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Choi, Jeong-Kyun; Hatton-Bowers, Holly; Shin, Jiwon – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Our study extends the understanding of how three distinct environments including home, childcare, and neighbourhood may influence young children's problematic behaviours among a sample of predominantly unmarried mothers residing in urban communities in the United States. With a sample of 791 mothers we examined whether neighbourhood disadvantage…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Toddlers, Behavior Problems, Poverty
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Veziroglu-Celik, Mefharet; Garcia, Aileen; Acar, Ibrahim H.; Gonen, Mubeccel; Raikes, Helen; Korkmaz, Aysel; Ucus, Sukran; Esteraich, Jan; Colgrove, Amy – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The current study examines the contributions of family context (e.g. life events, home environments) to low-income preschool children's self-regulation (behaviour regulation and executive function) in the United States and Turkey. Participants were 1139 low-income children (486 from the U.S. and 653 from Turkey) and their parents. Children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Family Influence, Context Effect
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Lee-Corbin, Hilary; Evans, Roy – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Used quantitative and qualitative measures to examine reasons for underachievement or success in 9- to 11-year olds. Found poor handwriting, when stemming from weak fine motor skills and poor eye-hand coordination, marks underachievement. Socioeconomic factors influenced differences in math, but not in reading ability. Academic success was more…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Economic Factors