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Lopez Boo, Florencia – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
This article documents differences in cognitive development, as measured by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), between children from households with high and low socioeconomic status (SES) in two different phases of early childhood in four developing countries. A large number of potential mediators, such as urban residence, preschool…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Preschool Children, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability
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Leman, Patrick J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
The style of parenting of 100 children (mean age 11 years, 5 months) was established according to Baumrind's typology. Children were asked to indicate what they thought an adult would say to justify a moral rule in five different scenarios. Results indicated that parenting style did not relate to the number of justifications that children thought…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Perception, Foreign Countries
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Saltaris, Christina; Serbin, Lisa A.; Stack, Dale M.; Karp, Jennifer A.; Schwartzman, Alex E.; Ledingham, Jane E. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
The current investigation was designed to examine the provision of cognitive stimulation to preschool-aged children from high-risk families. Participants were drawn from the Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project, a prospective, longitudinal investigation of individuals recruited in 1976-77 from lower SES neighbourhoods who were rated by childhood…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Stimulation, Investigations, Preschool Children