The Role of Parenting in Typical and Atypical Child Development

Dear Colleagues,

The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is pleased to announce a new Special Issue entitled “The Role of Parenting in Typical and Atypical Child Development”. In recent decades, a solid body of research has highlighted the main features of parenting in order to promote positive child development. Notwithstanding this evidence, there is a growing interest toward complex and dynamic models of understanding, as an attempt to overcome linear and deterministic models. Good examples are the interest in possible moderators and mediators, both individual and environmental, of parental determinants which predict differential developmental trajectories or that act as parental precursors of child developmental outcomes at a very early stage and/or over a wide period of time. Additionally, the scientific community is finding it challenging to understand the short- and long-term effects on child development of new caregiving environments (e.g., new forms of custody or parenting) or what can make a difference in atypical developmental outcomes, in terms of parental protective and risk factors, in the presence of biological risk, such as pre- or neonatal risk or neurodevelopmental disorders, and/or severe environmental conditions.

This collection aims to contribute to a complex and dynamic understanding of parenting in child typical and atypical development, by proposing new knowledge and new cutting-edge contributions, which will make a great contribution to the community. We especially welcome contributions focusing on new and unexplored aspects of parenting and child development, as well as those highlighting practical implications for the development of programs to support at risk parenting.

Dr. Gabrielle Coppola
Guest Editor

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