From the San Francisco State University press release via EurekAlert!: As Father’s Day draws near, psychologist Jeff Cookston says dads should ask their children for a little more feedback than they might get with the…
From the University of Gothenburg press release via ScienceDaily: More time in front of the TV set and higher exposure to TV adverts may lead to increased consumption of sweetened beverages among children. This is…
From the University of Maryland press release via MedicalXpress: Peer group influences affect children much earlier than researchers have suspected, finds a new University of Maryland-led study. The researchers say it provides a wake-up call…
From the Kennedy Krieger Institute press release via ScienceDaily: In a study of the co-occurrence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in early school-age children (four to eight years old),…
From the Cornell University press release via EurekAlert!: Preschoolers universally recognize that one’s choices are not always free – that our decisions may be constrained by social obligations to be nice to others or follow…
From the International Communication Association press release via EurekAlert!: If your preschooler thinks a cheeseburger is healthy, you may want to reconsider how you watch TV. A recent study by researchers at the University of…
From the McGill University press release via MedicalXpress: Children of women who did not finish high school were twice as likely to experience a major episode of depression in early adulthood as children whose mothers…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Sleep consolidates emotional memories in healthy children but not in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to research published May 29 in the open…
From the University of Warwick press release via AlphaGalileo: A new study has proven that being bullied during childhood directly increases the likelihood of self-harm in late adolescence. The analysis, led by researchers from the…
From the U of T Mississauga press release via MedicalXpress: Research by U of T Mississauga psychology professor Glenn Schellenberg reveals that two key personality traits – openness-to-experience and conscientiousness—predict better than IQ who will…