Topic: Developmental Trajectories
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The present framework was developed to describe the various factors that influence sex and gender differences in health over the course of development. Key conclusions include the importance of research that begins from conception in understanding how prenatal and early life exposures impact health outcomes across the sexes, rather than waiting until the emergence of sex hormones during puberty.
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2024/04/24 | ||
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Early adolescents who are new to Canada experience dual challenges of navigating developmental changes and multiple cultures. This study examined how changes in early adolescents’ emotional health from ages 9 to 12 differed by immigration background, and to what extent peer belonging and supportive school climate protected or promoted their emotional health.
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2024/12/20 | ||
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Using province-wide Ontario data, this study tracks how children's kindergarten school readiness — measured by the Early Development Instrument — predicts math achievement trajectories from grades 3 through 9. It demonstrates that early developmental profiles have lasting effects on long-term academic outcomes.
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2026/05/27 | ||
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This study examines early development and school readiness in children born very preterm (under 32 weeks), a group at elevated risk for challenges at school entry due to vulnerable periods of brain growth during neonatal care. Population-level data are used to identify developmental profiles and factors associated with kindergarten readiness.
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2026/05/27 | ||
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Bando N, Walton K, O’Connor DL, Janus M, Unger SL. Examination of school readiness and factors related to
developmental vulnerability in children born very low birth weight. Child Care Health Dev. 2023;49(3):444-
55.
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2023/10/26 | ||
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This conference abstract examines how prenatal anxiety and depression shape trajectories of child brain network connectivity across the first three years of life. It extends prior work linking maternal perinatal mental health to structural and functional brain changes in infants and young children.
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2026/05/27 | ||
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Researchers from multiple Canadian universities studied the link between neighborhood socioeconomic factors and developmental vulnerability in kindergarten children before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Early Development Instrument (EDI) data from 2017-2023, they analyzed a large dataset of children across Canada.
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2024/12/20 | ||
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Oberle E, Ji XR, Molyneux TM. Pathways from prosocial behaviour to emotional health and academic
achievement in early adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence. 2023;43(5):632-53. Available from:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/02724316221113349.
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2023/10/26 | ||
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This study uses a mixed-methods approach to examine the developmental well-being of refugee children in British Columbia, Canada. Quantitative analysis, using government data and the Early Development Instrument (EDI), compared refugee children's developmental scores across five domains to those of immigrant and non-migrant children.
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2024/12/20 |