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Toward a Definition of Self-Care Children: A Commentary on Steinberg (1986).
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Rodman, Hyman; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1988
To reduce confusion and controversy about the nature of self-care and its consequences for children, this commentary defines the self-care child as one between the ages of approximately six and 13 years who spends time at home alone or with a younger sibling on a periodic basis. (RH)
Descriptors: Definitions, Latchkey Children, Research Problems
Simple Solutions to a Complex Problem: A Response to Rodman, Pratto, and Nelson (1988).
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Steinberg, Laurence – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Advances arguments against defining self-care children exclusively in terms of elementary school students who are home alone or with a younger sibling after school. (RH)
Descriptors: Definitions, Latchkey Children, Research Problems
Neighborhood Crime and Self-Care: Risks for Aggression and Lower Academic Performance
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Lord, Heather; Mahoney, Joseph L. – Developmental Psychology, 2007
This longitudinal study evaluated associations among official rates of neighborhood crime, academic performance, and aggression in a sample of 581 children in 1st-3rd grade (6.3-10.6 years old). It was hypothesized that the influence of crime depends on children's unsupervised exposure to the neighborhood context through self-care. Average weekly…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, School Activities, Crime, Low Achievement
Latchkey Children and Susceptibility to Peer Pressure: An Ecological Analysis.
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Steinberg, Laurence – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Examines adolescents' susceptibility to peer pressure in after-school experiences in a large sample of fifth, sixth, eighth, and ninth graders. Shows that adolescents who report home after school are not significantly different from those who are supervised by their parents at home during after-school hours. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns
Child Care Arrangements and Children's Functioning: A Comparison of Self-Care and Adult-Care Children.
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Rodman, Hyman; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Self-care children were compared with control children in adult care to investigate whether self-care (latchkey) arrangements have negative consequences for children. On several measures of children's social and psychological functioning, no significant differences were found between two matched samples. (Author/DST)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Children
Out-of-School Care of Young Adolescents and Self-Reported Behavior.
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Galambos, Nancy L.; Maggs, Jennifer L. – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Sixth graders in adult care during out-of-school hours were contrasted with sixth graders in self-care. Results revealed no differences between adolescents in adult care and those in self-care at home. Girls in self-care who were more distant from adult supervision and lacking in parental acceptance and firm control reported more problem behavior.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: Choices in After-School Care and Child Development.
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Vandell, Deborah Lowe; Ramanan, Janaki – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Examined afterschool care for 390 third through fifth graders who were part of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Children in the care of single mothers after school had higher ratings for antisocial behaviors, anxiety, and peer conflicts. However, indications of these problems disappeared when analyses controlled for family income and…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Anxiety, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education