News tagged with child psychologist

Interviewers' gestures mislead child-witnesses

Children can easily be led to remember incorrect information through misleading gestures from adults, according to researchers from the University of Hertfordshire. These findings are being presented this ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 10, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

'Overparenting' trend worries psychologists

(Medical Xpress)—School psychologists and counsellors are concerned that overbearing parents are raising children unable to cope with failure and life outside of home, a new QUT study shows.

Psychology & Psychiatry Jan 15, 2013 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

Child psychologist offers holiday tips for unruly kids

The holiday season can be particularly over-stimulating for young children, what with more pressure-packed traveling, shopping and even church-going. Boston University child psychologist Dr. Jonathan Comer offers parents ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Dec 11, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

How to discuss the Aurora shootings with kids

Details of the tragic shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., continue to flood the media. Richard Rende, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior in the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Jul 26, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Jealousy of eldest child can be predicted before birth of younger sibling

Parents who play with a doll and then ignore their child, elicit the same jealous behavior in the child as a newborn brother or sister can do later. The lack of attention from the mother elicits more jealousy from the child ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 16, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Helping children see the signs

Remember when your little league football team lost the game because someone ran the ball back into their own end zone? Take heart, one University of Alberta researcher says it may be the player's unfamiliarity with perceiving ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Aug 29, 2011 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Kids' anxiety, depression halved when parenting styled to personality

When it comes to rearing children, just about any parent will say that what works with one kid might not work with another. Parents use all sorts of strategies to keep kids from being cranky, grumpy, fearful or moody, while ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Aug 01, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1 |