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Modification Effects of Family Economic Status and School Factors on Depression Risk of Single-Father Family Children in Mid-Taiwan Area
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Hsieh, Yu-Hsin; Lin, Fu-Gong – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The incidence of single-parent families has increased significantly in Taiwan in recent years. Children born in single-parent families are predisposed to suffering from emotional problems. We aimed to determine if the children of single-parent families are more depressive than children from both-parent families, and to examine the individual and…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Emotional Problems, Foreign Countries, One Parent Family
Emergent Literacy Skills, Behavior Problems and Familial Antecedents of Reading Difficulties: A Follow-Up Study of Reading Achievement from Kindergarten to Fifth Grade
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Costa, Hugo Camara; Perdry, Herve; Soria, Carmen; Pulgar, Salome; Cusin, Francoise; Dellatolas, Georges – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study examined the relation between emergent literacy skills, teachers' reports of behavioral problems, and word reading achievement in a community sample of French students. Family background was investigated and included familial antecedents of reading difficulties (Fa/Rd) and parents' educational level. The analyses explored the pattern of…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Behavior Problems, Reading Skills, Kindergarten
Arithmetic Performance of Children with Cerebral Palsy: The Influence of Cognitive and Motor Factors
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van Rooijen, Maaike; Verhoeven, Ludo; Smits, Dirk-Wouter; Ketelaar, Marjolijn; Becher, Jules G.; Steenbergen, Bert – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Children diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) often show difficulties in arithmetic compared to their typically developing peers. The present study explores whether cognitive and motor variables are related to arithmetic performance of a large group of primary school children with CP. More specifically, the relative influence of non-verbal…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Structural Equation Models, Cerebral Palsy, Program Effectiveness
Interactive Effects of Delayed Bedtime and Family-Associated Factors on Depression in Elementary School Children
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Tung, Ho-Jui; Hsieh, Yu-Hsin; Lin, Fu-Gong – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Shorter sleep time was reported to be associated with psychological functioning in children. We intended to examine the relationship between nocturnal sleep duration and depression status by investigating if delayed bedtime could be one of the enhancement factors for depression in children. A cross-sectional study was performed to investigate the…
Descriptors: Sleep, Elementary School Students, Reference Groups, Prevention
Predictors of Verbal Working Memory in Children with Cerebral Palsy
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Peeters, Marieke; Verhoeven, Ludo; de Moor, Jan – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The goal of the present study was to examine the precursors of verbal working memory in 52 children with cerebral palsy with varying degrees of speech impairments in the first grade of special education. Following Baddeley's model of working memory, children's verbal working memory was measured by means of a forced-recognition task. As precursors…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Speech Impairments, Structural Equation Models, Phonological Awareness
Importance of Speech Production for Phonological Awareness and Word Decoding: The Case of Children with Cerebral Palsy
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Peeters, Marieke; Verhoeven, Ludo; de Moor, Jan; van Balkom, Hans – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The goal of this longitudinal study was to investigate the precursors of early reading development in 52 children with cerebral palsy at kindergarten level in comparison to 65 children without disabilities. Word Decoding was measured to investigate early reading skills, while Phonological Awareness, Phonological Short-term Memory (STM), Speech…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Phonological Awareness, Cerebral Palsy, Short Term Memory