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Longo, Egmar; Badia, Marta; Orgaz, Begona M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study analyzed the patterns and predictors of participation in leisure activities outside of school of Spanish children and adolescents with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Children and adolescents with CP (n = 199; 113 males and 86 females) participated in this cross-sectional study. Their mean age was 12.11 years (SD = 3.02; range 8-18 years), and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cerebral Palsy, Predictor Variables, Leisure Time
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Roskam, I.; Meunier, J.-C.; Stievenart, M.; Noel, M.-P. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The main objective of the current study was to examine the impact of two child risk factors, i.e. personality and inhibition, and two proximal family risk factors, i.e. parenting and attachment, and the impact of their cumulative effect on later externalizing behavior among young children incurring no distal family risk. Data were collected in a…
Descriptors: Young Children, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Family Influence
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Giannoni, Peggy P.; Kass, Philip H. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
A retrospective cohort study was conducted to identify risk factors associated with children lost to care, and their families, compared to those not lost to care within the California Early Start Program. The cohort included data on 8987 children enrolled in the Early Start Program in 1998. This cohort consisted of 2443 children lost to care, 6363…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Transportation, Family Involvement, At Risk Persons
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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
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Lin, Fu-Gong; Tung, Ho-Jui; Hsieh, Yu-Hsin; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The incidence of transnational marriage has increased significantly in Taiwan in recent years. Children born in immigrant families are predisposed to acculturation and learning problems. We aimed to determine if the children of marital immigrants are more depressed than children from native families, and examine the individual and joint effects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parent Child Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries