Here, I present two recent articles focusing on the importance of language in preschoolers. First, Perry, Kucker, Hurst & Samuelson (2022) published “Late Bloomer or Language Disorder? Differences in toddler vocabulary composition associated with long-term language outcomes” in Child Development. Here’s the slightly edited abstract and highlights

In a previous post, I discussed Ackerman’s (2023) “Intelligence . . . Moving Beyond the Lowest Common Denominator” published in American Psychologist. Here’s another response to his article. Sternberg (2023) published “Intelligence is not the ‘entire repertoire of knowledge’, but rather the repertoire of adaptive knowledge: Commentary on Ackerman (2023).” in American Psychologist. Here’s the edited abstract and article:

Here, I present two studies related to children’s learning and one more on autnomy. Park et al. (2023) published “Parental Intrusive Homework Support and Math Achievement: Does the child’s mindset matter?” in Developmental Psychology. Here’s the edited abstract and impact statement with some information in bold:

Eisenstadt (2023) published “Survey of brain cell junctions shows striking similarities between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder” through the Broad Institute at MIT. Here’s the article with some information in bold:

I am very interested in ways to diagnose and help children with autistic traits as early as possible. Van Trigt, Colonnesi, Brummelman, Jorgenson, & Nikolic (2023) published “Autistic Traits and Self-conscious Emotions in Early Childhood” in Child Development. Here’s the highly edited article:

Here, I present two studies related to diagnosing and treating PTSD. First, Rubin et al. (2023) published, “Low Reliability When Determining Criterion A for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder from Self-report Descriptions of Traumatic Events: The need for transparent methods” in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Here’s the edited abstract and impact statement:

The Harvard Gazette (May 2, 2023) published “Poverty Hurts Children’s Brain Development but Social Safety Net May Help” Here’s the article with some information in bold:

In May 2023, the APA published “APA Panel Issues Recommendations for Adolescent Social Media Use.” Here’s the text:

This is a fascinating study of children with ADHD. Roberts, Alderson & Bullard (2023) published “Phonological Working Memory in Children with and Without ADHD: A systematic evaluation of recall errors” in Neuropsychology. Here are the edited abstract and impact statements:

Today, we’re looking at two studies of emotion processing in PTSD. First, Zhan, Zhang, Gong & Geng (2023) published “Clinical Correlates of Irritability, Anger, Hostility, and Aggression in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder” in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. The edited abstract and impact statement are as follows:

I find prenatal research intriguing and have written before about research on its effects. Delagneau, Twilhaar, Testa, van Veen & Anderson (2022) published “Association Between Prenatal Maternal Anxiety and/or Stress and Offspring's Cognitive Functioning: A meta-analysis” in Child Development.

These three studies of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) were very helpful to me. First, Aleva et al. (2023) published “Emotion Dysregulation in Young People with Borderline Personality Disorder: One pattern or distinct subgroups? Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. Here’s the abstract with some information in bold:

These studies offer interesting perspectives on substance use by teens. First, Adamsons & Russell (2023) published “Longitudinal Transmission of Risk Behaviors Between Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents” in Journal of Family Psychology. Here’s the abstract with bold:

These two studies both speak to emotional health as people age. First, Charles, Rush, Piazza, Cerino, Mogle & Almeida (2023) published “Growing Old and Being Old: Emotional well-being across adulthood” in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Here’s the abstract with some information in bold:

Both of these studies highlight buffering, the first by school climate and the second by family support. First, Clark, Strissel, Demaray, Ogg, Eldridge & Malecki (2022) published “Victimization and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescence: The role of perceived school climate” in School Psychology.

After two long posts, I am presenting some short ones. Fosco, Weymouth & Feinberg (2023) published “Interparental Conflict, Family Climate, and Threat Appraisals: Early adolescent exposure and young adult psychopathology risk” in Journal of Family Psychology. Here’s the abstract with some information in bold:

After two long posts, I am presenting some short ones. Fosco, Weymouth & Feinberg (2023) published “Interparental Conflict, Family Climate, and Threat Appraisals: Early adolescent exposure and young adult psychopathology risk” in Journal of Family Psychology. Here’s the abstract with some information in bold:

The APA website published: Psychological and Neuropsychological Assessment with Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Adults. I am providing the text with some information in bold:

I am presenting two studies of children on the autism spectrum. First, McIntyre, Santiago, Sutherland & Garbacz (2023) published “Parenting Stress and Autistic Children’s Emotional Problems Relate to Family-School Partnerships and Parent Mental Health” in School Psychology. Here’s the edited abstract and impact statement with some information in bold:

This is a longer than usual post because I find behavioral inhibition fascinating and this study is very well done. Anaya et al. (2023) published “Developmental Trajectories of Behavioral Inhibition from Infancy to Age Seven: The role of genetic and environmental risk for psychopathology” in Child Development. Here’s the edited abstract and article with some key information in bold: