Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
| Children | 14 |
| Economically Disadvantaged | 14 |
| Models | 14 |
| Family Environment | 5 |
| Longitudinal Studies | 5 |
| Child Development | 4 |
| Behavior Problems | 3 |
| Neighborhoods | 3 |
| Adolescents | 2 |
| At Risk Persons | 2 |
| Child Health | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Shaw, Daniel S. | 2 |
| Ackerman, Brian P. | 1 |
| Arnold, Robert | 1 |
| Bean, Xylina | 1 |
| Belanger, Jean-Marc | 1 |
| Boyle, Michael H. | 1 |
| Bradshaw, Alison J. | 1 |
| Burton, Linda | 1 |
| Caspi, Avshalom | 1 |
| Craig, Wendy M. | 1 |
| Elder, Glen H., Jr. | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 12 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 5 |
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 3 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Grade 3 | 1 |
| Grade 6 | 1 |
| Grade 9 | 1 |
| Primary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkSchneider, Andrea – Economics of Education Review, 2010
Redistributive taxation and education subsidies are common policies intended to foster education attendance of poor children. However, this paper shows that in an intergenerational framework, these policies can raise social mobility only for some investment situations but not in general. I also study the impact of both policies on the aggregate…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Economic Factors, Grants, Models
Ziegler, Johannes C.; Pech-Georgel, Catherine; George, Florence; Lorenzi, Christian – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
Speech perception of four phonetic categories (voicing, place, manner, and nasality) was investigated in children with specific language impairment (SLI) (n=20) and age-matched controls (n=19) in quiet and various noise conditions using an AXB two-alternative forced-choice paradigm. Children with SLI exhibited robust speech perception deficits in…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Oral Language, Language Impairments, Economically Disadvantaged
Peters, Ray DeV.; Bradshaw, Alison J.; Petrunka, Kelly; Nelson, Geoffrey; Herry, Yves; Craig, Wendy M.; Arnold, Robert; Parker, Kevin C. H.; Khan, Shahriar R.; Hoch, Jeffrey S.; Pancer, S. Mark; Loomis, Colleen; Belanger, Jean-Marc; Evers, Susan; Maltais, Claire; Thompson, Katherine; Rossiter, Melissa D. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
Although comprehensive and ecological approaches to early childhood prevention are commonly advocated, there are few examples of long-term follow-up of such programs. In this monograph, we investigate the medium- and long-term effects of an ecological, community-based prevention project for primary school children and families living in three…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Quasiexperimental Design, Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
Boyle, Michael H.; Georgiades, Katholiki; Racine, Yvonne; Mustard, Cameron – Child Development, 2007
This study uses multilevel models to examine longitudinal associations between contextual influences (neighborhood and family) assessed in 1983 in a cohort of 2,355 children, 4-16 years of age, and educational attainment in 2001. Variation in educational attainment in 2001 attributable to between-neighborhood and between-family differences was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Children, Neighborhoods
Schonberg, Michael A.; Shaw, Daniel S. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
The joint trajectory analysis version of Nagin's ("Group-based modeling of development." Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005) semiparametric, group-based approach for modeling trajectories was used to assess how boy's trajectories of conduct problems (CP) and neighborhood SES covaried from ages 5 to 12. Participants were…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Risk, Neighborhoods, Males
Goldenberg, Robert L.; Nelson, Kathleen G. – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1983
Describes important federal legislation impacting on child health. Examines problems in translating federal legislation into effective care for children. Working within the existing federal legislation framework, describes the components of a model health care system. Also discusses health care for pregnant women. (CMG)
Descriptors: Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation, Females
Burton, Linda – Family Relations, 2007
This article presents an emergent conceptual model of childhood adultification and economic disadvantage derived from 5 longitudinal ethnographies of children and adolescents growing up in low-income families. Childhood adultification involves contextual, social, and developmental processes in which youth are prematurely, and often…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Children, Family Environment
Peer reviewedHanning, Eileen – Journal of Children and Poverty, 1996
Describes a model of intervention that is designed to support and encourage literacy development among children whose families are or recently have been homeless. The article then places this model within a global context, discussing the broader implications of providing literacy support services for homeless families. (GR)
Descriptors: Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Homeless People
Peer reviewedAckerman, Brian P.; Schoff, Kristen; Levinson, Karen; Youngstrom, Eric; Izard, Carroll E. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Examined relations between alternative representations of poverty cofactors and promotion processes, and problem behaviors of 6- and 7-year-olds from disadvantaged families. Found that single-index risk representations and promotion variables predicted aggression but not anxiety/depression. An additive model of individual risk indicators performed…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anxiety, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems
Download full textTesh, Anita; Selby-Harrington, Maija – 1993
A theoretical framework can provide coherence and direction to an ongoing series of research activities conducted in a variety of settings by collaborative investigators. An adaptation of the PRECEDE health education model provides the theoretical framework for research activities conducted by The Healthy Kids Project, a cooperative effort in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Children, Coordination
Peer reviewedBean, Xylina – Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 1991
This paper discusses how the health care needs of underserved children, particularly urban children, can be met through an ecological model of health care. Ecoprimary care, infant mortality, and the experiences of King/Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles (California), an example of maximization of resources, are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Health, Childhood Needs, Children, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedSchultz, David; Shaw, Daniel S. – Social Development, 2003
Examined relations between early family risk and later maladaptive social information processing and conduct problems among 178 economically disadvantaged boys. Found that early childhood assessments of disadvantage and maternal depression predicted boys' maladaptive response generation and conduct problems at age 10, accounting for 6 and 14…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Children, Depression (Psychology)
Richardson, Brad B.; Landsman, Miriam J. – 1996
The causes and consequences of homelessness have been the subject of considerable social science research. This report details recovery from homelessness, or "exits from homelessness," through analysis of descriptive demographic data and correlation of success rates with participant behavior and intervention context. The 2-year…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Crisis Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedElder, Glen H., Jr.; Caspi, Avshalom – Journal of Social Issues, 1988
Examines the effects of economic stress on children and their families through changes in family relationships and economic adaptations. Uses data from two longitudinal studies of child development begun during the Great Depression. Discusses findings in relation to an interactional model of the process by which families adapt to stressful times.…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Child Development, Child Welfare, Children
