Contrary to popular beliefs, studies have proven that drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are ineffective in bettering one’s cognitive functioning and can instead harm certain functioning abilities.
Date Posted: September 20, 2018
Categories: Adult psychological development, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ...
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In our highly competitive society today, people often aim to be the best. This article talks about how children gradually learn to appreciate kindness over unfair and hostile winning.
Sep 14
Categories: Child Development
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Do outcomes eventually match our expectations? Some people say that we should not expect too much because then it is easier to be disappointed. However, recent studies have demonstrated that expectations may very well translate to the corresponding ...
Sep 12
Categories: Child Development, Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance, ...
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This article explains how childhood experiences are more valuable than we think as they contribute to a huge part of who we are today.
Sep 11
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
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Ambivalence can affect a teen’s state of mind during growth process. Ambivalence is having a mixed feeling and being inconsistent in behavior and decisions, it can cause conflict and confusion in the mind. This article explains how Ambivalence can ...
Sep 6
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Child and/or Adolescent ...
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Parents who smoke and diagnosed with depression are linked to the probability of their child having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Aug 31
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
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Children who face difficulties controlling their emotions and behaviors were found to have lower BMIs if their parents played with them and helped them clean up. Children who receive help from their parents in controlling their emotions and behavior ...
Aug 28
Categories: Child Development, Health Psychology, Parenting
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A video game is specially created to find out if video games can increase empathy in children and how learning the respective skills can affect brain activity. The video game is called “Crystals of Kaydor”. It is about a space-explorer robot ...
Aug 16
Categories: Child Development, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy
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How do you know when your child is displaying symptoms of psychological distress, and when is it just simply "growing pains"?
Aug 15
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Child and/or Adolescent ...
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A longitudinal study that lasted for 20 years was carried out by Radboud University regarding brain maturation. The researchers found that early exposure to stress leads to accelerated brain maturation during adolescence, and late exposure to stress ...
Jun 18
Categories: Child Development, Stress Management
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A new study finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to suffer from a food allergy than children who do not have ASD.
Jun 12
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child ...
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Maternal depressive mood during the prenatal and postnatal periods is related to child sleep disturbances, according to recent pilot data from a longitudinal cohort study in kindergarten children.
Jun 7
Categories: Child Development, Depression
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Children as young as four years old with symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) showed reduced brain volumes in regions essential for behavioral control, according to a new study.
May 26
Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Child and/or ...
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US psychologist Walter Mischel's famous Marshmallow Test has been widely applied ever since its debut to test the ability to delay gratification. This Polish adaptation explores the same qualities in toddlers and its development over the years.
Apr 11
Categories: Child Development
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A child's behaviour and personality is often affected, even shaped by his/ her environment. However, it has been found that even the child's intelligence is affected by his/ her peers, shedding light on the importance and pervasiveness of the ...
Feb 14
Categories: Child Development
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Scientists recommend letting your child get dirty: According to their research, being out in the wild can improve a child’s physical and mental resilience. Dirt makes us psychologically strong!
Nov 10
Categories: Child Development, Stress Management
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