Infants to Adolescents: Research Update
Editors: Beverly J. Roder, Ph.D. & Mabel L. Sgan, Ph.D.

Volume 6     Number 1     January, 2005
Pup Love
Opioid Brain Receptors and Attachment Behaviors in Mice  (4 - 12 days)

Rubbing Me the Right Way
When It Comes to Massaging Babies, Once Over Lightly May Not Be Enough  (birth - 1 month)

"Baby Sing"
Singing to Babies May Help Development  (6 months)

When Mother Speaks...
Does Speaker Familiarity Help Babies to Pick Out Words?   (7-1/2 months)

Toddler Empathy
Toddlers' Response to their Friends' Distress May Depend on Who Caused It   (1-1/2 to 3 years)

Suggestible Children
Three Things that Characterize Suggestible Children   (4 - 5 years)

Achieving in China and the U.S.
Chinese and American Children Have Very Different Views of Achievement   (kindergarten)

Sibling Differences
How Valid are Parental Ratings of Children's Temperament?   (3 - 10 years)

Anxiety is a 2-Way Street
The Origins of Child Anxiety May Be Rooted in Both the Parent and the Child   (7 - 15 years)

Talking with Dying Children
When Children are Dying, Should Parents Talk with them about Death?   (childhood - 25 years)

For Every Issue, There is a Season
The Type of Distress Suffered by Young People Seems to Vary with the Season   (children & adolescents)

Underage Drinking
Consuming Alcohol with Parents May Serve as a Protective Factor   (16 - 20 years)

A Little Romance
Romance Seems to be Alive and Well in High School   (adolescence)


QUICK TAKES

CHILDREN WITH DONOR PARENTS have warmer relationships with their parents than children conceived naturally

MOMS WITH TRIPLETS are less sensitive to their babies than moms of twins or singletons

A BIAS AGAINST OBESE PEOPLE begins early

PEOPLE WITH OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER remember their dads differently than other people

MOTHERS' PARENTING STYLE predicts children's values

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE ANXIETY is associated with neurotic tendencies




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