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Predictors of Parent-Teacher Communication during Infant Transition to Childcare in Portugal
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Coelho, Vera; Barros, Sílvia; Burchinal, Margaret R.; Cadima, Joana; Pessanha, Manuela; Pinto, Ana Isabel; Peixoto, Carla; Bryant, Donna M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Although literature reports associations between parent-teacher communication and childcare quality, little is known about how such communications are related to family, child and childcare characteristics. This study examines whether child, family and childcare experience characteristics predict the level of parent-teacher communication, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Interpersonal Communication
School Readiness of Five-Year-Old Children from Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas: Evidence from the Preparing for Life Evaluation
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Pitsia, Vasiliki; Kent, Grainne – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
Being school-ready when transitioning to the primary school system has been associated with favourable outcomes during schooling and adult life. While children living in socio-economically disadvantaged areas may be at a higher risk of being less school-ready, research in the area has highlighted that not all children experience such a delay. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Preschool Children, Socioeconomic Status
A Longitudinal Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model of Storybook Reading: Children's Word Use as a Mediator
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Meng, Christine – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2020
The present study examined the dyadic nature of fathers' and mothers' reported frequency of storybook reading by testing (1) the longitudinal association in parents' frequency of storybook reading when their children were 10.47 months old and 52.95 months old, (2) the interdependence between both parents' reported frequency of storybook reading,…
Descriptors: Story Reading, Parents, Incidence, Infants
Pathways between Family SES, Parent Characteristics, Early Experiences, and Child Language Outcomes in South Korea: A Combined Analysis of the Family Stress Model and the Family Investment Model
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Shin, So Yeon; McCoy, Dana Charles – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Whereas previous research has examined the role that parenting and home environments play in explaining the relation between family socioeconomic status and children's language development in the United States, relatively little is known about the associations between these constructs in other cultures. This study tested an integrated model of…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Parents, Individual Characteristics, Foreign Countries
The Quality of Children's Home Environment and Attachment Security in Indonesia
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Zevalkink, Jolien; Riksen-walravenn, J. Marianne; Bradley, Robert H. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2008
The authors examined the relation of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory (B. M. Caldwell & R. H. Bradley, 1984) for 0- to 6-year-old Sundanese Indonesian children with the quality of the mother-child attachment relationship (n = 44) and attachment-related behaviors during play interactions (n = 37) and with…
Descriptors: Play, Toddlers, Attachment Behavior, Foreign Countries
Maternal Self Esteem and Locus of Control Relates to the Quality of Young Children's Environment (HOME) in Rural Andhra Pradesh, India: Research and Policy Implications
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Fernandez, Sylvia; Vazir, Shahnaz; Bentley, Peggy; Johnson, Susan; Engle, Patrice – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2008
The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) scale has been shown to be a significant predictor of later cognitive outcomes in many cultures. Therefore identifying factors associated with HOME could be used to promote child development. Maternal psychological well-being is often overlooked although critical in the creation of…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mothers, Self Esteem, Foreign Countries