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Child Development Perspectives Template

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About the Child Development Perspectives format

Child Development Perspectives is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Early Childhood Education and Development, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Child and Animal Learning Development.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Child Development Perspectives 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inEarly Childhood Education and Development Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Child and Animal Learning Development Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills Reading and Literacy Development
ISSN1750-8592
Citation impact (2-yr)5.3
h-index134
i10-index667
Total citations69,468
Article processing charge$3,350
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Michigan
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Child Development Perspectives per year

49
2014
57
2015
61
2016
58
2017
49
2018
37
2019
48
2020
47
2021
43
2022
24
2023
45
2024
19
2025

Citation impact of Child Development Perspectives by publication year

5K
2014
4.3K
2015
5.1K
2016
5.1K
2017
4.1K
2018
1.6K
2019
2.8K
2020
1.5K
2021
963
2022
320
2023
359
2024
35
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Child Development Perspectives

Emerging Adulthood: What Is It, and What Is It Good For?

Jeffrey Jensen Arnett · 1 Dec 2007

Abstract This article asserts that the theory of emerging adulthood is a useful way of conceptualizing the lives of people from their late teens to their mid- to late 20s in industrialized societies. The place of emerging adulthood within the adult life course is discussed. The weaknesses of previous terms for this age period are…

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Hot and Cool Executive Function in Childhood and Adolescence: Development and Plasticity

Philip David Zelazo, Stephanie M. Carlson · 7 Jun 2012

Abstract Executive function (EF), which refers to the more deliberate, top-down neurocognitive processes involved in self-regulation, develops most rapidly during the preschool years, together with the growth of neural networks involving prefrontal cortex but continues to develop well into adulthood. Both EF and the neural systems supporting EF vary as a function of motivational significance,…

1,358 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Empirical Benchmarks for Interpreting Effect Sizes in Research

Carolyn J. Hill, Howard S. Bloom, Alison Black et al. · 24 Nov 2008

Abstract There is no universal guideline or rule of thumb for judging the practical importance or substantive significance of a standardized effect size estimate for an intervention. Instead, one must develop empirical benchmarks of comparison that reflect the nature of the intervention being evaluated, its target population, and the outcome measure or measures being used.…

Childhood Poverty, Chronic Stress, Self-Regulation, and Coping

Gary W. Evans, Pilyoung Kim · 6 Dec 2012

Abstract Poverty is a powerful factor that can alter lifetime developmental trajectories in cognitive, socioemotional, and physical health outcomes. Most explanatory work on the underlying psychological processes of how poverty affects development has focused on parental investment and parenting practices, principally responsiveness. Our primary objective in this article was to describe a third, complementary pathway—chronic…

Factorial Invariance Within Longitudinal Structural Equation Models: Measuring the Same Construct Across Time

Keith F. Widaman, Emilio Ferrer, Rand D. Conger · 11 Mar 2010

Charting change in behavior as a function of age and investigating longitudinal relations among constructs are primary goals of developmental research. Traditionally, researchers rely on a single measure (e.g., scale score) for a given construct for each person at each occasion of measurement, assuming that measure reflects the same construct at each occasion. With multiple…

Child Development Perspectives template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Child Development Perspectives format?
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What reference style does Child Development Perspectives use?
Child Development Perspectives uses Author–year (Chicago) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Child Development Perspectives 12 (3): 45–58.
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