A Handbook of Child Psychology

The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work

Luthar, S. S., Cicchetti, D., & Becker, B. (2000) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00164 · Cited by 9,381

The emotional dog and its rational tail: A social intuitionist approach to moral judgment.

Haidt, J. (2001) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.108.4.814 · Cited by 8,048

Expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation

Wigfield, A., & Eccles, J. S. (2000) · Contemporary Educational Psychology · doi:10.1006/ceps.1999.1015 · Cited by 7,383

Behavioral inhibition, sustained attention, and executive functions: Constructing a unifying theory of ADHD.

Barkley, R. A. (1997) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037//0033-2909.121.1.65 · Cited by 580

The magical number 4 in short-term memory: A reconsideration of mental storage capacity

Cowan, N. (2001) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x01003922 · Cited by 6,779

Understanding and sharing intentions: The origins of cultural cognition

Tomasello, M., Carpenter, M., Call, J., Behne, T., & Moll, H. (2005) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x05000129 · Cited by 4,882

Liberals and conservatives rely on different sets of moral foundations.

Graham, J., Haidt, J., & Nosek, B. A. (2009) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0015141 · Cited by 4,560

Meta-Analysis of Theory-of-Mind Development: The Truth about False Belief

Wellman, H. M., Cross, D., & Watson, J. (2001) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00304 · Cited by 4,476

Empathy: its ultimate and proximate bases

Preston, S. D., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2002) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x02000018 · Cited by 4,126

A 2 × 2 achievement goal framework.

Elliot, A. J., & McGregor, H. A. (2001) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037//0022-3514.80.3.501 · Cited by 3,953

Psychological correlates of university students’ academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Richardson, M., Abraham, C., & Bond, R. (2012) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/a0026838 · Cited by 3,646

The Prosocial Classroom: Teacher Social and Emotional Competence in Relation to Student and Classroom Outcomes

Jennings, P. A., & Greenberg, M. T. (2009) · Review of Educational Research · doi:10.3102/0034654308325693 · Cited by 3,686

A social neuroscience perspective on adolescent risk-taking

Steinberg, L. (2008) · Developmental Review · doi:10.1016/j.dr.2007.08.002 · Cited by 3,644

Patterns of mean-level change in personality traits across the life course: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.

Roberts, B. W., Walton, K. E., & Viechtbauer, W. (2006) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.132.1.1 · Cited by 3,318

A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning in College Students

Pintrich, P. R. (2004) · Educational Psychology Review · doi:10.1007/s10648-004-0006-x · Cited by 3,269

The rank-order consistency of personality traits from childhood to old age: A quantitative review of longitudinal studies.

Roberts, B. W., & DelVecchio, W. F. (2000) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.126.1.3 · Cited by 3,241

Beyond diathesis stress: differential susceptibility to environmental influences

Belsky, J., & Pluess, M. (2009) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/a0017376 · Cited by 3,039

A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology: conceptual models, empirical challenges and interdisciplinary perspectives

Ben-Shlomo, Y. (2002) · International Journal of Epidemiology · doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.285 · Cited by 3,038

Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups

Rubin, K. H., Bukowski, W. M., & Parker, J. G. (2007) · Handbook of Child Psychology · doi:10.1002/9780470147658.chpsy0310 · Cited by 2,755

Social cognition, joint attention, and communicative competence from 9 to 15 months of age.

Carpenter, M., Nagell, K., Tomasello, M., Butterworth, G., & Moore, C. (1998) · Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development · doi:10.2307/1166214 · Cited by 2,727

Where do you know what you know? The representation of semantic knowledge in the human brain

Patterson, K., Nestor, P. J., & Rogers, T. T. (2007) · Nature Reviews Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nrn2277 · Cited by 2,706

Personality Development: Stability and Change

Caspi, A., Roberts, B. W., & Shiner, R. L. (2005) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.141913 · Cited by 2,699

Maternal depression and parenting behavior

Lovejoy, M. C., Graczyk, P. A., O'Hare, E., & Neuman, G. (2000) · Clinical Psychology Review · doi:10.1016/s0272-7358(98)00100-7 · Cited by 2,667

Searching for the structure of coping: A review and critique of category systems for classifying ways of coping

Skinner, E. A., Edge, K., Altman, J., & Sherwood, H. (2003) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.129.2.216 · Cited by 2,639

Parental Psychological Control: Revisiting a Neglected Construct

Barber, B. K. (1996) · Child Development · doi:10.2307/1131780 · Cited by 2,629

A review of sex differences in peer relationship processes: Potential trade-offs for the emotional and behavioral development of girls and boys

Rose, A. J., & Rudolph, K. D. (2006) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.132.1.98 · Cited by 2,517

Basic psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures

Chen, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Beyers, W., Boone, L., Deci, E. L., Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Duriez, B., Lens, W., Matos, L., Mouratidis, A., et al. (2015) · Motivation and Emotion · doi:10.1007/s11031-014-9450-1 · Cited by 2,507

Risk for psychopathology in the children of depressed mothers: A developmental model for understanding mechanisms of transmission.

Goodman, S. H., & Gotlib, I. H. (1999) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.106.3.458 · Cited by 2,493

Parents' ethnic-racial socialization practices: A review of research and directions for future study.

Hughes, D., Rodriguez, J., Smith, E. P., Johnson, D. J., Stevenson, H. C., & Spicer, P. (2006) · Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1037/0012-1649.42.5.747 · Cited by 2,420

The environment of childhood poverty

Evans, G. W. (2004) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.59.2.77 · Cited by 2,396

Parental Monitoring: A Reinterpretation

Stattin, H., & Kerr, M. (2000) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00210 · Cited by 2,358

The Power of Personality: The Comparative Validity of Personality Traits, Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Ability for Predicting Important Life Outcomes

Roberts, B. W., Kuncel, N. R., Shiner, R., Caspi, A., & Goldberg, L. R. (2007) · Perspectives on Psychological Science · doi:10.1111/j.1745-6916.2007.00047.x · Cited by 2,361

Analyzing developmental trajectories: A semiparametric, group-based approach.

Nagin, D. S. (1999) · Psychological Methods · doi:10.1037/1082-989x.4.2.139 · Cited by 2,346

Adolescence and the social determinants of health

Viner, R. M., Ozer, E. M., Denny, S., Marmot, M., Resnick, M., Fatusi, A., & Currie, C. (2012) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60149-4 · Cited by 2,199

Parental involvement in middle school: A meta-analytic assessment of the strategies that promote achievement.

Hill, N. E., & Tyson, D. F. (2009) · Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0015362 · Cited by 2,170

Enhancing school-based prevention and youth development through coordinated social, emotional, and academic learning.

Greenberg, M. T., Weissberg, R. P., O'Brien, M. U., Zins, J. E., Fredericks, L., Resnik, H., & Elias, M. J. (2003) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.58.6-7.466 · Cited by 2,147

Is there a universal need for positive self-regard?

Heine, S. J., Lehman, D. R., Markus, H. R., & Kitayama, S. (1999) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.106.4.766 · Cited by 2,247

Corporal punishment by parents and associated child behaviors and experiences: A meta-analytic and theoretical review

Gershoff, E. T. (2002) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.128.4.539 · Cited by 2,165

Individual Differences in Inhibitory Control and Children's Theory of Mind

Carlson, S. M., & Moses, L. J. (2001) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00333 · Cited by 2,072

On the incomplete architecture of human ontogeny: Selection, optimization, and compensation as foundation of developmental theory

Baltes, P. B. (1997) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.52.4.366 · Cited by 2,066

Engagement and disaffection in the classroom: Part of a larger motivational dynamic?

Skinner, E., Furrer, C., Marchand, G., & Kindermann, T. (2008) · Journal of Educational Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0012840 · Cited by 2,037

Academic Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy: How Different Are They Really?

Bong, M., & Skaalvik, E. M. (2003) · Educational Psychology Review · doi:10.1023/a:1021302408382 · Cited by 1,994

Meta-analyzing left hemisphere language areas: phonology, semantics, and sentence processing.

Vigneau, M., Beaucousin, V., Hervé, P. Y., Duffau, H., Crivello, F., Houdé, O., Mazoyer, B., & Tzourio-Mazoyer, N. (2006) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.11.002 · Cited by 1,851

On inhibition/disinhibition in developmental psychopathology: Views from cognitive and personality psychology and a working inhibition taxonomy.

Nigg, J. T. (2000) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.126.2.220 · Cited by 1,941

How social contexts support and shape language development☆

HOFF, E. (2006) · Developmental Review · doi:10.1016/j.dr.2005.11.002 · Cited by 1,853

The Development of Spatial Representations of Large-Scale Environments

Siegel, A. W., & White, S. H. (1975) · Advances in Child Development and Behavior · doi:10.1016/s0065-2407(08)60007-5 · Cited by 1,830

The color of discipline: Sources of racial and gender disproportionality in school punishment

Skiba, R. J., Michael, R. S., Nardo, A. C., & Peterson, R. L. (2002) · The Urban Review · doi:10.1023/a:1021320817372 · Cited by 1,758

Can Instructional and Emotional Support in the First-Grade Classroom Make a Difference for Children at Risk of School Failure?

Hamre, B. K., & Pianta, R. C. (2005) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00889.x · Cited by 1,717

Comorbidity: a network perspective

Cramer, A. O. J., Waldorp, L. J., van der Maas, H. L. J., & Borsboom, D. (2010) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x09991567 · Cited by 1,575

The emergence of autobiographical memory: a social cultural developmental theory.

Nelson, K., & Fivush, R. (2004) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.111.2.486 · Cited by 1,609

The Concept of Flow

Nakamura, J., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2014) · Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology · doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9088-8_16 · Cited by 1,608

The relations of regulation and emotionality to children’s externalizing and internalizing problem behavior

Eisenberg, N., Cumberland, A., Spinrad, T. L., Fabes, R. A., Shepard, S. A., Reiser, M., Murphy, B. C., Losoya, S. H., & Guthrie, I. K. (2001) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00337 · Cited by 1,580

Common emotional and behavioral disorders in preschool children: presentation, nosology, and epidemiology

Egger, H. L., & Angold, A. (2006) · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01618.x · Cited by 1,575

An integrated model of emotion processes and cognition in social information processing

Lemerise, E. A., & Arsenio, W. F. (2000) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00124 · Cited by 1,518

Toward a second-person neuroscience

Schilbach, L., Timmermans, B., Reddy, V., Costall, A., Bente, G., Schlicht, T., & Vogeley, K. (2013) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x12000660 · Cited by 1,510

Social Withdrawal in Childhood

Rubin, K. H., Coplan, R. J., & Bowker, J. C. (2009) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163642 · Cited by 1,503

A motivational theory of life-span development.

Heckhausen, J., Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R. (2010) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/a0017668 · Cited by 1,486

Self-regulation in the classroom: a perspective on assessment and intervention.

Boekaerts, M., & Corno, L. (2005) · Applied Psychology · doi:10.1111/j.1464-0597.2005.00205.x · Cited by 1,479

Vagal tone, development, and Gray’s motivational theory: toward an integrated model of autonomic nervous system functioning in psychopathology

BEAUCHAINE, T. (2001) · Development and Psychopathology · doi:10.1017/s0954579401002012 · Cited by 1,466

Positive Youth Development, Participation in Community Youth Development Programs, and Community Contributions of Fifth-Grade Adolescents: Findings From the First Wave Of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development

Lerner, R. M., Lerner, J. V., Almerigi, J. B., Theokas, C., Phelps, E., Gestsdottir, S., Naudeau, S., Jelicic, H., Alberts, A., Ma, L., et al. (2005) · The Journal of Early Adolescence · doi:10.1177/0272431604272461 · Cited by 1,694

Statistical learning of tone sequences by human infants and adults

Saffran, J. R., Johnson, E. K., Aslin, R. N., & Newport, E. L. (1999) · Cognition · doi:10.1016/s0010-0277(98)00075-4 · Cited by 1,429

Relations between personality and coping: A meta-analysis.

Connor-Smith, J. K., & Flachsbart, C. (2007) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.93.6.1080 · Cited by 1,453

Why can't a man be more like a woman? Sex differences in Big Five personality traits across 55 cultures.

Schmitt, D. P., Realo, A., Voracek, M., & Allik, J. (2008) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.94.1.168 · Cited by 1,391

The development of academic self-efficacy

Schunk, D. H., & Pajares, F. (2002) · Development of Achievement Motivation · doi:10.1016/b978-012750053-9/50003-6 · Cited by 1,426

Parent–infant synchrony and the construction of shared timing; physiological precursors, developmental outcomes, and risk conditions

Feldman, R. (2007) · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01701.x · Cited by 1,317

LIFESPAN PSYCHOLOGY: Theory and Application to Intellectual Functioning

Baltes, P. B., Staudinger, U. M., & Lindenberger, U. (1999) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.50.1.471 · Cited by 1,281

On the measurement of achievement goals: Critique, illustration, and application.

Elliot, A. J., & Murayama, K. (2008) · Journal of Educational Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-0663.100.3.613 · Cited by 1,281

Adolescent Development in Interpersonal and Societal Contexts

Smetana, J. G., Campione-Barr, N., & Metzger, A. (2006) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.57.102904.190124 · Cited by 1,264

Emotional experience improves with age: Evidence based on over 10 years of experience sampling

Carstensen, L. L., Turan, B., Scheibe, S., Ram, N., Ersner-Hershfield, H., Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Brooks, K. P., & Nesselroade, J. R. (2011) · Psychology and Aging · doi:10.1037/a0021285 · Cited by 1,223

A meta-analytic examination of the goal orientation nomological net.

Payne, S. C., Youngcourt, S. S., & Beaubien, J. M. (2007) · Journal of Applied Psychology · doi:10.1037/0021-9010.92.1.128 · Cited by 1,242

Resilience in developing systems: Progress and promise as the fourth wave rises

Masten, A. S. (2007) · Development and Psychopathology · doi:10.1017/s0954579407000442 · Cited by 1,229

The Environment of Poverty: Multiple Stressor Exposure, Psychophysiological Stress, and Socioemotional Adjustment

Evans, G. W., & English, K. (2002) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00469 · Cited by 1,232

Classroom emotional climate, student engagement, and academic achievement.

Reyes, M. R., Brackett, M. A., Rivers, S. E., White, M., & Salovey, P. (2012) · Journal of Educational Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0027268 · Cited by 1,229

A Meta‐Analysis of After‐School Programs That Seek to Promote Personal and Social Skills in Children and Adolescents

Durlak, J. A., Weissberg, R. P., & Pachan, M. (2010) · American Journal of Community Psychology · doi:10.1007/s10464-010-9300-6 · Cited by 1,216

Gender differences in temperament: A meta-analysis.

Else-Quest, N. M., Hyde, J. S., Goldsmith, H. H., & Van Hulle, C. A. (2006) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.132.1.33 · Cited by 1,169

Biological processes in prevention and intervention: The promotion of self-regulation as a means of preventing school failure

Blair, C., & Diamond, A. (2008) · Development and Psychopathology · doi:10.1017/s0954579408000436 · Cited by 1,167

Developmental cascades: Linking academic achievement and externalizing and internalizing symptoms over 20 years

Masten, A. S., Roisman, G. I., Long, J. D., Burt, K. B., Obradović, J., Riley, J. R., Boelcke-Stennes, K., & Tellegen, A. (2005) · Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1037/0012-1649.41.5.733 · Cited by 1,152

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Early Childhood Education: Young Adult Outcomes From the Abecedarian Project

Campbell, F. A., Ramey, C. T., Pungello, E., Sparling, J., & Miller-Johnson, S. (2002) · Applied Developmental Science · doi:10.1207/s1532480xads0601_05 · Cited by 1,144

The ABCs of depression: integrating affective, biological, and cognitive models to explain the emergence of the gender difference in depression

Hyde, J. S., Mezulis, A. H., & Abramson, L. Y. (2008) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.115.2.291 · Cited by 1,146

What's wrong with cross-cultural comparisons of subjective Likert scales?: The reference-group effect.

Heine, S. J., Lehman, D. R., Peng, K., & Greenholtz, J. (2002) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.82.6.903 · Cited by 1,080

Attachment Stability From Infancy to Adulthood: Meta-Analysis and Dynamic Modeling of Developmental Mechanisms

Chris Fraley, R. (2002) · Personality and Social Psychology Review · doi:10.1207/s15327957pspr0602_03 · Cited by 1,066

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Barber (2005) · doi:10.1111/j.1540-5834.2005.00365.x · Cited by 1,063

The Measurement of Student Engagement: A Comparative Analysis of Various Methods and Student Self-report Instruments

Fredricks, J. A., & McColskey, W. (2012) · Handbook of Research on Student Engagement · doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-2018-7_37 · Cited by 1,052

A New Look at Infant Pointing

Tomasello, M., Carpenter, M., & Liszkowski, U. (2007) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01025.x · Cited by 1,039

Development of a self-report measure of environmental spatial ability

Hegarty, M. (2002) · Intelligence · doi:10.1016/s0160-2896(02)00116-2 · Cited by 1,023

Low self-esteem during adolescence predicts poor health, criminal behavior, and limited economic prospects during adulthood.

Trzesniewski, K. H., Donnellan, M. B., Moffitt, T. E., Robins, R. W., Poulton, R., & Caspi, A. (2006) · Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1037/0012-1649.42.2.381 · Cited by 1,024

Is extracurricular participation associated with beneficial outcomes? Concurrent and longitudinal relations.

Fredricks, J. A., & Eccles, J. S. (2006) · Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1037/0012-1649.42.4.698 · Cited by 1,013

What is positive youth development?

Damon, W. (2004) · The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science · doi:10.1177/0002716203260092 · Cited by 1,026

Executive functions after age 5: Changes and correlates.

Best, J. R., Miller, P. H., & Jones, L. L. (2009) · Developmental Review · doi:10.1016/j.dr.2009.05.002 · Cited by 1,007

Teacher-Student Relationships and Engagement: Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Improving the Capacity of Classroom Interactions

Pianta, R. C., Hamre, B. K., & Allen, J. P. (2012) · Handbook of Research on Student Engagement · doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-2018-7_17 · Cited by 1,055

Working memory and mathematics: A review of developmental, individual difference, and cognitive approaches

Raghubar, K. P., Barnes, M. A., & Hecht, S. A. (2010) · Learning and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2009.10.005 · Cited by 975

Friendships and adaptation in the life course.

Hartup, W. W., & Stevens, N. (1997) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.121.3.355 · Cited by 976

Motivation as an Enabler for Academic Success

Linnenbrink, E. A., & Pintrich, P. R. (2002) · School Psychology Review · doi:10.1080/02796015.2002.12086158 · Cited by 973

The Development of a Measure of Prosocial Behaviors for Late Adolescents

Carlo, G., & Randall, B. A. (2002) · Journal of Youth and Adolescence · doi:10.1023/a:1014033032440 · Cited by 1,004

Responsive parenting: establishing early foundations for social, communication, and independent problem-solving skills.

Landry, S. H., Smith, K. E., & Swank, P. R. (2006) · Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1037/0012-1649.42.4.627 · Cited by 950

Competence and Resilience in Development

MASTEN, A. S., & OBRADOVIĆ, J. (2006) · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1196/annals.1376.003 · Cited by 946

An Ecological Perspective on the Transition to Kindergarten

Rimm-Kaufman, S. E., & Pianta, R. C. (2000) · Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1016/s0193-3973(00)00051-4 · Cited by 946

A Model of Mindful Parenting: Implications for Parent–Child Relationships and Prevention Research

Duncan, L. G., Coatsworth, J. D., & Greenberg, M. T. (2009) · Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review · doi:10.1007/s10567-009-0046-3 · Cited by 934

Peer Rejection and Social Information-Processing Factors in the Development of Aggressive Behavior Problems in Children

Dodge, K. A., Lansford, J. E., Burks, V. S., Bates, J. E., Pettit, G. S., Fontaine, R., & Price, J. M. (2003) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/1467-8624.7402004 · Cited by 933