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Telias, Amanda; Narea, Marigen; Abufhele, Alejandra – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Maternal education is associated with early child outcomes. However, the several mechanisms that may explain this relationship remain underexplored. Using data from 1,097 children aged 12-15 months in Chile, we estimate the maternal education gap across child cognitive and language outcomes. Following a bioecological perspective, we explore…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Mothers, Parent Education
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Shin, So Yeon; McCoy, Dana Charles – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Whereas previous research has examined the role that parenting and home environments play in explaining the relation between family socioeconomic status and children's language development in the United States, relatively little is known about the associations between these constructs in other cultures. This study tested an integrated model of…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Parents, Individual Characteristics, Foreign Countries
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Black, Maureen M.; Yimgang, Doris P.; Hurley, Kristen M.; Harding, Kimberly B.; Fernandez-Rao, Sylvia; Balakrishna, Nagalla; Radhakrishna, Kankipati V.; Reinhart, Gregory A.; Nair, Krishnapillai Madhavan – Developmental Science, 2019
Stunting has been negatively associated with children's development. We examined the range of height by testing hypotheses: (a) height is positively associated with children's development, with associations moderated by inflammation and (b) home environments characterized by nurturance and early learning opportunities is positively associated with…
Descriptors: Body Height, Infants, Child Development, Physical Development
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Iluz, Reli; Adi-Japha, Esther; Klein, Pnina S. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: Early child care policy and practice are grounded in a growing understanding of the importance of the first years of life. In earlier studies, associations between child-staff ratios and peer skills yielded inconsistent findings. The current study used data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Ratio, Skill Development, Peer Relationship, Young Children
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Baydar, Nazli; Küntay, Aylin C.; Yagmurlu, Bilge; Aydemir, Nuran; Cankaya, Dilek; Göksen, Fatos; Cemalcilar, Zeynep – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Data from a nationally representative sample from Turkey (N = 1,017) were used to investigate the environmental factors that support the receptive vocabulary of 3-year-old children who differ in their developmental risk due to family low economic status and elevated maternal depressive symptoms. Children's vocabulary knowledge was strongly…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Mothers, Affective Behavior, Language Acquisition
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Blums, Angela; Belsky, Jay; Grimm, Kevin; Chen, Zhe – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2017
The present study examined whether and how socioeconomic status (SES) predicts school achievement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) using structural equation modeling and data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Child Care and Youth Development. The present inquiry addresses gaps in…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Cognitive Ability, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement
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Magnuson, Katherine A.; Sexton, Holly R.; Davis-Kean, Pamela E., Huston, Aletha C. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2009
Maternal education is a strong correlate of children's language, cognitive, and academic development. In most prior research, mothers' education has been treated as a fixed characteristic, yet many mothers, particularly economically and educationally disadvantaged mothers, attend school after the birth of their children. In the present study, we…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Mothers, Educationally Disadvantaged, Young Children
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Harris, Toni; Sideris, John; Serpell, Zewelanji; Burchinal, Margaret; Pickett, Chloe – Journal of Negro Education, 2014
This study examined the degree to which dimensions of parenting predicted early academic outcomes in a sample of 111 low-income African American children. Three aspects of parenting were assessed when the children were 36 months old: language stimulation, math-related stimulation, and maternal sensitivity. Academic outcomes were assessed at 54…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, African American Children, Preschool Children
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Rafferty, Yvonne; Griffin, Kenneth W. – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2010
This study examines the overall quality of parenting behaviours among low-income mothers in the USA and the extent to which they are influenced by risk factors within the family environment, maternal well-being and maternal risk characteristics associated with socio-economic status. Participants consisted of 1070 low-income mothers of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Parenting Styles
Elardo, Richard; And Others – 1975
A process-oriented research strategy was employed to examine relations among various aspects of the early home environment and children's language development. The home environments of 65 infants were assessed when the infants were 12 and/or 24 months old with the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME). HOME includes six…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Experience, Environmental Influences, Family Environment
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Elardo, Richard; And Others – Child Development, 1977
The home environments of 74 infants were assessed when the infants were 6 and 24 months old. At three years of age their language development was measured. Results demonstrated that it is possible to specify some of the parameters of early experience related to certain aspects of language development. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Early Experience, Family Environment, Infants, Language Acquisition
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Morisset, Colleen E.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1995
Used observations and home visits to examine sex differences in language ability of 54 disadvantaged children at risk for poor language outcomes. Found that language difficulties increased over time, boys were at a constant disadvantage to girls in language development, and sex difference in language ability appeared even when families had similar…
Descriptors: Adults, At Risk Persons, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes