The early years of a child's life are critical to their health and development. Many factors are instrumental for children to reach their developmental milestones including proper nutrition, exercise, emotional support, and education.
The extent of how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted children's health long-term development will be a much-debated topic for years to come. Scientists are striving to understand the potential long-term effects on children resulting from day-to-day disruption, social distancing measures, and even food insecurity.
Annual Reviews has curated a new review article collection to explore both environmental and behavioral impacts on child development. In this interdisciplinary collection, our experts discuss risk factors influencing childhood development, including:
- Adversity, Trauma, and Stress
- Parental Influence
- Health and Nutrition
- Poverty
- Early Childcare and Education
Our Child Development collection includes 21 review articles from 8 Annual Reviews journals.
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Last updated 10/2022
The Effect of Adversity, Trauma, and Toxic Stress
Effects of Racism on Child Development: Advancing Antiracist Developmental Science
Iheoma U. Iruka, Nicole Gardner-Neblett, Nicole A. Telfer, Nneka Ibekwe-Okafor, Stephanie M. Curenton, Jacqueline Sims, Amber B. Sansbury, and Enrique W. Neblett, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Impacts of Racism on the Foundations of Health
Jack P. Shonkoff, Natalie Slopen, and David R. Williams, Annual Review of Public Health
Children's Socioemotional Development Across Cultures
Heidi Keller, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
Childhood Adversity and Neural Development: A Systematic Review
Katie A. McLaughlin, David Weissman, and Debbie Bitrán, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
Social Structure, Adversity, Toxic Stress, and Intergenerational Poverty: An Early Childhood Model
Craig A. McEwen and Bruce S. McEwen, Annual Review of Sociology
Routine Versus Catastrophic Influences on the Developing Child
Candice L. Odgers and Sara R. Jaffee, Annual Review of Public Health
Parental Influence on Development
Impact of New Family Forms on Parenting and Child Development
Susan Imrie and Susan Golombok, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
Broadening Perspectives on the Evolution of Human Paternal Care and Fathers' Effects on Children
Lee T. Gettler, Adam H. Boyette, and Stacy Rosenbaum, Annual Review of Anthropology
Developmental Effects of Parent-Child Separation
Anne Bentley Waddoups, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Kendra Strouf, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
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Economics of Child Protection: Maltreatment, Foster Care, and Intimate Partner Violence
Joseph J. Doyle, Jr. and Anna Aizer, Annual Review of Economics
Health and Nutritional Risks to Development
Early Childhood Obesity: A Developmental Perspective
Megan H. Pesch and Julie C. Lumeng, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
The Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Child Health and Cognitive Development
Christian Bommer, Nitya Mittal, and Sebastian Vollmer, Annual Review of Resource Economics
All Children Thrive: Integration of Nutrition and Early Childhood Development
Maureen M. Black, Angela C.B. Trude, and Chessa K. Lutter, Annual Review of Nutrition
The Nexus Between Nutrition and Early Childhood Development
Harold Alderman and Lia Fernald, Annual Review of Nutrition
Global Health and Development in Early Childhood
Frances E. Aboud and Aisha K. Yousafzai, Annual Review of Psychology
Poverty and Child Development
Early Childhood Development, Human Capital, and Poverty
Orazio Attanasio, Sarah Cattan, and Costas Meghir, Annual Review of Economics
Housing and Healthy Child Development: Known and Potential Impacts of Interventions
James R. Dunn, Annual Review of Public Health
Neighborhood Effects on Children's Development in Experimental and Nonexperimental Research
Tama Leventhal and Veronique Dupéré, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
Poverty and Children's Language in Anthropolitical Perspective
Amy L. Paugh and Kathleen C. Riley, Annual Review of Anthropology
Early Childcare and Education
Intergenerational Economic Mobility for Low-Income Parents and Their Children: A Dual Developmental Science Framework
Terri J. Sabol, Teresa Eckrich Sommer, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Annual Review of Psychology
Children and Screens
Brenna Hassinger-Das, Sarah Brennan, Rebecca A. Dore, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
Social Background and Children's Cognitive Skills: The Role of Early Childhood Education and Care in a Cross-National Perspective
Nevena Kulic, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi, and Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Annual Review of Sociology
Early Care, Education, and Child Development
Deborah A. Phillips and Amy E. Lowenstein, Annual Review of Psychology
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