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Stephanie Plenty; Chaïm la Roi – Child Development, 2024
Research shows that peer relationships are associated with students' school adjustment. However, the importance of advantageous and disadvantageous factors for students' educational outcomes may vary by socioeconomic positioning. Drawing on sociometric and register data from a nationally representative sample of Swedish youth (n = 4996, girls 50%;…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Rejection (Psychology), Outcomes of Education, Socioeconomic Status
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Plenty, Stephanie M.; Jonsson, Jan O. – Child Development, 2021
Immigrant background and disadvantaged socioeconomic background are two key predictors of poorer school achievement in Europe. However, the former is associated with higher while the latter is associated with lower aspirations. This study asks whether family relationships account for this difference. Data come from 5,926 students in Germany and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Occupational Aspiration, Immigrants
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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
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Scarr, Sandra; McCartney, Kathleen – Child Development, 1988
Effects of the Mother-Child Home Program (MCHP) were evaluated with a broad range of measures on cognition, social behavior, and emotion. Findings indicated that children in Bermuda scored above U.S. norms on cognitive tests and were functioning well in the preschool period. The MCHP had few demonstrable effects on any segment of the sample. (RH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Home Programs