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The following handle holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation:
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/77911
Author: Spruijt, A.M.
Title: Curious minds: stimulating parent-child interaction to foster neurocognitive
functioning in four- to eight-year-olds
CURIOUS MINDS
STIMULATING PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION TO FOSTER
NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTIONING
IN FOUR- TO EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS
Colofon
Andrea Maria Spruijt
Curious Minds: Stimulating parent-child interaction to foster neurocognitive
functioning in four-to eight-year-olds
ISBN: 978-94-6375-297-8
CURIOUS MINDS
Stimulating parent-child interaction to foster
neurocognitive functioning
in four-to eight-year-olds
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op woensdag 25 september 2019
klokke 13:45 uur
Promotor Prof. dr. H. Swaab
Co-promotoren
Dr. M.C. Dekker
Dr. T.B. Ziermans
Promotiecommissie
Prof. dr. C.A. Espin
Prof. dr. L.R.A. Alink
Dr. S.C.J. Huijbregts
Prof. dr. J. de Lange
| Universiteit Utrecht
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter I General introduction 7
Chapter II Attentional control and executive functioning in school-aged children: Linking self-regulation and parenting strategies
25
Chapter III Linking parenting and social competence in school-aged boys and girls: Differential socialization diathesis-stress or differential susceptibility?
59
Chapter IV Educating parents to improve parent-child interactions: Fostering the development of attentional control and executive functioning
95
Chapter V Educating parents to enhance reasoning abilities in children: A focus on verbal scaffolding
119
Chapter VI Summary and general discussion 149
Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch) 171
Dankwoord (Acknowledgements) 179
About the author 183
Curriculum Vitae 184