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Direct linkZhai, Fuhua; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Waldfogel, Jane – Developmental Psychology, 2011
We used longitudinal data from a birth cohort study, the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, to investigate the links between Head Start and school readiness in a large and diverse sample of urban children at age 5 (N = 2,803; 18 cities). We found that Head Start attendance was associated with enhanced cognitive ability and social…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, School Readiness, Reference Groups, Disadvantaged Youth
Wadsby, Marie; Svedin, Carl Goran; Sydsjo, Gunilla – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
The aim of the present study was to make a 16-year follow-up of children of psychosocial risk mothers as concerns emotional/behavioural problems, self-esteem, life events, and academic grades. Forty-three teenagers (index group) and 61 reference teenagers were personally interviewed and asked to answer the Youth Self-report (YSR), the Self-image…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Mothers, Adolescents, Followup Studies
