We present evidence that preschool children understand disjunctive sentences as if they were conjunctive. The result holds for matrix disjunctions as well as disjunctions embedded under every. At the same time, there is evidence that children understand or as inclusve disjunction in downwardentailing contexts. We propose to explain this pattern of results by assuming that the child knows the in...

Results Content analysis revealed that most parents and adolescents did not express strong treatment preferences in recruitment consultations prior to randomisation. However, interviews suggested preferences were held but not expressed. We identified the following themes: 1. CONFLICTING PARENT-CHILD PREFERENCE: Most mothers had a stronger and more polarised preference. Adolescents expressed a p...

With the passage of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), attention has focused on the need for evidenced-based educational research, particularly educational policies and interventions that rest on what NCLB refers to as ”scientifically based research”. In practice, this focus on scientifically based educational research has translated into a preference for research studies based on the principles of r...

This study investigated how children assert agency in parent–child interactions. The inquiry was conducted through a linguistic ethnography of the Ndlovu family, an indigenous Ndebele heritage language family living Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. shows Suku and Thabo, two focal influenced policy contradictory practices by conformist Thabo. researcher interviews with parents to establish their ideologies p...

BACKGROUND Son preference is predominant in developing countries especially South Asian countries and its effect is most visible when the fertility is on transition. Nepal is a country in South Asia where the fertility has declined and son is valued highly. This study examines the parent's gender preference for children and its effect on fertility and reproductive behaviors. METHODS Study was...

This study examined media viewing by mothers with violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related media exposure of their preschool-age children. Mothers (N = 67) recruited from community pediatric clinics participated in a protocol involving a media-preference survey. Severity of maternal PTSD and dissociation were significantly associated with child exposure to violent media...

BACKGROUND The sex composition of existing children has been shown to influence childbearing decision-making and behaviors of women and couples. One aspect of this influence is the preference for sons. In India, where son preference is deeply entrenched, research has normally focused on rural areas using cross-sectional data. However, urban areas in India are rapidly changing, with profound imp...

In this study, we explored informant characteristics as determinants of parent-teacher disagreement on preschoolers' psychosocial problems. Teacher characteristics were included in the analyses, in addition to child and parent factors. Psychosocial problems of 732 4-year olds from a Norwegian community sample were assessed by parents and teachers (CBCL-TRF). Furthermore, teachers reported on th...

State statutes regarding the best interests of the child (BIC) in deciding disputed custody were reviewed and independently coded with respect to three issues (i) the child's preference and any limits (ii) parental alienation and (iii) psychological maltreatment. Results revealed that many states allowed for the child's preferences to be considered and none qualified that preference when undue ...

This study tested Bowlby and Ainsworth's hypothesis that a hierarchy of caregivers exists whereby infants prefer one caregiver over another when distressed. We examined parent gender (mother vs. father), primary caregiver status (defined as the parent who spent most time with the infant and performed most of the caregiving tasks), and role of toddlers' history of attachment security with each p...