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Sujan, Ayesha C.; Class, Quetzal A.; Rickert, Martin E.; Van Hulle, Carol; D'Onofrio, Brian M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Previous research assessing consequences of interpregnancy intervals (IPIs) on child development is mixed. Utilizing a population-based US sample (n = 5339), we first estimate the associations between background characteristics (e.g. sociodemographic and maternal characteristics) and short ([less than or equal to]1 year) and long (>3 years)…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Infants, Pregnancy
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Owens, Jayanti – Sociology of Education, 2016
Why do men in the United States today complete less schooling than women? One reason may be gender differences in early self-regulation and prosocial behaviors. Scholars have found that boys' early behavioral disadvantage predicts their lower average academic achievement during elementary school. In this study, I examine longer-term effects: Do…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Behavior Problems, Gender Differences, Predictor Variables
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Grimm, Kevin J.; Steele, Joel S.; Mashburn, Andrew J.; Burchinal, Margaret; Pianta, Robert C. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
Duncan et al. (2007) examined associations between early behavioral and cognitive skills with later achievement. These associations were examined in 6 different data sets and results converged to suggest that early behavioral competences or problems had little, if any, prediction to later achievement and that attentional competences had small…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Thinking Skills, Interpersonal Competence
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Rubin, David M.; O'Reilly, Amanda L. R.; Luan, Xianqun; Localio, A. Russell – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: The problems children have upon entering foster care can potentially explain prior research findings that frequent placement changes are associated with poor outcomes. This study sought to disentangle this cascading relationship in order to identify the independent impact of placement stability on behavioral outcomes downstream.…
Descriptors: Placement, Probability, Child Behavior, Check Lists