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On the Examination of Longitudinal Trends between Teacher--Student Relationship Quality and Social Skills during Elementary School
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Daniel B. Hajovsky; Steven R. Chesnut; Helbig; Shanel M. Goranowski – School Psychology Review, 2023
Research suggests that the quality of interactions and relationships teachers share with students and students' social skills are interrelated, but it is less clear if this relationship is bidirectional or consistent across elementary school. The purpose of this research study was to estimate the possible longitudinal and reciprocal effects of…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Negative Emotionality and Discipline as Long-Term Predictors of Behavioral Outcomes in African American and European American Children
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Streit, Cara; Carlo, Gustavo; Ispa, Jean M.; Palermo, Francisco – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The present study examined the early parenting and temperament determinants of children's antisocial and positive behaviors in a low-income, diverse ethno-racial sample. Participants were from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, which included 960 European American (initial M age = 15.00 months; 51.2% female) and 880 African…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Behavior Problems, Emotional Response, African Americans
Parenting, Child Behavior, and Academic and Social Functioning: Does Ethnicity Make a Difference?
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Bae, Hyo; Hopkins, Joyce; Gouze, Karen R.; Lavigne, John V. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2014
Background: Most research on the relation between parenting behaviors and child outcomes has not focused on cross-ethnic variation in these relations. Objective: This study examined if ethnicity moderates associations between parenting, child agency/persistence, and child academic achievement and social competence. Design: Participants included…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups, African Americans, Hispanic Americans
Geographic Variations in Cost of Living: Associations with Family and Child Well-Being
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Chien, Nina C.; Mistry, Rashmita S. – Child Development, 2013
The effects of geographic variations in cost of living and family income on children's academic achievement and social competence in first grade (mean age = 86.9 months) were examined, mediated through material hardship, parental investments, family stress, and school resources. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten…
Descriptors: Geographic Location, Family Income, Economic Climate, Interpersonal Competence
Factor Structure of the Social Skills Rating System across Child Gender and Ethnicity
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Walthall, Johanna C.; Konold, Timothy R.; Pianta, Robert C. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2005
The Social Skills Rating System (SSRS) provides a multi-rater assessment of child social behaviors that influence the development of social competence and adaptive functioning. This study examined whether the items on the teacher version of the SSRS provide reasonable indicators of the three first-order social skills dimensions proposed by the…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Interpersonal Competence
Empirically-Derived, Person-Oriented Patterns of School Readiness in Typically-Developing Children: Description and Prediction to First-Grade Achievement
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Konold, Timothy R.; Pianta, Robert C. – Applied Developmental Science, 2005
School readiness assessment is a prominent feature of early childhood education. Because the construct of readiness is multifaceted, we examined children's patterns on multiple indicators previously found to be both theoretically and empirically linked to school readiness: social skill, interactions with parents, problem behavior, and performance…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education, Predictive Validity