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Early and Concurrent Home Stimulation: Unique and Indirect Links with Fine Motor Skills among 4-Year-Old Children in Rural Pakistan
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Armstrong-Carter, Emma; Sulik, Michael J.; Siyal, Saima; Yousafzai, Aisha K.; Obradovic, Jelena – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Fine motor skills enable children to make precise and coordinated movements with their hands and support their ability to engage in everyday activities and learning experiences. In a longitudinal study of 1,058 4-year-old children in rural Pakistan (n = 488 girls), we examined how prior and concurrent levels of home stimulation relate to change in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychomotor Skills, Rural Areas, Family Environment
Early and Concurrent Home Stimulation: Unique and Indirect Links with Fine Motor Skills among 4-Year-Old Children in Rural Pakistan
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Armstrong-Carter, Emma; Sulik, Michael J.; Siyal, Saima; Yousafzai, Aisha K.; Obradovic, Jelena – Grantee Submission, 2021
Fine motor skills enable children to make precise and coordinated movements with their hands and support their ability to engage in everyday activities and learning experiences. In a longitudinal study of 1,058 4-year-old children in rural Pakistan (n = 488 girls), we examined how prior and concurrent levels of home stimulation relate to change in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychomotor Skills, Rural Areas, Family Environment
Evolution of the Wealth Gap in Child Development and Mediating Pathways: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Bogota, Colombia
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Rubio-Codina, Marta; Grantham-McGregor, Sally – Developmental Science, 2019
Large gaps in cognition and language on the Bayley-III between the top and bottom household wealth quartiles in 1,330 children aged 6-42 months in a representative sample of low- and middle-income families in Bogota were previously shown. Maternal education and the home environment mediated these wealth effects, whereas height-for-age mediated a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Longitudinal Studies, Family Income
Mediating Pathways in the Socio-Economic Gradient of Child Development: Evidence from Children 6-42 Months in Bogota
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Rubio-Codina, Marta; Attanasio, Orazio; Grantham-McGregor, Sally – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
Research has previously shown a gap of near 0.5 of a standard deviation (SD) in cognition and language development between the top and bottom household wealth quartile in children aged 6-42 months in a large representative sample of low- and middle-income families in Bogota, using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development. The gaps in…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Young Children, Family Environment
Health Status, Cognitive and Motor Development of Young Children Adopted from China, East Asia, and Russia across the First 6 Months after Adoption
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Pomerleau, Andree; Malcuit, Gerard; Chicoine, Jean-Francois; Seguin, Renee; Belhumeur, Celine; Germain, Patricia; Amyot, Isabelle; Jeliu, Gloria – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
We compared health status, anthropometric and psychological development of 123 children adopted before 18 months of age from China, East Asia (Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Cambodia), and Eastern Europe (mostly Russia). Data were collected close to the time of arrival, and 3 and 6 months later. Anthropometric measures included weight,…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Developmental Delays, Young Children, Foreign Countries