María Francisca Morales

Biographic Data

ID4460142
NAMEMaría Francisca Morales
GIVEN NAMESMaría Francisca
FAMILY NAMEMorales
SIGNATUREMORALES M F
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Edinburgh
ORCID0000-0002-1971-8085
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Translation and Psychometric Validation of the Teachers’ Beliefs and Intentions Questionnaire (TBIQ) in Chilean Early Childhood Education

    Open AccessPamela Soto-Ramírez, Marigen Narea et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2026

    The Teachers’ Beliefs and Intentions Questionnaire (TBIQ) assesses educators’ beliefs and intentions regarding the importance of sensitive interactions with young children. Understanding these beliefs is particularly relevant in contemporary educational contexts where teacher–child interactions are viewed as central to children’s learning and development. Despite its use in several countries, there is no validated Spanish version available. This …

  • Does Pretend Play Predict Later Creativity Development? Exploring Creative Trajectories from Pre-Kindergarten Through First Grade

    Open AccessValeska Grau, María Francisca Morales et al.ARTICLECreativity Research Journal2026

    Creativity is widely recognized as a core skill for the twenty-first century, yet its early developmental pathways remain insufficiently understood. This longitudinal study examined trajectories of creativity in a sample of 230 children aged 4–7, assessed across five waves from pre-kindergarten to first grade. Using group-based trajectory modeling, we identified three distinct patterns: “Accelerated Growth” (22.3%), “Gradual Growth” (72.6%), and …

  • Stereotyped perceptions of readers

    Open AccessAna María Espinoza, Katherine Strasser et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

  • Predictors and outcomes associated with early math anxiety

    Open AccessM Francisca del Río, María Francisca Morales et al.ARTICLECognitive Development2025

  • Children's Theory of Mind and Family Socioeconomic Status

    Open AccessMaría Francisca Morales, Chamarrita FarkasARTICLESocial Development2025References: 3

    Children's theory of mind (ToM) is a crucial milestone in early childhood, with implications for prosocial behaviours and cognitive skills in later years. Therefore, it is important to characterise children's ToM and the factors influencing its development, such as socioeconomic status (SES) and parental interactive resources. However, most existing research has narrowly focused on only one aspect of ToM (false‐belief understanding), which may pr…

  • Parental educational attainment and children’s mathematical skills

    Open AccessPamela Davis‐kean, M Constanza Ayala et al.ARTICLEEarly Childhood Research Quarterly2025References: 5

  • Developmental trajectories of aggression, hyperactivity/inattention, and anxious depressed mood

    Open AccessMaría Francisca Morales, Angus Macbeth et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2024

    The current study examined multi-trajectories of aggression, hyperactivity/inattention and anxious/depressed problems, along with associated risk factors for trajectory group membership, using a person-centred approach. The sample included 2,857 children (50.1% males) enrolled in the Chilean Encuesta Longitudinal de la Primera Infancia cohort. Maternal reports using the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) were completed when children were three, fiv…

  • The influence of parent’s expectations and children’s early skills on children’s future STEM career prospects

    Open AccessMaría Francisca Morales, M Francisca del Río et al.ARTICLERevista Latinoamericana de…2024

    Introduction: This paper investigates indicators of STEM career expectations among middle school children in Chile, with a focus on the roles of parental career expectations and children’s early skills (communication, cognitive, socio-emotional skills, and executive functions), and the moderating effects of gender and family socioeconomic status. Method: Using data from the Chilean ‘Encuesta Longitudinal de la Primera Infancia’ 2017 wave, the stu…

  • The association of different presentations of maternal depression with children’s socio-emotional development

    Open AccessMaría Francisca Morales, Lisa-Christine Girard et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Maternal depression from the perinatal period onwards is a global health priority associated with an increased likelihood of suboptimal socio-developmental outcomes in offspring. An important aspect of this association is the extent to which sustained maternal depression impacts on these outcomes. The current review synthesised the evidence on maternal depression from the perinatal period onwards and offspring internalising, externalising, and so…

  • The Impact of Contextual, Maternal and Prenatal Factors on Receptive Language in a Chilean Longitudinal Birth Cohort

    Open AccessMaría Francisca Morales, Chamarrita Farkas et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2020

    A secondary analysis was conducted on longitudinal data collected from ELPI, a representative Chilean survey to model Chilean infant's receptive language using contextual, maternal and prenatal factors. The sample for the current study comprised children aged between 36 and 48 months (n = 3921). The sample was re-assessed when children were aged 60-72 months (n = 3100). Linear regression analyses were conducted. At the first time point, all the p…