African settings. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12820. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12820
1. Deater-Deckard, K., Godwin, J., Lansford, J. E., Tirado, L. M. U., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., … Tapanya, S. (2019). Chaos, danger, and maternal parenting in families: Links with adolescent adjustment in low- and middle-income countries. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12855. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12855

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[1] Berkes, J., Raikes, A., Bouguen, A., & Filmer, D. (2019). Joint roles of parenting and nutritional status for child development: Evidence from rural cambodia. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12874. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12874

[2] Berkes, J., Raikes, A., Bouguen, A., & Filmer, D. (2019). Joint roles of parenting and nutritional status for child development: Evidence from rural cambodia. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12874. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12874

[3] Black, M. M., Yimgang, D. P., Hurley, K. M., Harding, K. B., Fernandez-Rao, S., Balakrishna, N., … Nair, K. M. (2019). Mechanisms linking height to early child development among infants and preschoolers in rural India. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12806. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12806

[4] Black, M. M., Yimgang, D. P., Hurley, K. M., Harding, K. B., Fernandez-Rao, S., Balakrishna, N., … Nair, K. M. (2019). Mechanisms linking height to early child development among infants and preschoolers in rural India. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12806. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12806

[5] Buchweitz, A., de Azeredo, L. A., Sanvicente-Vieira, B., Metsavaht Cará, V., Bianchini Esper, N., Soder, R. B., … Grassi-Oliveira, R. (2019). Violence and Latin-American preadolescents: A study of social brain function and cortisol levels. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12799. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12799

[6] Buchweitz, A., de Azeredo, L. A., Sanvicente-Vieira, B., Metsavaht Cará, V., Bianchini Esper, N., Soder, R. B., … Grassi-Oliveira, R. (2019). Violence and Latin-American preadolescents: A study of social brain function and cortisol levels. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12799. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12799

[7] Cook, C. J., Howard, S. J., Scerif, G., Twine, R., Kahn, K., Norris, S. A., & Draper, C. E. (2019). Associations of physical activity and gross motor skills with executive function in preschool children from low-income South African settings. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12820. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12820

[8] Cook, C. J., Howard, S. J., Scerif, G., Twine, R., Kahn, K., Norris, S. A., & Draper, C. E. (2019). Associations of physical activity and gross motor skills with executive function in preschool children from low-income South African settings. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12820. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12820

[9] Deater-Deckard, K., Godwin, J., Lansford, J. E., Tirado, L. M. U., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., … Tapanya, S. (2019). Chaos, danger, and maternal parenting in families: Links with adolescent adjustment in low- and middle-income countries. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12855. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12855

[10] Deater-Deckard, K., Godwin, J., Lansford, J. E., Tirado, L. M. U., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., … Tapanya, S. (2019). Chaos, danger, and maternal parenting in families: Links with adolescent adjustment in low- and middle-income countries. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12855. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12855

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