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Karen E. Smith
Researcher at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Publications - 5
Citations - 1194
Karen E. Smith is an academic researcher from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The author has contributed to research in topics: Early childhood & Child development. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications receiving 1130 citations. Previous affiliations of Karen E. Smith include University of Texas Medical Branch & University of Houston.
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Does early responsive parenting have a special importance for children's development or is consistency across early childhood necessary?
TL;DR: Children, especially preterm children, showed faster cognitive growth when mothers were consistently responsive, and the importance of consistent responsiveness, defined by an affective-emotional construct, was evident even when a broader constellation of parenting behaviors was considered.
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Predicting cognitive-language and social growth curves from early maternal behaviors in children at varying degrees of biological risk.
TL;DR: Growth modeling was used to examine the relation of early parenting behaviors with rates of change in children's cognitive-language and social response and initiating skills assessed at 6, 12, 24, and 40 months, with relations stronger for the HR versus the other two groups.
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Does the Content of Mothers' Verbal Stimulation Explain Differences in Children's Development of Verbal and Nonverbal Cognitive Skills?
Karen E. Smith,Karen E. Smith,Karen E. Smith,Susan H. Landry,Susan H. Landry,Susan H. Landry,Paul R. Swank,Paul R. Swank,Paul R. Swank +8 more
TL;DR: This article examined whether mothers' verbal input at 3 years of age that specifies relations between objects, actions, and concepts (scaffolding) related to children's development of verbal and nonverbal cognitive skills from 3 through 6 years.
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Environmental effects on language development in normal and high-risk child populations.
TL;DR: Within this generally lower SES sample of children, the type of interactive behaviors caregivers used in early childhood showed significant relations to skill growth, and children with faster rates of language growth had mothers who maintained their interests more often and were less likely to use highly directive behaviors.