Child and Adolescent Development
Developmental science examining cognitive, emotional, and social growth across childhood and adolescence.
The research landscape
- PubMed records indexed
- 13,373
- Published in last 5 years
- 8,161
- Active NIH grants
- 5,071
- NIH funding
- $81M
Under-studied questions
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Florida faculty working on this
- FIU
Erin L Thompson
FIU · PSYCHOLOGY
2 active NIH grants · $225K
- FIU
George Arthur Buzzell
FIU · PSYCHOLOGY
4 active NIH grants · $2.4M
- FSU
15 active NIH grants · $46M
- FIU
Raul Gonzalez
FIU · PSYCHOLOGY
5 active NIH grants · $6.3M
- FIU
Jeremy W Pettit
FIU · PSYCHOLOGY
4 active NIH grants · $4.7M
- UF
Sara Jo Nixon
UF · PSYCHIATRY
2 active NIH grants · $2.7M
- FIU
Shayl Griffith
FIU · PSYCHOLOGY
3 active NIH grants · $1.5M
- USF
Danielle Gulick
USF · BIOCHEMISTRY
3 active NIH grants · $1.1M
- FIU
Aaron Mattfeld
FIU · PSYCHOLOGY
1 active NIH grant · $932K
- FIU
Daniel Marc Bagner
FIU · OTHER BASIC SCIENCES
3 active NIH grants · $1.6M
- UF
Susan Nittrouer
UF · OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS
1 active NIH grant · $622K
1 active NIH grant · $39K
- FSU
Pamela K. Keel
FSU · PSYCHOLOGY
5 active NIH grants · $1.2M
- UF
Danielle Gulick
UF · BIOCHEMISTRY
2 active NIH grants · $762K
- USF
2 active NIH grants · $498K
- FIU
Melissa Lynn Hernandez
FIU · PSYCHOLOGY
2 active NIH grants · $43K
Recent literature
See all on PubMedTelling the good story: supporting children's first 1,000 days in Northwest Tasmania.
International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026 · PMID 41928424
'We discovered new ways of learning': a qualitative study of child, caregiver, and facilitator perspectives on an inclusive school readiness programme for caregivers in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Tanzania.
Global health action · 2026 · PMID 42130375
The effect of maternal scent-infused blanket on the stress level, crying duration and physiological parameters of premature newborns.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · 2026 · PMID 42070973
Socioeconomic disadvantage accounts for most of the early childhood development gap among children of adolescent mothers: A cross-national analysis of 15 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Global public health · 2026 · PMID 42490362
The equity and effectiveness of China's 2009 folic acid supplementation programme for long-term child development.
Global health action · 2026 · PMID 42328968
"I want to keep going": Differential effects of storybooks on children's perseverance.
Journal of experimental child psychology · 2026 · PMID 42407249
Executive function and preschoolers' responses to severe transgressions: implications for early forgiveness.
Journal of experimental child psychology · 2026 · PMID 42365804
Do young children understand the objectivity of reality?
Journal of experimental child psychology · 2026 · PMID 42296785