While developmental research commonly claims that children have causal understanding, the extent to which such understanding is present is unclear. The current research is a step towards a more conservative look at children’s understanding of causality. We test whether preschoolers appreciate the difference between causes and effects, a finding that is commonly taken to show causal understandin...

Objective: Unintentional injuries are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in preschool children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors related to unintentional injuries in preschool children diagnosed to have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Method: This study included 237 preschool children diagnosed to have ADHD, aged 4–5 years, recruited from a c...

Fourteen nursing home residents on a dementia special care unit at a skilled nursing facility took part in one-to-one intergenerational programming (IGP) with 15 preschool children from the facility's on-site child care center. Montessori-based activities served as the interface for interactions between dyads. The amount of time residents demonstrated positive and negative forms of engagement d...

AIM To identify factors associated with non-uptake of preschool booster immunisation. DESIGN Data from the computerised child health system was used to study all children born in 1990 and living in South Glamorgan, Wales, on their 5th birthday. Factors associated with preschool booster uptake were investigated using multiple logistic regression. RESULTS Preschool booster coverage in the stu...

Preschool years (ages 3-5) are a critical period in growth and development. Emerging studies suggest that preschool attendance may be linked to future weight, and perhaps obesity. This study examined relationships between public preschool attendance, demographic variables, and weight at kindergarten entry. Participants included 2,400 children entering kindergarten in 2006. Height and weight wer...

Preschool children are an important nutritionally vulnerable segment of the population; they are the future citizens of the country. Therefore, prevention, early detection, prompt and effective treatment of undernutrition in preschool children had received priority attention. Height and weight have been widely used as anthropometric indices for assessment of nutritional status of preschool chil...

BACKGROUND Preschool involves an array of new social experiences that may impact the development of early externalizing behavior problems over the transition to grade school. METHODS Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of over 600 pairs of US twins, we tested whether the genetic and environmental influences on externalizing problems differed between children who di...

OBJECTIVES To investigate which disruptive behaviors in preschool were normative and transient vs markers of conduct disorder, as well as which disruptive behaviors predicted the persistence of conduct disorder into school age. STUDY DESIGN Data from a longitudinal study of preschool children were used to investigate disruptive behaviors. Caregivers of preschoolers ages 3.0-5.11 years (n = 27...

Success in integrating the children of immigrants the second generation is of enormous consequence for economically advanced societies that have received millions of international migrants since the 1980s. Education systems play a crucial role in this process. Availability and access of culturally diverse and appropriate preschool education are important factors for supporting long-term integra...