David Bridgett, PhD
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Research
Publications
2025
Maternal Emotional Availability Supports Child Communicative Development Regardless of Child Temperament—Findings From the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study
Ollas‐Skogster D, Korja R, Yada A, Mainela‐Arnold E, Karlsson H, Bridgett D, Rautakoski P, Karlsson L, Nolvi S. Maternal Emotional Availability Supports Child Communicative Development Regardless of Child Temperament—Findings From the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. Infancy 2025, 30: e12649. PMID: 39853895, PMCID: PMC11758768, DOI: 10.1111/infa.12649.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFinnBrain Birth Cohort StudyEmotional availabilityEarly communication developmentCommunication developmentChild temperamentMaternal EAAssociated with early language developmentPath model of associationsEarly language developmentEmotional aspects of parentingInfant communicative developmentMother-child dyadsBirth cohort studyAspects of parentingModel of associationTemperament traitsLanguage developmentMaternal caregivingTemperamentPath modelLongitudinal effectsSurgency/extraversionCohort studyEmotional aspectsCommunication skills
2024
Faecal transplantation from exuberant toddlers increases exploratory behaviour in juvenile rats: A FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study
Aatsinki A, Collins J, Kara N, Wilmes L, Deady C, Nolvi S, Eskola E, Huovinen V, Hakanen H, Bridgett D, Korja R, Keskitalo A, Munukka E, Salin I, Isokääntä H, Dickens A, Lamichhane S, Kallonen T, Lahti L, Clarke G, Dinan T, Cryan J, Karlsson H, O'Mahony S, Karlsson L. Faecal transplantation from exuberant toddlers increases exploratory behaviour in juvenile rats: A FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. Neuroscience Applied 2024, 3: 104675. DOI: 10.1016/j.nsa.2024.104675.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Infant gut microbiota and negative and fear reactivity.
Huovinen V, Aatsinki A, Kataja E, Munukka E, Keskitalo A, Lamichhane S, Raunioniemi P, Bridgett D, Lahti L, O'Mahony S, Dickens A, Korja R, Karlsson H, Nolvi S, Karlsson L. Infant gut microbiota and negative and fear reactivity. Development And Psychopathology 2023, 36: 2016-2031. PMID: 37974473, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579423001396.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Moving Forward in the Study of Temperament and Early Education Outcomes: Mediating and Moderating Factors
Smith C, Bridgett D. Moving Forward in the Study of Temperament and Early Education Outcomes: Mediating and Moderating Factors. 2020, 1-5. DOI: 10.1201/9780429344466-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChild temperamentStudy of temperamentModerator of associationsEducational outcomesEarly educational outcomesChildren's academic successTemperamentPotential mediatorsModerating factorsAcademic successEducation-related outcomesEducational successModeratelyAssociated with educational successChildrenChild's lifeModified associationsMediatorsAssociation
2000
Effects of Listening to Mozart and Bach on the Performance of a Mathematical Test
Bridgett D, Cuevas J. Effects of Listening to Mozart and Bach on the Performance of a Mathematical Test. Perceptual And Motor Skills 2000, 90: 1171-1175. PMID: 10939064, DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.3c.1171.Peer-Reviewed Original Research