Global challenges such as climate change or the refugee crises emphasize the necessity of
altruism and cooperation. In a large-scale 9-month intervention study, we investigated the …

Developmental invariance is important for making valid inferences about child development
from longitudinal data; however, it is rarely tested. We evaluated developmental and gender …

Background Bullying has a profound and enduring impact on academic achievement.
However, there is a lack of clarity surrounding the specific mechanisms of this relationship …

Abstract Background and Objectives Obtaining a multi-informant perspective is important
when assessing mental health issues in childhood and adolescence. Obtaining ratings from …

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) has been widely used to study children's
psychosocial development longitudinally; however, such analyses assume longitudinal …

This study investigated the mechanisms by which experiences of poverty influence the
trajectory of conduct problems among preschool children. Drawing on two theoretical …

This study is the first to employ panel data to examine the time-varying effects of internal and
international parental migration on the psychological well-being of children who stay behind …

Many children who suffer from one mental health issue also suffer from at least one co-
occurring disorder and a range of developmental psychopathology theories, including …

Childhood conduct problems and head injuries share a bidirectional association, but how
this affects the risk of adolescent delinquency is unknown. Due to their similar underlying …

Background Climate change has psychological impacts but most of the attention has been
focused on the physical impact. This study was aimed at determining the association of …