NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bahena, Sofia – Child Development, 2020
Scholars have proposed that immigrant optimism explains why some immigrant students outperform their United States-born peers academically. Yet, immigrant optimism has not been directly measured. This study aims to test the immigrant optimism hypothesis by operationalizing it using the Children's Hope Scale. Using structural equation modeling, the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Psychological Patterns, Positive Attitudes, Hispanic American Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Thornton, Emma; Patalay, Praveetha; Matthews, Danielle; Bannard, Colin – Child Development, 2021
Language is vital for social interaction, leading some to suggest early linguistic ability paves the way for good adolescent mental health. The relation between age-5 vocabulary and adolescent internalizing symptoms was examined in two U.K. birth cohorts that are nationally representative in terms of sex, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status: the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Barbara Rogoff; Itzel Aceves-Azuara – Child Development, 2024
Changes in family life related to globalization may include reduction in the collaborativeness observed in many Indigenous American communities. The present study examined longitudinal changes and continuities in collaboration in a Guatemalan Maya community experiencing rapid globalization. Fluid collaboration was widespread 3 decades ago among…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Cooperation