Society For Research In Child Development Research Articles

Advancing scientific integrity, transparency, and openness in child development research: Challenges and possible solutions.

Based on the recommendations of a Task Force on Scientific Integrity and Openness it appointed, the Governing Council of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) adopted a Policy on Scientific Integrity and Openness (SRCD, 2019a) and accompanying Author Guidelines on Scientific Integrity and Openness for Publishing in Child Development (SRCD, 2019b). Here we discuss some of the challenges associated with realizing SRCD's vision for a science of child development that is open, transparent, robust, impactful, and conducted with the highest standards of integrity. In identifying the challenges-protecting participants and researchers from harm, respecting diversity, and balancing the benefits of change with the costs -we also offer constructive solutions.

Advancing Transparency and Openness in Child Development Research: Opportunities.

Transparency and openness are basic scientific values. They lie at the heart of practices that accelerate discovery and broaden access to scientific knowledge. In this article, we argue that these values are essential to ensure the enduring influence of research on child development. They are also critical for the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) to accomplish its mission to benefit diverse global stakeholders and constituents. A companion article in this issue (Gilmore, Cole, Verma, van Aken, Worthman) discusses the challenges in realizing SRCD's vision for a science of child development that is open, transparent, robust, impactful, and conducted with the highest integrity. Here, we discuss opportunities for the society to set standards that ensure the full integration of transparency and openness into developmental science.

Research Roundup: Child Development Conference Has a Lot to Say

American Library Association conferences involve a lot of walking since sessions are presented in numerous venues in huge convention centers and surrounding hotels. Even the exhibits are massive! Because of this, librarians are often distinguished from local residents by the comfortable shoes they are wearing. At the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) conference earlier this year, however, attendees could also be recognized by the portable poster holders slung over their shoulders.

Dorothy Hansen Eichorn (1924-2018).

Presents an obituary for Dorothy Hansen Eichorn, who passed away on March 22, 2018. Eichorn was a noted developmental psychologist and organizational leader. She was involved in several notable studies in development, but the most significant was probably her role in the Berkeley Growth Study, which continued for five decades. Dorothy was active in several professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association (APA), where she served on its Board of Directors, as well as president of APA Division 7 (Developmental Psychology). She also served as president of the Western Psychological Association. But her most important organizational contribution came through the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

Common historical roots. Introduction to the special section on recapitulation theory and developmental psychology

In 2014, the Governing Council of SRCD (Society for Research in Child Development) reinstituted the organization’s History Committee. This was based on a request of Willem Koops, who was nominated ...

Meeting Calendar

Free AccessEFPA News and ViewsMeeting CalendarPublished Online:November 14, 2014https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000217PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditE-Mail SectionsMoreNovember 10–14, 2014Psychohealth2014: 7th International Conference on Health Psychology, Havana, CubaContact: www.psicosaludcuba.com/November 11–14, 20142nd Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology, Paramaribo, SurinameContact: canpanet.org/index.php/crcp2014January 15–16, 20152015 National Multicultural Conference and Summit: Psychology Without Borders – Reflecting Within, Reaching Out, Atlanta, GA, USAContact: www.apa.org/news/events/2015/national-multicultural-conference.aspxFebruary 5–8, 20155th International Congress on Coaching Psychology: “Excellence Across Borders,” San Diego, CA, USAContact: www.apadivisions.org/division-13/news-events/midwinter-conference/index.aspxFebruary 25–March 1, 2015Society of Psychologists in Management (SPIM) Annual Conference, Austin, TX, USAContact: spim.org/conference.htmFebruary 26–28, 201516th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CAContact: spspmeeting.org/2015/General-Info.aspxMarch 8–11, 201557th Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP2015), Hildesheim, GermanyContact: www.teap.de/index.php/teap/hildesheimMarch 12–14, 2015International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsContact: icps.psychologicalscience.org/March 19–21, 2015Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, PAContact: www.srcd.org/meetings/biennial-meetingMay 20–22, 201517th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Oslo, NorwayContact: www.eawop2015.org/May 21–24, 201527th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), New York, NY, USAContact: www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/convention#.U_7dcWNibs8June 10–13, 2015Conference of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Vilnius, LithuaniaContact: estss2015.eu/July 3–6, 2015Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, San Diego, CA, USAContact: www.ispp.org/meetingsJuly 7–10, 201514th European Congress of Psychology (ECP2015), Milan, ItalyContact: www.ecp2015.it/July 14–19, 201514th European Congress of Sport Psychology, Bern, SwitzerlandContact: www.fepsac2015.ch/August 6–9, 2015123rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, CanadaContact: www.apa.org/conventionAugust 17–23, 20159th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, Manchester, UKContact: www.escom.org/conferences.htmlSeptember 1–5, 201529th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, CyprusContact: www.ehps.netSeptember 8–12, 201517th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Developmental Psychology, Braga, PortugalContact: ecdpbraga2015.com/July 14–17, 2016Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Warsaw, PolandContact: www.ispp.org/meetingsJuly 24–29, 201631st International Congress of Psychology (ICP2016), Yokohama, JapanContact: www.icp2016.jp/July 31–August 3, 2016International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Nagoya, JapanContact: www.iaccp.orgAugust 4–7, 2016124th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USAContact: www.apa.org/convention/FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 19Issue 4December 2014ISSN: 1016-9040eISSN: 1878-531X InformationEuropean Psychologist (2014), 19, pp. 295-295 https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000217.© 2014Hogrefe PublishingPDF download

Differential susceptibility to the environment: Toward an understanding of sensitivity to developmental experiences and context

Science, like evolution, is often remarkably convergent in itsgenerativityofnewideasanditsexplorationofnovelconcep-tualterritory.Justasevolutionhasrepeatedlyconvergeduponcommon phenotypic solutions to problems of survival andreproduction among species of differing lineage (Morris,2010), the history of scientific inquiry, and that of develop-mentalscienceinparticular,hasalsobeenmarkedbyconcur-rent and homologous discovery by a sometimes striking si-multaneity in its arrival at shared theoretical insights alongpaths of differing origins and trajectories. Thus, it has beenwith the emergence of “differential susceptibility to the envi-ronment”: a construct—really, a shared solution to a set ofcompelling conceptual and empirical dilemmas—that formsthe centerpiece of this Special Section of Development andPsychopathology.Inspired by a provocative and broadly attended sympo-sium (“Do Children Vary in Their Plasticity? DifferentialSusceptibility to Rearing Experiences”) at the 2009 AnnualMeeting of the Society for Research in Child Development(SRCD), the Special Section explores the convergence oftwo theories conceptualizing reactivity to environmentalstimuli as an indicator of sensitivity or susceptibility to envi-ronmental influence. The “biological sensitivity to context”theory advanced by Boyce and Ellis (2005; see also Boyceet al., 1995) originated in empirical observations of differ-ences in children’s autonomic and adrenocortical reactivityto challenge and posited a context-sensitive endophenotyperendering a subset of children unusually susceptible to therisk-inducing and development-enhancing influences of bothnegative and positive early social environments. At the sametime, the “differential susceptibility” theory posed by Belsky(1997,2005)startedwiththequestion“Whyshouldchildhoodexperiences influence later development?” Based on reflec-tions prompted by this question, it hypothesized that childrenshould differ in their susceptibility to rearing environments asabet-hedgingstrategyagainstanuncertainfuture.Boththeoriesconverged on evolutionaryexplanationsofwhyandhow indi-viduals vary systematically in their sensitivity or “permeabil-ity” to experiential and contextual influences on developmentand health.Moststudentsofchilddevelopmentdonotpresumethatallchildrenareequallysusceptibletorearingandothercontextualexperiences; a long history of research on Parenting Temp-erament interactions clearly suggests otherwise. Nevertheless,muchworkstillfocusesoncontextualeffectsthatapplyequallyto all children and thus fails to consider the possibility thatwhether, how, and to what degree early experiences influencechilddevelopmentmaycriticallydependuponindividualchar-acteristics. All four empirical papers presented at the SRCDsymposiumexaminedtheextenttowhichsuchchildcharacter-istics moderate effects of early rearing experiences on chil-dren’s adjustment and development. Drawing on biologicalsensitivity to context or differential susceptibility theory, eachpaper focused on a phenotypic, endophenotypic, or genotypicmarker of reactivity as a moderator of susceptibility to rearinginfluence. In the first two papersthe moderator was biological

SECTION II. TEACHING AND MENTORING

The Black Caucus of the Society for Research in Child Development(SRCD) was founded in 1973 to address concerns about the portrayal of Black children in scientific research, the lack of participation of ethnic minority members in the governance structure of SRCD, and the perceived need for a mutual support system for minority scholars aspiring to productive careers in the child development field. In this monograph, early members of the Caucus describe its history through the first 25 years, in 15 chapters distributed among sections on Caucus history, teaching and mentoring, publications and research-related issues, and supportive academic institutions. Among the topics explored are the formation and goals of the Caucus, its structure and membership, Caucus members' achieving stature and influence within SRCD, mentoring through the Toddler and Infant Experiences Study (TIES), response to the Atlanta child murders,the successful Pre-Conferences, SRCD Monographs and milestone developmental publications by Caucus members, the role of African American scholars in research on African American children (including the use of an ecological approach to study family processes), linkages between theory,research, and practice in Project Head Start, the contributions of the University of Michigan and Howard University, and looking to the future for students. Appendices trace Caucus chronological history and identify early sustaining members. This volume celebrates the accomplishments of the Caucus while also revisiting challenges that have arisen both internally and through membership in the SRCD parent organization. Key thematic issues include: cultural deficit versus cultural difference; linkages between poverty, race, and empowerment; advocacy versus objectivity in scientific research; and how the cultural or racial identity of the researcher informs scientific knowledge. The collaborations of Caucus members and others in SRCD modified the lens through which children of racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds are portrayed in the scientific literature.

Women in child development: Themes from the SRCD Oral History Project.

Research in child development has emerged as a major intellectual discipline and a topic of great interest and importance to society. The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) has been the leading scholarly society concerned with the advancement of this research. As part of its focus on a history of the field, the SRCD has undertaken an oral history project in which prominent members are interviewed. Of the 102 completed interviews, 47 are women's accounts, which document important contributions women have made to child development. The experiences reported by individual participants reflect themes in the general history of women in psychology and child development during the early and mid-1900s. Women encountered obstacles to their efforts, even as they were supported by others and struggled to achieve prominence amid the sometimes ambiguous or conflicting circumstances that characterized women's entry into child development.

The National Research Council Committee on Child Development and the Founding of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1925-1933

To understand the origins of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) we must begin not with its official organization in 1933 but with the founding of the Committee on Child Development (CCD) in 1924 by the National Research Council (NRC). The SRCD evolved directly from this committee and for 15 years continued to receive its support, becoming autonomous only in 1948. The NRC, a part of the National Academy of Sciences, was itself only 9 years old when it established the committee. It was founded in 1916 by reformers within the academy to make that ineffectual organization more responsive to the nation's defense needs and to create a permanent centralized scientific organization that would stimulate and coordinate the research activities of government, industry, and academe (Dupree, 1957).