Several models of individual differences in environmental sensitivity postulate increased
sensitivity of some individuals to either stressful (diathesis-stress), supportive (vantage …

Decades of research have emphasized the role that coercive and ineffective discipline plays
in shaping child and adolescent conduct problems, yet an emerging body of evidence has …

Four-year-olds Robbie and Jamila are pretending to be firefighters. They have firefighters'
hats and boots, and even a fire engine on which to ride. They have a plush Dalmatian dog …

Background Developmental psychology is a vibrant and rapidly growing field of psychology
that seems, with each passing year, to become more and more exciting, comprehensive …

It is well-documented that poor parenting practices result in negative emotional outcomes in
children. Specifically, this review seeks to explore the relationship between parenting …

Early childhood education is a field that includes practitioners in nursery schools,
elementary schools, Head Start centers, child care centers, family homes, and other …

Emotional competence–expressing, understanding, and regulating emotions in an adaptive
manner–is crucial in its own right, and for young children's social and preacademic …

This paper examines the efficacy of a universally-offered parenting program, Tuning in to
Toddlers (TOTS), that aims to improve parent emotion socialization, reduce parent and …

Connectivity between the amygdala, insula (Amygdala-aI) and ventral medial prefrontal
cortex (Amygdala-vmPFC) have been implicated in individual variability in fear and …

The current study tested a preliminary cascade model of parent dysfunction—ie,
internalizing psychopathology and emotion dysregulation—whereby parent dysfunction is …