Scholars@Duke
Journal cover image

Predictors of Young Adults' Primal World Beliefs in Eight Countries.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Lansford, JE; Gorla, L; Rothenberg, WA; Bornstein, MH; Chang, L; Clifton, JDW; Deater-Deckard, K; Di Giunta, L; Dodge, KA; Gurdal, S; Junla, D ...
Published in: Child development
July 2025
Published version (DOI)

Primal world beliefs ("primals") capture understanding of general characteristics of the world, such as whether the world is Good and Enticing. Children (N = 1215, 50% girls), mothers, and fathers from Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and United States reported neighborhood danger, socioeconomic status, parental warmth, harsh parenting, psychological control, and autonomy granting from ages 8 to 16 years. At age 22 years, original child participants reported their primal world beliefs. Parental warmth during childhood and adolescence significantly predicted Good, Safe, and Enticing world beliefs, but other experiences were only weakly related to primals. We did not find that primals are strongly related to intuitive aspects of the materiality of childhood experiences, which suggests future directions for understanding the origins of primals.

Duke Scholars

Ann Skinner
Author Ann Skinner  
Kenneth A. Dodge
Author Kenneth A. Dodge Sanford School of Public Policy
Jennifer Lansford
Author Jennifer Lansford Sanford School of Public Policy
W. Andrew Rothenberg
Author W. Andrew Rothenberg  

Published In

Child development

DOI

10.1111/cdev.14233

EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

July 2025

Volume

96

Issue

4

Start / End Page

1260 / 1273

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • United States
  • Thailand
  • Sweden
  • Philippines
  • Parenting
  • Male
  • Kenya
  • Jordan
  • Humans
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Lansford, J. E., Gorla, L., Rothenberg, W. A., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Clifton, J. D. W., … Bacchini, D. (2025). Predictors of Young Adults' Primal World Beliefs in Eight Countries. Child Development, 96(4), 1260–1273. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14233
Lansford, Jennifer E., Laura Gorla, W Andrew Rothenberg, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, Jeremy D. W. Clifton, Kirby Deater-Deckard, et al. “Predictors of Young Adults' Primal World Beliefs in Eight Countries.” Child Development 96, no. 4 (July 2025): 1260–73. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14233.
Lansford JE, Gorla L, Rothenberg WA, Bornstein MH, Chang L, Clifton JDW, et al. Predictors of Young Adults' Primal World Beliefs in Eight Countries. Child development. 2025 Jul;96(4):1260–73.
Lansford, Jennifer E., et al. “Predictors of Young Adults' Primal World Beliefs in Eight Countries.” Child Development, vol. 96, no. 4, July 2025, pp. 1260–73. Epmc, doi:10.1111/cdev.14233.
Lansford JE, Gorla L, Rothenberg WA, Bornstein MH, Chang L, Clifton JDW, Deater-Deckard K, Di Giunta L, Dodge KA, Gurdal S, Junla D, Oburu P, Pastorelli C, Skinner AT, Sorbring E, Steinberg L, Uribe Tirado LM, Yotanyamaneewong S, Alampay LP, Al-Hassan SM, Bacchini D. Predictors of Young Adults' Primal World Beliefs in Eight Countries. Child development. 2025 Jul;96(4):1260–1273.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child development

DOI

10.1111/cdev.14233

EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

July 2025

Volume

96

Issue

4

Start / End Page

1260 / 1273

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • United States
  • Thailand
  • Sweden
  • Philippines
  • Parenting
  • Male
  • Kenya
  • Jordan
  • Humans