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Cassidy, Tony; McLaughlin, Marian; McDowell, Eimear – Journal of Education, 2022
Intergenerational transmission of disadvantage remains a problem despite political and educational initiatives. This study explored the role of personality and psychosocial factors in occupational status in a survey of 383 participants (174 males and 209 females) over 39 years from age 16 to 55. Mother's education, extraversion, and mastery…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Socioeconomic Status, Parent Education
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Payakachat, Nalin; Hadden, Kristie B.; Hanner, Jeremy; Ragland, Denise – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: This study explored maternal knowledge of pertussis and Tdap vaccine and the use of a Tdap Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) to improve that knowledge. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Two outpatient obstetric clinics at a US academic medical centre. Methods: An electronic survey was administered to pregnant women who…
Descriptors: Diseases, Immunization Programs, Health, Literacy
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Sapkota, Jeet Bahadur; Neupane, Pramila – Education Sciences, 2021
How do natural disasters affect academic performance? Despite numerous studies having been conducted after the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the academic impacts of this tragic event have rarely been explored. Applying the OLS estimation on the microdata collected through a questionnaire survey among 189 secondary school students of two secondary schools…
Descriptors: Seismology, Natural Disasters, High School Students, Academic Achievement
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Otwinowska, Agnieszka; Meir, Natalia; Ringblom, Natalia; Karpava, Sviatlana; La Morgia, Francesca – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
We examined factors determining parental success in transmitting heritage language (HL) and literacy in Russian-speaking migrant families of comparable socioeconomic status (SES) in Cyprus, Ireland, Israel and Sweden. A total of 345 Russian speakers completed a questionnaire about their language use and home language practices. Of those, we chose…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Cross Cultural Studies, Russian, Parent Child Relationship
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Zhang, Li; Rao, Nirmala – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: This study investigated the relationships between effortful control and early literacy and mathematics achievement. A total of 181 children (85 girls and 96 boys) from rural China were assessed when they were in Grades 1 and 2. Path analyses controlling for maternal education indicated that effortful control at the beginning of…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Mathematics Achievement, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
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Naerde, Ane; Ogden, Terje; Janson, Harald; Zachrisson, Henrik Daae – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This study investigated the normative use and developmental course of physical aggression (PA), defined as use of physical force such as hitting, biting, and kicking, from 8 to 26 months and predictors thereof. We used data from the Behavior Outlook Norwegian Developmental Study, comprising 1,159 children (559 girls and 600 boys). Both mothers and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Developmental Stages, Developmental Psychology, Toddlers
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Damashek, Amy; Borduin, Charles; Ronis, Scott – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2014
Understanding factors that influence mothers' beliefs about appropriate levels of supervision for their children may assist in efforts to reduce child injury rates. This study examined the interaction of child (i.e. age, gender, and injury risk behavior) and maternal perception of environmental hazard (i.e. hazard level, injury likelihood,…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Mothers, Environmental Influences, Child Care
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SaraƧli, Sinan; Yilmaz, Veysel; Arslan, Talha – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Problem Statement: The damage caused by recent environmental problems has led to increased environmental concerns and the development of environment-friendly consumption behaviours in almost every society. Environment-friendly consumption involves the consideration of environmental benefits by minimizing any damage done to the environment at all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Educational Attainment, Parent Background
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Luthar, Suniya S.; Ciciolla, Lucia – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Developmental science is replete with studies on the impact of mothers on their children, but little is known about what might best help caregivers to function well themselves. In an initial effort to address this gap, we conducted an Internet-based study of over 2,000 mostly well-educated mothers, seeking to illuminate salient risk and protective…
Descriptors: Well Being, Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Attitudes
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Luster, Tom; Dubow, Eric – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1992
Analysis of data on 2,000 children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth suggests that maternal intelligence is a significant predictor of scores on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised. The HOME Inventory short forms used in the study are appended. (LB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blacks, Check Lists, Cognitive Ability