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Bullying is a widespread global issue, with serious consequences for victimized individuals. The current systematic review is the first to explore the consequences of bullying in early adolescence on psychological and academic functioning across the adolescent period. Five databases were examined, yielding 28 relevant studies.

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The idea of the '30 million word gap' suggests families from more socioeconomically advantaged backgrounds engage in more verbal interactions with their child than disadvantaged families. Initial findings from the Language in Little Ones (LiLO) study up to 12 months showed no word gap between maternal education groups.

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Caregivers play a crucial role in supporting the development of their children's emotion regulation. This study validated the Parental Assistance with Child Emotion Regulation (PACER) Questionnaire in a sample of 491 caregivers of young children ≤ 5 years.

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Children who enter school with limited proficiency in the language of instruction face a range of challenges in negotiating this new context, yet limited...

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This chapter assesses what global evidence tells us about the importance of early childhood education and development...

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Although children's later experiences can still have an effect, developments in early childhood have long-lasting effects on health, behaviour and learning...

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Identify risk and protective factors for later childhood-onset and adolescent-onset mental health problems, and other adverse social outcomes

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This paper presents the study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a school based program developed to prevent teenage

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Inequalities in child healthy development: some challenges for effective implementation