The Relationship between the Home Cognitive Environment and the Development of Infants and Toddlers Aged 0-3 Years

Abstract

The first few years of a child's life witness the most rapid development in his or her entire life. Promoting the physical and mental health development of infants and toddlers at the age of 0-3 years is receiving widespread attention in China and abroad. Published in Psychological Development and Education recently, this study analyzes the mechanisms of the effects of family cognitive environment, child care experiences, and effortful control on the development of infants and toddlers at the age of 0-3 years, selecting parents of infants and toddlers aged between 0 and 3 as respondents. Effortful control refers to individual-initiated self-regulation of emotional responses and behaviors, and it reflects individual differences in self-control，attention adjustment, and behavioral inhibition and activation.