Identification of Infants and Young Children with Social-Emotional Problems

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Suzanne J. Yockelson
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Infants And Young Children

Identification of social-emotional problems among young children in foster care

2010 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 1351-1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra H. Jee ◽  
Anne-Marie Conn ◽  
Peter G. Szilagyi ◽  
Aaron Blumkin ◽  
Constance D. Baldwin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Children In Foster Care

How the Emotional Environment Shapes the Emotional Life of the Child

2021 ◽  
pp. 237273222110672
Author(s):  
Vanessa LoBue ◽  
Marissa Ogren
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Emotion Understanding ◽  
Emotional Behavior ◽  
Social Emotional Development ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Emotional Life ◽  
Emotional Information ◽  
Emotional Environment ◽  
Vocal Expressions ◽  
Infants And Young Children

Emotion understanding facilitates the development of healthy social interactions. To develop emotion knowledge, infants and young children must learn to make inferences about people's dynamically changing facial and vocal expressions in the context of their everyday lives. Given that emotional information varies so widely, the emotional input that children receive might particularly shape their emotion understanding over time. This review explores how variation in children's received emotional input shapes their emotion understanding and their emotional behavior over the course of development. Variation in emotional input from caregivers shapes individual differences in infants’ emotion perception and understanding, as well as older children's emotional behavior. Finally, this work can inform policy and focus interventions designed to help infants and young children with social-emotional development.

scholarly journals Building a Predictive Model of Social-Emotional Adjustment: Exploring the Relationship between Parenting Self-Efficacy, Parenting Behaviour and Psychological Distress in Mothers of Young Children in Ireland

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 2861
Author(s):  
Sabrina Coyle ◽  
Kiran M. Sarma ◽  
Catherine Maguire ◽  
Leora De Flumere
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Emotional Difficulties ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Emotional Competencies ◽  
Parenting Behaviour

The purpose of this study was to generate greater understanding of social-emotional difficulties in infants and toddlers in an Irish context. This study compared rates of reported social-emotional difficulties in young children in clinical and non-clinical samples and probed a predictive model of social-emotional adjustment. Data were collected from a cross-sectional sample of 72 mothers of young children aged between 12 and 48 months. Mothers were recruited from waiting lists for child Early Intervention services (clinical sample) and community mother-toddler groups (non-clinical sample). Mothers completed a questionnaire battery which assessed parenting self-efficacy, parenting behaviour, psychological distress and child social-emotional adjustment. The results indicated that 55.5% of young children in the clinical sample and 15% in the non-clinical sample had significant social-emotional problems. Similarly, 55.5% of young children in the clinical sample and 30% in the non-clinical sample had significant delays in the acquisition of social-emotional competencies. Two hierarchical multiple regressions were carried out with social-emotional problems and social-emotional competencies as the respective criterion variables. Clinical or non-clinical group membership, parenting satisfaction and maternal psychological distress were found to be significant predictors of child social-emotional problems in a model which explained 59% of the variance. Task-specific self-efficacy was the only significant predictor of child social-emotional competencies in a model which explained 21% of the variance. The significant rates of social-emotional problems in young children in the current study and the potential negative impact on child health and wellbeing, suggest that the early assessment of social-emotional adjustment should be incorporated into routine clinical assessment for young children. For services to effectively meet the needs of children with social-emotional difficulties and their families, consideration of maternal factors is also necessary.

Coparenting Supports in Mitigating the Effects of Family Conflict on Infant and Young Child Development

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-287
Author(s):  
Lisa S Negrini
Keyword(s):  
Young Child ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Family System ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Treatment Protocols ◽  
Infant And Young Child ◽  
The Family ◽  
Infants And Young Children

Abstract Family conflict has a profound impact on infants and young children’s social–emotional and behavioral development. In work with infants and young children, it is critical to understand the ways in which conflict between coparents infiltrates the family system, creating less than optimum environments for young children. Current research suggests that children who are surrounded by family conflict lag behind in the development of social, emotional, and regulatory skills. Developing a clear understanding of the ways in which children need to be supported through solid coparental relationships is essential because young children’s sense of safety and security enables them to optimize their developmental capacities. This report and analysis of supports for coparenting also reviews the literature on the effects of coparental conflict on children. Considering the mother–father–child triangle and the benefits of coparenting to the young child, particularly in families in which conflict exists, enhances our work with families. An exploration of the opportunities for integrating coparenting supports into services for families is discussed, and a case for incorporating these strategies into treatment protocols is made. Recommendations for further research on the use of coparenting supports to buffer the effects of family conflict on infants and young children are proposed.

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