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Ha-Joon Chung; Guanglei Hong – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Context: Prolonged disconnection from school and work represents major setbacks during the transition to adulthood and is a distinct feature of the developmental trajectories of many disadvantaged youths, especially those from a marginalized racial background (Hong and Chung 2022; Shanahan 2000). Differential schooling experiences are hypothesized…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Racism, Disadvantaged, Student School Relationship
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Cheng, Tyrone C. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2013
This longitudinal study examined the temporal-ordered causal relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV), five mental disorders (depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, panic attack, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]), alcohol abuse/dependence, drug abuse/ dependence, treatment seeking (from physician, counselor, and…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Causal Models, Family Violence, Mental Disorders
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VanderWeele, Tyler J.; Hawkley, Louise C.; Thisted, Ronald A.; Cacioppo, John T. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: Clinical scientists, policymakers, and individuals must make decisions concerning effective interventions that address health-related issues. We use longitudinal data on loneliness and depressive symptoms and a new class of causal models to illustrate how empirical evidence can be used to inform intervention trial design and clinical…
Descriptors: Intervention, Causal Models, Persistence, Measures (Individuals)
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Metcalfe, Lindsay A.; Harvey, Elizabeth A.; Laws, Holly B. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Existing research suggests that there is a relation between academic/cognitive deficits and externalizing behavior in young children, but the direction of this relation is unclear. The present study tested competing models of the relation between academic/cognitive functioning and behavior problems during early childhood. Participants were 221…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Cognitive Ability, Academic Ability, Behavior Problems
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Reynolds, Arthur J.; Ou, Suh-Ruu – Child Development, 2011
The current study investigated the contribution of 5 hypotheses to the estimated effects of preschool in the Child-Parent Centers on occupational prestige, felony arrest, and depressive symptoms in adulthood in the Chicago Longitudinal Study. An alternative-intervention, quasi-experimental design included over 1,400 low-income participants (93% of…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Reputation, Family Programs
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Purcell-Gates, Victoria; Duke, Nell K.; Martineau, Joseph A. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2007
This study explored, with both experimental and correlational designs, the roles of (a) authentic, communicatively functional reading and writing and (b) the explicit explanation of genre function and features on growth in genre-specific reading and writing abilities of children in grades two and three. The genres used for this exploration were…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 3, Science Instruction, Literacy Education