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Maintaining a Social-Emotional Intervention and Its Benefits for Institutionalized Children
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McCall, Robert B.; Groark, Christina J.; Fish, Larry; Muhamedrahimov, Rifkat J.; Palmov, Oleg I.; Nikiforova, Natalia V. – Child Development, 2013
This article reports the maintenance of one of the largest interventions conducted in St. Petersburg (Russian Federation) orphanages for children birth to 4 years using regular caregiving staff. One orphanage received training plus structural changes, another training only, and a third business as usual. The intervention produced substantial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Young Children, Institutionalized Persons
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
The Relation of Home Environment, Cognitive Competence, and IQ among Males and Females.
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Bradley, Robert H.; Caldwell, Bettye M. – Child Development, 1980
Significant correlations were obtained between Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory scores and two clusters of items from the Bayley Scales of Infant Development: goal directedness and language use. HOME assessments were made when children were 6 and 12 months old; the Bayley was administered at 12 months.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Family Environment, Goal Orientation, Infants
Predictors of Haitian-American Infant Development at Twelve Months.
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Widmayer, Susan M.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Families in urban and rural settings were studied in an investigation of environmental influences on the development of Haitian-American infants. Birthweight and scores on the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment predicted mental development. Psychomotor development was related to birthweight and household crowding. (PCB)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Crowding, Disadvantaged