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young children, gesture, language, screen use, developmental disorders

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Employment (1)

HES-SO Vaud: Lausanne, Vaud, CH

2019-01-01 to present | Associate Professor (Social Work)
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of Lausanne: Lausanne, Vaud, CH

2006-09-01 to 2012-06-30 | PhD in Psychology (Psychology)
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Funding (9)

What use(s) of digital screens by young children in Switzerland?

2022-12 to 2024-12 | Contract
Federal social insurance office / Youth & Media Platform (Bern, CH)
URL: https://www.hetsl.ch/laress/catalogue-des-recherches/detail/quelles-utilisations-des-ecrans-numeriques-par-les-jeunes-enfants-en-suisse-ps-82319/
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Universal design for learning in professional higher education for the inclusion of students with special educational needs in professional higher education

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What use(s) of digital screens by young children in Switzerland?

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e-Services TSA: digital directory listing existing services in French-speaking Switzerland for people with an autism spectrum disorder and their relatives

2022-06 to 2022-10 | Grant
Innovation Booster Technology and Special Needs (Sierre, CH)
URL: https://frh-fondation.ch/en/project/eservices-tsa/
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Should parents put their screens away? The effect of parental screen use on parent-child interaction and young children's communicative and social-emotional competence

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Improving services for families of children with neurodevelopmental disorders

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1st Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Early Childhood Research

2019-10-01 to 2019-12-31 | Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation (Bern, CH)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.8712471
GRANT_NUMBER: 190087
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Does gesture comprehension provide a helping hand for language learning in children with autism?

2014-04-01 to 2015-09-30 | Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation (Bern, CH)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.5232823
GRANT_NUMBER: 151180
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Effects of caregivers’ responsiveness to child gesture on language development of children with autism spectrum disorders

2012-10-01 to 2014-03-31 | Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation (Bern, CH)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.5230669
GRANT_NUMBER: 142782
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Works (42)

Associations between digital media use and language abilities in children under 5

OSF
2025 | Other
DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/atjbv
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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Preschool Screen Exposure in Switzerland

OSF
2023 | Other
DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/zwj84
Contributors: Jalisse Schmid; Eva Unternaehrer; Fabio Sticca; Nevena Dimitrova
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Effects of Digital and Non-digital Parental Distraction on Parent-Child Interaction and Communication

2023-11-08 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/6nzvt
Contributors: Souhir Chamam; Alexia Forcella; Nadia Musio; Florence Quinodoz; Nevena Dimitrova
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Accès aux services de soutien pour les familles d'enfants présentant des troubles neurodéveloppementaux : les besoins des parents en Suisse romande et leurs propositions d'amélioration

Revue Suisse de pédagogie spécialisée
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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COVID-19 first lockdown as a window into language acquisition: associations between caregiver-child activities and vocabulary gains

Language Development Research
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.34842/ABYM-XV34
Contributors: Natalia Kartushina; Nivedita Mani; Aslı Aktan-Erciyes; Khadeejah Alaslani; Naomi Aldrich; Alaa Almohammadi; Haifa Alroqi; Lucy Anderson; Elena Andonova; Suzanne Aussems et al.
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Joint attention and word learning in co-reading of printed vs. e-books in young children,Attention conjointe et apprentissage de mots en co-lecture de livre imprimé vs. numérique chez le jeune enfant,Atención conjunta y aprendizaje de palabras en un contexto de lectura conjunta de libros impresos vs. digitales (eBook) en niños pequeños

ANAE - Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez l'Enfant
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85137153221

Part of ISSN: 0999792X
Contributors: Rabel, E.J.; Crevola, G.; Dimitrova, N.
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Identifying Patterns of Similarities and Differences between Gesture Production and Comprehension in Autism and Typical Development

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
2022-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-021-00394-y
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova; Şeyda Özçalışkan
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Young children’s screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 12 countries

Scientific Reports
2022-02-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05840-5
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Christina Bergmann; Nevena Dimitrova; Khadeejah Alaslani; Alaa Almohammadi; Haifa Alroqi; Suzanne Aussems; Mihaela Barokova; Catherine Davies; Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez; Shannon P. Gibson et al.
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Consequences of Prematurity on Cortisol Regulation and Adjustment Difficulties: A 9-Year Longitudinal Study

2021 | Other
DOI: 10.3390/children9010009
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https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010009

EID:

2-s2.0-85121840714

Part of ISSN: 22279067
Contributors: Auriana Urfer AND Hélène Turpin AND Nevena Dimitrova AND Ayala Borghini AND Kerstin Jessica Plessen AND Mathilde Morisod Harari AND Sébastien Urben
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The impact of COVID-19 and associated precautionary measures on digital media use in early childhood

OSF Registries
2021 | Other
DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/jvnua
Contributors: Nivedita Mani; Nevena Dimitrova; Christina Bergmann
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The impact of disease severity on the psychological well-being of youth affected by an inborn error of metabolism and their families: A one-year longitudinal study

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2021.100795
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2-s2.0-85113911338

Part of ISSN: 22144269
Contributors: Dimitrova, N.; Glaus, J.; Urben, S.; Wüthrich, V.; Morisod Harari, M.; Ballhausen, D.
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Young children's screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 12 countries

2021-05-31 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/p5gm4
Contributors: Christina Bergmann; Nevena Dimitrova; Khadeejah Alaslani; Alaa Almohammadi; Haifa Alroqi; Suzanne Aussems; Mihaela Barokova; Catherine Davies; Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez; Shannon P Kong et al.
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Les connaissances communes sur l’usage des objets aident les parents à interpreter les fonctions du regard social du nourrisson

Revue [petite] enfance
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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The developmental landscape of early parent-focused language intervention

Early Childhood Research Quarterly
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.11.005
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2-s2.0-85059750130

Part of ISSN: 08852006
Contributors: Adamson, L.B.; Kaiser, A.P.; Tamis-LaMonda, C.S.; Owen, M.T.; Dimitrova, N.
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The Role of Common Ground on Object Use in Shaping the Function of Infants’ Social Gaze

Frontiers in Psychology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00619
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2-s2.0-85084009108

Part of ISSN: 16641078
Contributors: Dimitrova, N.
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Early Lateralization of Gestures in Autism: Right-Handed Points Predict Expressive Language

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
2020-04-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-019-04347-9
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova; Christine Mohr; Şeyda Özçalışkan; Lauren B. Adamson
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The sun is no fun without rain: Physical environments affect how we feel about yellow across 55 countries

Journal of Environmental Psychology
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101350
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2-s2.0-85073610690

Part of ISSN: 15229610 02724944
Contributors: Jonauskaite, D.; Abdel-Khalek, A.M.; Abu-Akel, A.; Al-Rasheed, A.S.; Antonietti, J.-P.; Ásgeirsson, Á.G.; Atitsogbe, K.A.; Barma, M.; Barratt, D.; Bogushevskaya, V. et al.
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Correction to: Parents’ Translations of Child Gesture Facilitate Word Learning in Children with Autism, Down Syndrome and Typical Development (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, (2016), 46, 1, (221-231), 10.1007/s10803-015-2566-7)

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3346-3
EID:

2-s2.0-85031401048

Part of ISSN: 15733432 01623257
Contributors: Dimitrova, N.; Özçalışkan, Ş.; Adamson, L.B.
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Do Parents Model Gestures Differently When Children’s Gestures Differ?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3411-y
EID:

2-s2.0-85035147352

Part of ISSN: 15733432 01623257
Contributors: Özçalışkan, Ş.; Adamson, L.B.; Dimitrova, N.; Baumann, S.
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My body, you, and me

Constructivist Foundations
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85056644426

Part of ISSN: 1782348X
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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Perinatal stress moderates the link between early and later emotional skills in very preterm-born children: An 11-year-long longitudinal study

Early Human Development
2018-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.04.015
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova; Hélène Turpin; Ayala Borghini; Mathilde Morisod Harari; Sébastien Urben; Carole Müller-Nix
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Do Verbal Children with Autism Comprehend Gesture as Readily as Typically Developing Children?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3243-9
EID:

2-s2.0-85025819300

Part of ISSN: 15733432 01623257
Contributors: Dimitrova, N.; Özçalışkan, Ş.; Adamson, L.B.
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Early Gesture Provides a Helping Hand to Spoken Vocabulary Development for Children with Autism, Down Syndrome, and Typical Development

Journal of Cognition and Development
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2017.1329735
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2-s2.0-85020474759

Part of ISSN: 15327647 15248372
Contributors: Özçalışkan, Ş.; Adamson, L.B.; Dimitrova, N.; Baumann, S.
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How robust is the effect of parental response to child gesture in facilitating child vocabulary development across different learners?

Social Environment and Cognition in Language Development. Studies in honor of Ayhan Aksu-Koç
2017 | Book chapter
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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Baby sign but NOT spontaneous gesture predicts later vocabulary in children with Down Syndrome

Journal of Child Language
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S030500091500029X
EID:

2-s2.0-84933055893

Part of ISSN: 14697602 03050009
Contributors: Özçaliskan, S.; Adamson, L.B.; Dimitrova, N.; Bailey, J.; Schmuck, L.
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Early deictic but not other gestures predict later vocabulary in both typical development and autism

Autism
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1362361315605921
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2-s2.0-84977579041

Part of ISSN: 14617005 13623613
Contributors: Özçalisikan, S.; Adamson, L.B.; Dimitrova, N.
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Evaluation de la mentalisation chez le parent et son enfant 18 mois et 11 ans après une naissance prématurée

Revue Québécoise de Psychologie
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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Observatoire des troubles du spectre de l’autisme en Suisse latine.

Centre Suisse de Pédagogie Specialisée
2016 | Report
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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Parents’ Translations of Child Gesture Facilitate Word Learning in Children with Autism, Down Syndrome and Typical Development

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2566-7
EID:

2-s2.0-84953835864

Part of ISSN: 15733432 01623257
Contributors: Dimitrova, N.; Özçalışkan, Ş.; Adamson, L.B.
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Caregivers interpret infants' early gestures based on shared knowledge about referents

Infant Behavior and Development
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.02.015
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2-s2.0-84925655088

Part of ISSN: 19348800 01636383
Contributors: Dimitrova, N.; Moro, C.; Mohr, C.
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Visual Analysis of Proximal Temporal Relationships of Social and Communicative Behaviors

Computer Graphics Forum
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/cgf.12617
EID:

2-s2.0-84937842836

Part of ISSN: 14678659 01677055
Contributors: Han, Y.; Rozga, A.; Dimitrova, N.; Abowd, G.D.; Stasko, J.
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Joint Attention and Language Development

Encyclopedia of Language Development
2014 | Encyclopedia entry
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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L’usage de l’objet. Un lieu privilégié de l’émergence de la communication intentionnelle chez l’enfant

Psychologie du développement, sémiotique et culture
2014 | Book chapter
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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Common ground on object use associates with caregivers' gesturese

Infant Behavior and Development
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.06.006
EID:

2-s2.0-84880990030

Part of ISSN: 01636383
Contributors: Dimitrova, N.; Moro, C.
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How gesture input provides a helping hand to language development

Seminars in Speech and Language
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1353447
EID:

2-s2.0-84889661623

Part of ISSN: 07340478 10989056
Contributors: Özçaliśkan, Ş.; Dimitrova, N.
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It takes more than mean-end differentiation to intentionally communicate in infancy. A Semiotic Perspective on Early Communication Development.

Journal of Cultural-Historical Psychology
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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Closeness in relationships as a mediator between sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence and psychopathological outcome in adulthood

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.650
EID:

2-s2.0-77954629466

Part of ISSN: 10633995 10990879
Contributors: Dimitrova, N.; Pierrehumbert, B.; Glatz, N.; Torrisi, R.; Heinrichs, M.; Halfon, O.; Chouchena, O.
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Culture in infancy. An account of a way the object “sculpts” early development.

Psychology & Society
2010 | Journal article
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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La production d’ostensions chez l’enfant de 7 à 24 mois.

Symposium Constructivism & Education: vol. 15. Intra-subjective construction of knowledge and of the knowledgeable subject
2009 | Conference paper
Contributors: Nevena Dimitrova
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Presentation of the french adaptation of McHale's coparenting scale for families with young children,Présentation de l'adaptation française de « l'échelle de coparentage » de McHale pour familles avec jeunes enfants

Neuropsychiatrie de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurenf.2008.11.005
EID:

2-s2.0-64849115820

Part of ISSN: 02229617
Contributors: Frascarolo, F.; Dimitrova, N.; Zimmermann, G.; Favez, N.; Kuersten-Hogan, R.; Baker, J.; McHale, J.
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The influence of attachment on perceived stress and cortisol response to acute stress in women sexually abused in childhood or adolescence

Psychoneuroendocrinology
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.01.006
EID:

2-s2.0-67349102018

Part of ISSN: 03064530
Contributors: Pierrehumbert, B.; Torrisi, R.; Glatz, N.; Dimitrova, N.; Heinrichs, M.; Halfon, O.
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Parents - Child role reversal in trilogue play: Case studies of trajectories from pregnancy to toddlerhood

Attachment and Human Development
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14616730601151425
EID:

2-s2.0-34248547867

Part of ISSN: 14616734 14692988
Contributors: Fivaz-Depeursinge, E.; Frascarolo, F.; Lopes, F.; Dimitrova, N.; Favez, N.
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