Frontiers in Developmental Psychology | Social and Emotional Development

Original Research

Accepted on 27 May 2025

The Impact of Felt Obligation and Perceived Mutual Reciprocity on Support between Mothers and Their Adult Children

in Social and Emotional Development

Kathrin Schoenert
Sabrina Sommer
Heike Maria Buhl

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2025.1508469

Original Research

Published on 21 May 2025

Promoting children's social reasoning about immigration-based exclusion and bystander behavior through literary discussions

in Social and Emotional Development

Sara Egger
Luciano Gasser
Anna Frei
David Preisig
Hanna Beißert
Yvonne Dammert

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2025.1549126

400 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Apr 2025

Play fighting at the playground: understanding preschoolers' experiences and perceptions

in Social and Emotional Development

Guida Veiga
Carolina Rebocho
Clarinda Pomar

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2025.1545063

576 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Apr 2025

Body posture as a measure of emotional valence in young children: a preregistered validation study

in Social and Emotional Development

Stella C. Gerdemann
Amrisha Vaish
Robert Hepach

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2025.1536440

969 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2025

Perfect timing: sensitive periods for Montessori education and long-term wellbeing

in Social and Emotional Development

Angeline S. Lillard
Richard Hua Jiang
Xin Tong

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2025.1546451

3,577 views

Review

Published on 23 Jan 2025

Why can't we be friends? A narrative review of the challenges of making and keeping friends for children and adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

in Social and Emotional Development

Kirsten M. Neprily
Emma A. Climie
Adam McCrimmon
Erica Makarenko

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1390791

2,097 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 20 Dec 2024

Relations of the use of out-of-school suspensions in U.S. public pre-kindergarten programs to neighborhood opportunity

in Social and Emotional Development

Richard A. Fabes
Zuchao Shen
Evandra Catherine
Ashley McDonald
Sabina Low
Fuzhe Xie

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1479290

626 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Dec 2024

Goals for, insecurity in, and self-perceptions of peer status: short term longitudinal associations with relational aggression and prosocial behaviors in emerging adults

in Social and Emotional Development

Danielle Findley-Van Nostrand
Benjamin Campbell

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1433449

714 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Oct 2024

Adolescent close friendships, self-perceived social acceptance, and peer-rated likeability as predictors of wellbeing in young adulthood

in Social and Emotional Development

Emily N. Shah
David E. Szwedo
Joseph P. Allen

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1435727

6,959 views
2 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 11 Oct 2024

Child and adolescent social withdrawal predict adult psychosocial adjustment: A meta-analysis

in Social and Emotional Development

Heidi Gazelle
Jessie K. Shafer Lundin
Haochen Lei
Hongyuan Cao
Meghan Litchfield

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1408166

2,227 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 04 Sep 2024

How does interpersonal curiosity impact peer rejection? The mediating effect of relative deprivation and malicious envy

in Social and Emotional Development

Jiali He
Hanshu Liu

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1375009

1,039 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 21 Aug 2024

A preliminary examination of gut microbiota and emotion regulation in 2- to 6-year-old children

in Social and Emotional Development

Paul Faulkner
Adele Costabile
Florencia Imakulata
Neeraj Pandey
Piril Hepsomali

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1445642

1,771 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 07 Aug 2024

Developmental trajectories of children's playfulness in two- to six-year-olds

in Social and Emotional Development

Corina Wustmann Seiler
Isabelle Duss
Cornelia Rüdisüli
Patricia Lannen

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1426985

2,249 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 24 Jul 2024

Friends, followers, peers, and posts: adolescents' in-person and online friendship networks and social media use influences on friendship closeness via the importance of technology for social connection

in Social and Emotional Development

Elizabeth Al-Jbouri
Anthony A. Volk
Natalie Spadafora
Naomi C. Z. Andrews

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1419756

11,353 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Apr 2024

Measuring parents' regulatory media use for themselves and their children

in Social and Emotional Development

Bolim Suh
Heather Kirkorian
Rachel Barr
Sarah C. Kucker
Chioma Torres
Jenny S. Radesky

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1377998

3,314 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 22 Mar 2024

When best friendships end: young adolescents' responses to hypothetical best friendship dissolution and associations with real-life friendship outcomes

in Social and Emotional Development

Julie C. Bowker
Jenna P. Weingarten
Rebecca G. Etkin
Melanie A. Dirks

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

doi 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1369085

3,891 views