Does connectedness to nature improve the eating behaviours of pre-schoolers? Emerging evidence from the Play&Grow randomised controlled trial in Hong Kong
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DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104781
Abstract: BACKGROUND Nature-based interventions, which focus on outdoor play, mental health, and self-directed autonomous play, are becoming popular in promoting well-being. The objective of this study was to test whether connecting to nature would contribute to… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; pre schoolers; eating behaviours; connectedness nature ... See more keywords
Remembering breakfast: How do pre-schoolers represent an everyday event?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104654
Abstract: While it is clear that pre-schoolers have episodic memories for unique events, the representation of mundane events is disputed. In three studies we investigated three- and four- year olds' recall of that day's breakfast. In… read more here.
Keywords: pre schoolers; breakfast; remembering breakfast; breakfast pre ... See more keywords
Validity of a scale of neighbourhood informal social control relevant to pre-schoolers’ physical activity: A cross-sectional study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.11.007
Abstract: Childhood physical activity (PA) is important for health across the lifespan. Time pre-schoolers spend outdoors, which has been associated with more PA, is likely influenced by parents’ perception of neighbourhood informal social control relevant to… read more here.
Keywords: neighbourhood informal; informal social; pre schoolers; social control ... See more keywords
Produced, but not 'productive': Mandarin-speaking pre-schoolers' challenges acquiring L2 English plural morphology.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0305000921000969
Abstract: It is often assumed that pre-schoolers learn a second language (L2) with ease, even for structures that are absent in their L1, such as Mandarin-speaking pre-schoolers learning L2 English grammatical inflections (e.g., ducks, horses). However,… read more here.
Keywords: pre schoolers; plural morphology; speaking pre; mandarin speaking ... See more keywords
Language in educational apps for pre-schoolers. A comparison of grammatical constructions and psycholinguistic features in apps, books and child directed speech.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0305000922000198
Abstract: Language in touchscreen apps could be useful as an additional source of children's language input, alongside child directed speech (CDS) and books. Here we performed the first analysis of language in apps, as compared with… read more here.
Keywords: directed speech; child directed; language; educational apps ... See more keywords
The production of /s/-stop clusters by pre-schoolers with hearing loss.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0305000922000228
Abstract: Producing word-initial /s/-stop clusters can be a challenge for English-speaking pre-schoolers. For children with hearing loss (HL), fricatives can be also difficult to perceive, raising questions about their production and representation of /s/-stop clusters. The… read more here.
Keywords: stop; hearing loss; production; pre schoolers ... See more keywords
Parent discipline and pre-schoolers’ social skills
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DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2020.1763978
Abstract: Educators recognize children’s social competence as an indicator of school readiness. Children’s social competence may be promoted prior to kindergarten through parents’ discipline. We assessed par... read more here.
Keywords: discipline pre; pre schoolers; schoolers social; parent discipline ... See more keywords
Characterization of Colonoscopies in Preschool Children.
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DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000003826
Abstract: OBJECTIVES The indications, diagnostic yield, complications and cecal and ileal intubation rates (CIR and IIR) for colonoscopies in children aged < 6 years, denoted pre-schoolers, is unclear since there is limited information for this group.… read more here.
Keywords: colonoscopies preschool; preschool children; cir; aged years ... See more keywords
The high cost of obesity in Australian pre‐schoolers
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DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12628
Abstract: 2. Training and Resources The majority of survey respondents were interested in completing an online module on breastfeeding and medications, about 1–2 hours in length. Focus groups clarified that professional development is also desired in… read more here.
Keywords: pre schoolers; cost obesity; obesity australian; australian pre ... See more keywords
Strategies for treatment of pre‐schoolers with episodic viral wheeze
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DOI: 10.1111/jpc.13798
Abstract: 1 National Asthma Council Australia. Australian Asthma Handbook, version 1.2. Melbourne: The Council; 2016. Available from: http://www. asthmahandbook.org.au [accessed 9 April 17] 2 Brodlie M et al. Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. 2015; 10: CD008202. 3… read more here.
Keywords: pre schoolers; treatment pre; viral wheeze; strategies treatment ... See more keywords
Effect of screen time on behavior of pre-schoolers in Islamabad
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DOI: 10.12669/pjms.39.2.6883
Abstract: Objective: Early years of childhood form the basis of intelligence, personality, social behaviour, and capacity to learn and nurture oneself as an adult. Our objective was to find out the effects of screen time on… read more here.
Keywords: time; behavior pre; screen time; time behavior ... See more keywords