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Coley, Rebekah Levine; Lombardi, Caitlin McPherran – Child Development, 2013
This study assessed whether previous findings linking early maternal employment to lower cognitive and behavioral skills among middle-class and White children generalized to other groups. Using a representative sample of urban, low-income, predominantly African American and Hispanic families ("n" = 444), ordinary least squares regression…
Descriptors: Mothers, Employed Parents, Child Development, Low Income Groups
Chen, Jennifer Jun-Li – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Gender differences in student achievement have been widely studied. Considering the long-term effects of externalising behaviour problems on children's later academic performance, it can be conjectured that gender disparities in student achievement may be rooted in developmental characteristics in early childhood. As an effort towards contributing…
Descriptors: Females, Academic Achievement, Preschool Children, Gender Differences
McCrae, Julie S.; Lee, Bethany R.; Barth, Richard P.; Rauktis, Mary E. – Child Welfare, 2010
Using three waves of data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, this study examines differences in cognitive, academic, and affective well-being of youth first placed in nonkinship foster care (N=259) and youth first placed in group care (N=89). To compare nonrandomized groups, propensity score matching was used. Results…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Foster Care, Child Welfare, National Surveys
Whitney, Stephen D.; Renner, Lynette M.; Herrenkohl, Todd I. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
Using holistic-interactionistic theory, the simultaneous nature of risk and protection factors for both males and females (age 6-11 in Wave 1) is examined using latent profile analysis (LPA). Risk/protection classes are estimated using multiple risk factor variables (e.g., physical child abuse) and multiple protective factors (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Child Abuse, Females, Academic Achievement
Konold, Timothy R.; Pianta, Robert C. – Applied Developmental Science, 2005
School readiness assessment is a prominent feature of early childhood education. Because the construct of readiness is multifaceted, we examined children's patterns on multiple indicators previously found to be both theoretically and empirically linked to school readiness: social skill, interactions with parents, problem behavior, and performance…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education, Predictive Validity