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Puccioni, Jaime; Baker, Erin Ruth; Froiland, John Mark – Infant and Child Development, 2019
The current study examines associations among parents' school readiness beliefs, home-based involvement, and measures of school readiness using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011 (N = 13,999). A structural equation model was estimated, and results show that parents' school readiness beliefs and…
Descriptors: Socialization, Parent Attitudes, School Readiness, Correlation
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Strand, Paul S.; Downs, Andrew – Developmental Psychology, 2018
We investigated the role of sociocultural (between-groups) and individual (within-group) factors on the development of preschoolers' resource-allocation preferences. We tested claims of the "joint impact hypothesis" of social values development that social-emotional understanding skills would predict the transition from simpler…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Hispanic American Students, English, Spanish
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Mehling, Margaret H.; Tassé, Marc J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
This study explores social outcomes for adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in comparison to adults with developmental disabilities other than ASD by investigating the relationships between the constructs Social Participation and Relationships, Social Determination, and Personal Control. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test a…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Comparative Analysis
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Niehaus, Kate; Adelson, Jill L.; Sejuit, Aubrey; Zheng, Jiali – Applied Developmental Science, 2017
This study examined the extent to which socioemotional well-being mediated the relationship between language status and achievement, while exploring variability in this relationship based on informant (student versus teacher reports of socioemotional problems) and native language background (Spanish-speaking English language learners [ELLs] versus…
Descriptors: Native Language, Academic Achievement, Well Being, Children
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Pears, Katherine C.; Kim, Hyoun K.; Fisher, Philip A.; Yoerger, Karen – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Children with a history of maltreatment and placement into foster care face elevated risks of poor psychosocial outcomes including school failure, substance use, externalizing, and deviant peer association. For children in the general population, school engagement appears to be a promotive factor in preventing negative outcomes. In this study,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Learner Engagement, Foster Care, Behavior Problems
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Metsapelto, Riitta-Leena; Pulkkinen, Lea; Tolvanen, Asko – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2010
The present study investigated the role of a school-based intervention program, called the Integrated School Day, in the socioemotional development of Finnish children during their first years of school. The 3-year program involved the restructuring of the school day by adding in extracurricular activities, which were organized on school premises,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Extracurricular Activities, Intervention, Depression (Psychology)
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Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Han, Wen-Jui; Waldfogel, Jane – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
Using data from the first 2 phases of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care, the authors examine the links between maternal employment in the first 12 months of life and cognitive, social, and emotional outcomes for children at age 3, at age 4.5, and in first grade. Drawing on theory and prior research from developmental psychology as well as…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Child Behavior