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Yu Zhou; Shuhan Jiang; Yong Jiang – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: The current study explored the average levels, latent profiles, and predictors of preschoolers' cultural cognition, in a sample of 8774 preschoolers' parents in Shanghai, China. Parents with children aged 3-6 years completed measures of "Cultural Cognition Scale for Preschoolers" (CCSP) which was newly developed and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Cultural Awareness, Predictor Variables
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Zhang, Chenyi; Qiu, Wei; Li, Hongli; Li, Juan; Zhang, Liying; Li, Xueyan; Li, Jia – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations among the family pandemic experience, home activities during the stay-at-home quarantine, and level of parental stress. The results showed that, Chinese parents perceived only significantly higher stress related to children's behavioral and emotional…
Descriptors: Parents, Preschool Children, Behavior Problems, Family Environment
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Sara A. Schmitt; Jennifer K. Finders; Megan M. McClelland – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The present study investigated the direct effects of residential mobility on children's inhibitory control and academic achievement during the preschool year. It also explored fall inhibitory control and academic skills as mediators linking residential mobility and spring achievement. Participants included 359 preschool children…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Place of Residence, Inhibition, Self Control
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Terranova, Andrew M.; Morris, Amanda Sheffield; Myers, Sonya; Kithakye, Mumbe; Morris, Michael D. S. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: It is clear that disasters negatively affect both adults and children. Yet there is little research examining the mechanisms whereby some people are negatively affected by disasters whereas others are resilient to these negative effects. Family functioning and child characteristics might be factors that influence the impact of…
Descriptors: Weather, Natural Disasters, Emotional Response, Parents
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Forry, Nicole; Isner, Tabitha K.; Daneri, Maria P.; Tout, Kathryn – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: Few studies have described parents' child care decision-making process, yet understanding how parents make child care choices is fundamental to developing effective services to promote the selection of high-quality care. This study used latent profile analysis to distinguish subgroups of low-income parents identified as having…
Descriptors: Child Care, Decision Making, Parents, Low Income Groups
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Moon, Sung Seek; Lee, Joohi – Early Education and Development, 2009
Research Findings: A structural equation model (SEM) and multiple indicators and multiple causes (MIMIC) model were used to test family factors, parent psychological well-being, parent-child home activity, and parent school involvement in relation to children's school achievement. Data for this study were drawn from the Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Family Income, Family Involvement, Academic Achievement, Family Structure
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Fidler, Deborah J.; Hodapp, Robert M.; Dykens, Elizabeth M. – Early Education and Development, 2000
Compared stress levels in families of children with Down syndrome (DS), Williams syndrome (WS), or Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS). Found that DS families experienced less Pessimism than others and less Parent and Family Problems than SMS families. Strongest predictors of Parent and Family Problems were maladaptive behavior in SMS, younger age in DS,…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Downs Syndrome