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Showing 1 to 20 of 105 for “"toddler"”.
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Beliefs about Toddler and Care: A New Measure for Infant Toddler Teachers
… some of the settings in which infants and toddlers are learning and developing (i.e., child care) have been found to be of despairingly low to mediocre quality, with teacher qualifications also being minimal (Burchinal, Roberts, Nabors, & Bryant, 1996; Howes, Whitebook, & Phillips, 1992; …
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Biosocial Influences on Toddler Gender-Linked Behavior
… assessment of activity levels. In addition, toddler?s temperament was measured using the Brief Infant Toddler Social-Emotional Assessment (BITSEA). Saliva samples from each infant were collected at 3-4 months of age and levels of testosterone were measured. Digit ratio levels were also …
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Gender inequalities in toddler confrontation teachers' responses
1 PDF file (v, 69 leaves ; 28 cm.)
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Infant-toddler day care: Personal troubles/public issues
… of the lived experiences of infants and toddlers in day care centers, specifically as these experiences are problematic related to power and emotion. It is also a philosophical exploration of the meanings of emotionally responsive, empowering care in group settings. In the process of …
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Characterization of a Value-Added Salmon Product: Infant/toddler Food
… formulated to comply with FDA definition of a toddler 'high meat dinner' were evaluated based on effects of retort processing and bone inclusion. A pureed base was compared with a chunked formulation, and consumer acceptability studies were conducted. The effects of inclusion of salmon roe in …
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Understanding Patterns of Caregiver-Toddler Biological Attunement in a Distress Context
… consists of three studies that examine caregiver-toddler biological attunement within distress contexts in toddlerhood. Study 1 is a published systematic review (Di Lorenzo et al., 2021) that synthesizes the direction and magnitude of the relations between caregiver and young child (0 to 3 years …
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The Effects of Adult Interaction on Toddler Behavior in the Classroom.
… physical interactions and negative toddler behaviors in the classroom. Twenty-one licensed childcare centers participated in this study. One center was used to field-test the researcher-created tally instruments. The 20 centers remaining were observed to identify the number of …
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Language environments in toddler classrooms: the contribution of setting, teacher, and child variables.
… of the amount of language teachers used in their toddler classrooms as well as the amount of engaged conversations they had with children. The Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) system, Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS) and Teacher Beliefs Scale (TBS) were used. Child variables …
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Child-Led Emotion Regulation Behaviours during Toddler Vaccinations: Building Understanding through a Dyadic Lens
… on their caregivers for regulating distress, in toddlerhood, children begin to build a repertoire of their own emotion regulation (ER) skills to modulate their distress. The current dissertation consists of three studies to better understand toddler-led ER during vaccination. Study 1 is a …
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Advancing Understanding of Toddler and Preschooler Sport Participation: A Research Area in its Infancy
… observation) from multiple perspectives (toddlers, preschoolers, parents, coaches; N=27), providing a comprehensive picture of early-years sport (Baxter & Jack, 2008; Creswell, 2012). Specific goals across four manuscripts/studies were to: (1) systematically review and synthesize research …
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Dispositional empathy and physiological reactivity: joint contributions to maternal sensitivity with toddler-aged children
… of maternal sensitive behavior with their toddler-aged children. Sixty-four mother-toddler dyads (31 boys) were observed during a series of interaction tasks during a laboratory visit, and maternal sensitivity was assessed from approximately 55 minutes of observation per family. Maternal …
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From Baby Babble to Childhood Chatter: Predicting Infant and Toddler Communication Outcomes Using Longitudinal Modeling
… and Multiple Word Utterances in infants and toddlers. Important information to be gained from the ECI is how key skills may predict themselves of other skills at later measurements on the ECI, which would give information to when would be the best window of intervention for children. Kansas …
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Beliefs of Infant and Toddler Teachers in a Progressive Childcare Center: The Impact of Education and Experience
This study examined the beliefs of 11 infant/toddler teachers employed at the Child and Family Research Center on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. Specifically, this study explored possible relationships between teachers' progressive beliefs and their formal work experience and education. …
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Capturing and Maintaining Deaf Toddler Gaze in Pretend Play: A Comparison of Dyads With Deaf and Hearing Mothers
… during toy play in eight deaf mother-deaf toddler and eight hearing mother-deaf toddler dyads was conducted. The gaze patterns of the 18- to 28-month-old toddlers and selected aspects of maternal communicative behavior were analyzed to determine the relative success of the two groups of …
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Understanding Contributors to Input Informativeness for Tense Marking: Overlap among English Typology, Parent-Toddler Interaction Style, and Register
… in press). The contributors explored were parent-toddler interaction style, register, and constraints of English verb typology. Method: The participants were 15 parent-toddler dyads. Language samples were collected when the children were 21 months of age. Verbs in child-directed speech were coded …
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Characterisation of the Apelin Receptor and its Endogenous Ligands, Apelin and Elabela/Toddler in the Cardio-Renal System
… two peptide ligands, namely apelin and Elabela/Toddler (ELA). Although apelin has been studied in some detail, little is known about the expression and function of ELA, and the renal apelin system. The aim of this study was to characterise the expression of ELA relative to apelin and apelin …
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An Evaluation of Geophysical Methods in the Detection of Toddler-Sized Burials During the First Six Months of Burials
… area contained five pig burials representing toddler-size (less than 50 pounds) remains and two areas of disturbance or false burials to serve as control graves. The resultant imagery was evaluated in terms of relative utility in burial detection. In general, geophysical survey method results …
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Predictors of Emerging Psychopathology Among Toddlers and Preschoolers of Mothers with Childhood Abuse Histories
… of trauma from abuse-survivor mothers to their toddler/preschool-aged children. This study investigated whether maternal trauma-related cognitions, i.e. child abuse-related appraisals (betrayal, self-blame, fear, anger, shame, alienation), disorganized memory and intrusive memory for abuse were …
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