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Arslan, Zülfiye Güzin; Demircioglu, Haktan – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The aim of this study is twofold; to answer the question of whether gender notions are predictors of father involvement, and to investigate whether involved fathers who have egalitarian notions raise more resilient children. Fathers of children aged 5-6 years (n = 377) answered questions about their gender role attitudes, their level of father…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Attitudes, Gender Issues, Predictor Variables
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Kriebel, Dawn K.; Brown, Eleanor D. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This study investigated relations between parent teaching, cumulative instability/chaos and school readiness in a group of 130 children attending a Head Start preschool. Cumulative instability/chaos negatively predicted fall school readiness as well as spring school readiness. Parent teaching did not predict fall school readiness but did predict…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parents as Teachers, School Readiness, Preschool Children
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Lankinen, Viivi; Lähteenmäki, Marko; Kaljonen, Anne; Korpilahti, Pirjo – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between paternal attitudes, father-child activities, socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors, and the early child productive vocabulary. We also wanted to study if paternal factors affected boys' and girls' language acquisition differently. Our data consisted of 722 fathers and their…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Attitudes, Language Acquisition
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Hayes, Nicole; Berthelsen, Donna C.; Nicholson, Jan M.; Walker, Sue – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
This study examined the socio-demographic factors associated with trajectories of parental involvement in shared book reading and other home activities for children aged 2-6 years. The study uses data from 3836 families participating in "Growing up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children." Latent growth curve models…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Family Environment, Learning Activities
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Leong, Anne Day; Berzin, Stephanie Cosner; Hawkins, Summer Sherburne – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Head Start is a federally funded early childhood education programme that takes a unique 2-generation approach to working with families. Family engagement in early education like Head Start has been shown to improve academic and behavioural outcomes in children, with particular beneficial effects in the children of immigrant parents. This study…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Parent Participation, Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education
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Ucus, Sukran; Garcia, Aileen; Esteraich, Jan; Raikes, Helen – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Parental involvement (PI) in their children's schools has been shown to have a positive influence on the children's behaviours and academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of PI and relations of PI in schools to child externalizing and internalizing behaviours. Data were from the fifth-grade wave of the Early Head…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Federal Programs
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Murray, Elizabeth; McFarland-Piazza, Laura; Harrison, Linda J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
PreschoolThis study investigated the nature of parent involvement and parent-educator communication in prior-to-school early childhood settings and school, to explore relations to social capital variables and consistencies and changes in practices over time. Parent interview and teacher questionnaire data from two waves of the Longitudinal Study…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Regression (Statistics), Social Capital
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Bojczyk, Kathryn E.; Rogers-Haverback, Heather; Pae, Hye; Davis, Anna E.; Mason, Rihana S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Children from different backgrounds have disparate access to cultural capital, which may influence their academic success. The purpose of this study was to examine the links between family background, home literacy experiences, and emergent literacy skills among preschoolers enrolled in Head Start programmes. The background characteristics studied…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Family Characteristics, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment
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Dennis, Lindsay; Horn, Eva – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Early literacy skill development at the preschool level is critical for later success in learning to read and other reading-related activities. Professional development (PD), specifically coaching via performance feedback delivered through email, may provide a viable alternative to other types of trainings (e.g. workshops) that are often…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Behavior, Story Reading
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McBride, Brent A.; Dyer, W. Justin; Laxman, Daniel J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
The purpose of this study was to longitudinally examine the relationship between father involvement in school settings and student achievement. The sample, pulled from the first and second waves of the PSID-CDS data set, consisted of 596 families with children aged 5-12 at time 1. Results revealed variations in the relationship between father…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Children
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Ihmeideh, Fathi Mahmoud – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
It has been widely recognised that fathers can play a key role in the development and well-being of young children. In many cases, however, fathers still have limited involvement in the early years education of their children and their voices are as yet unheard. This study examined the beliefs and practices of Jordanian fathers of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Kindergarten
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Lagace-Seguin, Daniel G.; Case, Emily – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
The main goal of this study was to explore if parental involvement and extracurricular activity participation could predict well-being and academic competence in elementary school children. Seventy-two children (mean age = 10.9 years, SD = 0.85) and their parents participated. Results revealed that parental pressure and support, when paired with…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Extracurricular Activities, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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Tekin, Ali Kemal – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
This study sought to assess Turkish parents' motivational beliefs, including their role activity and self-efficacy beliefs about their involvement in young children's education. The impact of demographic characteristics on these motivational beliefs was also explored. Parents' motivational beliefs about their involvement were measured by using the…
Descriptors: Family Income, Self Efficacy, Parent Participation, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Dubeau, Diane; Coutu, Sylvain; Lavigueur, Suzanne – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
The relative integration of fathers into the parental unit clearly poses numerous conceptual and methodological challenges despite the considerable progress that has been made in this area. Important social changes that have occurred over a relatively short period of time have resulted in a redefinition of parental roles which supports the…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Fathers
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Duursma, Elisabeth; Pan, Barbara A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
Most research on parental bookreading has focused on mothers reading to their children. This study examined bookreading practices among approximately 800 fathers and mothers in low-income families. We looked at differences and similarities between families where both parents read frequently compared to families where only mothers read frequently.…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Family Environment, Toddlers, Parent Participation
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