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Intellectual Disability and Developmental Risk: Promoting Intervention to Improve Child and Family Well-Being
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Crnic, Keith A.; Neece, Cameron L.; McIntyre, Laura Lee; Blacher, Jan; Baker, Bruce L. – Child Development, 2017
Initial intervention processes for children with intellectual disabilities (IDs) largely focused on direct efforts to impact core cognitive and academic deficits associated with the diagnosis. Recent research on risk processes in families of children with ID, however, has influenced new developmental system approaches to early intervention. Recent…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Risk, Parenting Skills, Metacognition
Testing Equivalence of Mediating Models of Income, Parenting, and School Readiness for White, Black, and Hispanic Children in a National Sample
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Raver, C. Cybele; Gershoff, Elizabeth T.; Aber, J. Lawrence – Child Development, 2007
This paper examines complex models of the associations between family income, material hardship, parenting, and school readiness among White, Black, and Hispanic 6-year-olds, using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K). It is critical to test the universality of such complex models, particularly given their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Young Children, Low Income, Family Income
Caregiving and Developmental Factors Differentiating Young At-Risk Urban Children Showing Resilient Versus Stress-Affected Outcomes: A Replication and Extension.
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Wyman, Peter A.; And Others – Child Development, 1999
Tested hypotheses from an organizational-developmental model for childhood resilience among 7- to 9-year olds. Found that caregiving factors and early development differentiated children with resilient and stress-affected adaptations. Variables reflecting emotionally responsive, competent parenting were direct, proximal predictors of resilience…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Models, Parent Background
Kinship Support and Maternal and Adolescent Well-Being in Economically Disadvantaged African-American Families.
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Taylor, Ronald D.; Roberts, Debra – Child Development, 1995
Tested a conceptual model developed explaining the link between kinship support and the psychological well-being of economically disadvantaged African American families. Found that kinship social support to mothers or female guardians was positively associated with adolescent psychological well-being, maternal well-being, and more adequate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Rearing
Are Effective Teachers Like Good Parents? Teaching Styles and Student Adjustment in Early Adolescence.
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Wentzel, Kathryn R. – Child Development, 2002
Examined the utility of parent socialization models for understanding effects of middle school teachers on student adjustment. Found that five teaching dimensions (modeling of motivation, and parenting dimensions of control, maturity demands, democratic communication, and nurturance) predicted student motivation, social behavior, and achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 6, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Models of Traumatic Experiences and Children's Psychological Adjustment: The Roles of Perceived Parenting and the Children's Own Resources and Activity.
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Punamaki, Raija-Leena; Qouta, Samir; El Sarraj, Eyad – Child Development, 1997
Used path analysis to examine relations between trauma, perceived parenting, resources, political activity, and adjustment in Palestinian 11- and 12-year olds. Found that the more trauma experienced, the more negative parenting the children experienced, the more political activity they showed, and the more they suffered from adjustment problems.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Behavior, Child Rearing, Childhood Attitudes
Single Mothers in Low-Wage Jobs: Financial Strain, Parenting, and Preschoolers' Outcomes.
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Jackson, Aurora P.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Huang, Chien-Chung; Glassman, Marc – Child Development, 2000
Examined how maternal education, economic conditions, and instrumental support influenced maternal psychological functioning, parenting, and child development among single Black mothers. Found that maternal education positively related to earnings, which, with instrumental support, negatively related to financial strain. Financial strain related…
Descriptors: Black Family, Blacks, Child Development, Depression (Psychology)
Maternal Resources, Parenting Practices, and Child Competence in Rural, Single-Parent African American Families.
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Brody, Gene H.; Flor, Douglas L. – Child Development, 1998
Tested a model linking maternal/family characteristics to child cognitive and psychosocial competence in African-American 6- to 9-year olds in rural single-mother-headed households. Found that maternal education, religiosity, and financial resources were linked with parenting style, mother-child relationship, and maternal school involvement.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Black Family, Black Youth, Child Development