Jorge Cuartas

Why corporal punishment should be banned globally Violence against children is sometimes seen as tough love but it can cause long-term harm

“Changing the law is not enough on its own.”
Violence against children is sometimes seen as tough love but it can cause long-term harm, says Annie Brookman-Byrne, as the World Health Organization calls for a global ban on corporal punishment.
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Our position paper is now out: "Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE): A Global Framework for Measuring Children's Learning Variability Through Collaborative Data Sharing".

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(preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...)

What is LEVANTE? 🧵

Parenting Programs to Promote the Nurturing Care of Children : Essential Considerations This document provides comprehensive guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating effective and scalable parenting programs including by examining their costs .

📢 New World Bank document on Parenting Programs to Promote the Nurturing Care of Children

This document provides comprehensive guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating effective and scalable parenting programs.

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🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 section award winners on this well-deserved recognition! Thank you for your important contributions to the field of child maltreatment. #AwardWinners #childmaltreatmentawareness

Would you hit a dog? Then why hit a child? Physical punishment of children is a harmful and ineffective practice that should be prohibited in all settings, and parents should be provided with support and education to promote non-violent dis…

Would you hit a dog? Then why hit a child?

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Mañana estaré participando en este conversatorio con @dianaloperaperez.bsky.social @jorgecuartas.bsky.social No se lo pierdan! Inscripciones aquí: uninorte.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

ChatGPT decreases idea diversity in brainstorming - Nature Human Behaviour Nature Human Behaviour - ChatGPT decreases idea diversity in brainstorming

“reliance on ChatGPT for idea generation comes with a trade-off: while enhancing individual ideas' creativity, it reduces the diversity of ideas in a pool of ideas-a critical element for effective brainstorming”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

AI linked to explosion of low-quality biomedical research papers Analysis flags hundreds of studies that seem to follow a template, reporting correlations between complex health conditions and single variables based on publicly available data sets.

The papers all follow a similar template and make misleading claims

https://go.nature.com/4kucwEH

Congrats, Eos! 🎉

Our children will face unprecedented exposure to weather extremes.

Our paper led by Luke Grant and @wimthiery.bsky.social published in @nature.com shows that the generation of our children and grandchildren will be exposed to a lot more weather extremes than ours.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Climate Change, Families, and Human Development: Review of the Evidence Climate change comprises acute shocks and protracted hazards that threaten societies, communities, and families worldwide. Still, little work has investigated the potential impacts of climate chang...

📣📣 A recent paper by Jorge Cuartas et al. in JCD: "Climate Change, Families, and Human Development: Review of the Evidence"

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Physical punishment and lifelong outcomes in low‑ and middle‑income countries: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis - Nature Human Behaviour Cuartas et al.’s meta-analysis of 189 studies, including 1,490 effect sizes from 92 low- and middle-income countries, shows that physical punishment of children is linked to a higher risk of detriment...

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“A punição física [de crianças] foi associada a resultados prejudiciais, incluindo problemas de saúde mental, piores relacionamentos entre pais e filhos, uso de substâncias, desenvolvimento socioemocional prejudicado, pior desempenho acadêmico e problemas de comportamento”

Physical punishment and lifelong outcomes in low‑ and middle‑income countries: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis - Nature Human Behaviour Cuartas et al.’s meta-analysis of 189 studies, including 1,490 effect sizes from 92 low- and middle-income countries, shows that physical punishment of children is linked to a higher risk of detrimental outcomes across the life course.

"The analysis confirmed that physical punishment is associated with detrimental outcomes" endseclusion.info/4jEvLeu #EndSeclusion

Physical punishment leads to exclusively negative outcomes for children in low- and middle-income countries: Study Physically punishing children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has exclusively negative outcomes—including poor health, lower academic performance, and impaired social-emotional development—yielding similar results to studies in wealthier nations, finds an analysis published in Nature Human Behaviour.

Physical punishment in low- and middle-income countries is linked to negative outcomes for children’s health, academic performance, and social-emotional development, with no observed benefits. doi.org/g9hdxp

New paper alert by my incredible colleague @jorgecuartas.bsky.social! In a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from 92 LMIC, they show that physical punishment is consistently linked to detrimental outcomes for children.

Physical punishment and lifelong outcomes in low‑ and middle‑income countries: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis - Nature Human Behaviour Cuartas et al.’s meta-analysis of 189 studies, including 1,490 effect sizes from 92 low- and middle-income countries, shows that physical punishment of children is linked to a higher risk of detriment...

Cuartas et al.’s meta-analysis of 189 studies, including 1,490 effect sizes from 92 low- and middle-income countries, shows that physical punishment of children is linked to a higher risk of detrimental outcomes across the life course. @jorgecuartas.bsky.social
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#SRCD2025 Awards Ceremony starts at 5:30PM in the Main Auditorium. The ceremony will conclude with the SRCD Awards Reception in the Hall B Foyer. Don’t forget your meeting badge!

Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

New tariffs incoming.

Que dicha 😊 un abrazo, Michael!

Tens of thousands of psychological measures have been created, but 79% are not reused more than twice.

In a new article in NHB lead by @faridanvari.bsky.social and @ruben.the100.ci we quantify this fragmentation in psychology's measures and propose solutions.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Visa-friendly venues for global health meetings Conference organizers have an obligation to host meetings in locations that are not visa-hostile. Are there ‘visa-friendly’ options that conference organizers should be considering? This crowd-sourced...

Conference organizers have an obligation to host meetings in locations that are not visa-hostile

Are there ‘visa-friendly’ options that conference organizers should be considering?

communities.springernature.com/posts/visa-f...

Climate Change, Families, and Human Development: Review of the Evidence Climate change comprises acute shocks and protracted hazards that threaten societies, communities, and families worldwide. Still, little work has investigated the potential impacts of climate chang...

New open-access study in the Journal of Cognition and Development exploring the potential impact of climate change on families and human development: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks, Alexis! 😊

Thrilled to receive the Victoria S. Levin Award! Many thanks to @srcdorg.bsky.social for supporting my research on climate change and human development 🌎

Daily Step Count and Depression in Adults This systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies examines associations between objectively measured daily step counts and depression in the general adult population.

Whatever you do, just keep moving. ⬇️

"In this systematic review of 33 observational studies involving 96K adults, higher daily step counts were associated with fewer depressive symptoms."
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Happy to be joining Bluesky in the new year! I'm a psychologist, currently completing my PhD in Global Mental Health at King's College London. I'm interested in the intersections of aging research, loneliness, and climate change, particularly in Myanmar. Looking forward to connecting!

Experiences of childhood adversity can double the risk for depression www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🚨 Calling all Developmental Psychologists! Do you have an idea for a presentation at APA’s 2025 annual convention? We want to hear it! Submit a proposal: convention.apa.org/proposals

Deadline is January 8, 2025 by 5PM ET.

@santimoralesphd.bsky.social and I are open to any questions!

Darle ‘palmaditas’ a los niños contribuye al conflicto armado “Repensemos la construcción de paz desde nuestras casas, empezando por dejar de pegarle a las niñas y los niños”: Jorge Cuartas

En esta columna en El Espectador discuto cómo el castigo físico y la violencia en el hogar genera más violencia en Colombia

Necesitamos consturir una cultura de cuidado y paz desde los hogares

www.elespectador.com/opinion/colu...

Important article by @jorgecuartas.bsky.social

Accepted and normalised violence against children - ie. corporal punishment - is associated with higher levels of violence across society including conflict.

Ending violence against children is a foundational peace building strategy