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Xia, Yiwei; Ma, Zhihao – Child Development, 2023
Using psychological network analysis, this study explored the heterogeneity of the network structure between extracurricular time-use and delinquency using a nationally representative longitudinal survey of at-school students in China (N = 10,279, 47.3% female, average age 13.6, 91.2% Han ethnicity). The results are threefold: First, time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students, Extracurricular Activities, Time on Task
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McCoy, Dana C.; Hanno, Emily C.; Ponczek, Vladimir; Pinto, Cristine; Fonseca, Gabriela; Marchi, Natália – Child Development, 2021
Despite global demand, the large-scale effects of social-emotional learning (SEL) programming in developing countries remain underexplored. Using a randomized control trial, this study examined the effectiveness of a school-wide SEL intervention--"Programa Compasso" (PC)--among 3,018 sociodemographically diverse, Portuguese-speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Emotional Learning, Program Effectiveness, Student Diversity
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Wang, Ming-Te; Fredricks, Jennifer A. – Child Development, 2014
Drawing on the self-system model, this study conceptualized school engagement as a multidimensional construct, including behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement, and examined whether changes in the three types of school engagement related to changes in problem behaviors from 7th through 11th grades (approximately ages 12-17). In addition,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Behavior Problems, Dropouts, Adolescents
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Choe, Daniel E.; Olson, Sheryl L.; Sameroff, Arnold J. – Child Development, 2014
This study examined bidirectional associations between mothers' depressive symptoms and children's externalizing behavior and whether they were moderated by preschool-age effortful control and gender. Mothers and teachers reported on 224 primarily White, middle-class children at ages 3, 5, and 10. Effortful control was assessed via…
Descriptors: Correlation, Behavior Problems, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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El-Sheikh, Mona; Kelly, Ryan J.; Buckhalt, Joseph A.; Hinnant, J. Benjamin – Child Development, 2010
Relations were examined between children's sleep and their externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Longitudinal relations were examined when children were in 3rd (T1) and 5th (T2) grades, and cross-sectional relations were assessed at T2. Participants included 176 children at T1 (M = 8.68 years) and 141 children at T2 (M = 10.70 years). Sleep…
Descriptors: African American Children, Academic Achievement, Sleep, Depression (Psychology)
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Gruman, Diana H.; Harachi, Tracy W.; Abbott, Robert D.; Catalano, Richard F.; Fleming, Charles B. – Child Development, 2008
Working within the developmental science research framework, this study sought to capture a dynamic and complex view of student mobility. Second- through fifth-grade data (N = 1,003, predominantly Caucasian) were drawn from a longitudinal study, and growth curve analyses allowed for the examination of mobility effects within the context of other…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Academic Achievement, Grade 5, Student Mobility