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"Look, I Have My Ears Open": Resilience and Early School Experiences among Children in an Economically Deprived Suburban Area in Ireland
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Tatlow-Golden, Mimi; O'Farrelly, Christine; Booth, Ailbhe; O'Rourke, Claire; Doyle, Orla – School Psychology International, 2016
Children from economically disadvantaged communities frequently lack the socio-emotional, cognitive and behavioural skills needed for successful early school adjustment. Assessments of early school experience often rely on parent and teacher perspectives, yet children's views are essential to design effective, resilience-promoting school…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Bullying, Play
Relations among Neighborhood Social Networks, Home Literacy Environments, and Children's Expressive Vocabulary in Suburban At-Risk Families
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John Mark Froiland; Douglas R. Powell; Karen E. Diamond – School Psychology International, 2014
In response to increasing research and policy interest in the neighborhood context of early school success, this study examined relations among neighborhood social networks, home literacy practices/resources, and children's expressive vocabulary in a suburban at-risk sample in the USA at the beginning of the school year. In a Structural Equation…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Literacy, Vocabulary Development, Parent Participation
Student Motivation for Learning in Ghana: Relationships with Caregivers' Values toward Education, Attendance, and Academic Achievement
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McCoy, Dana Charles; Wolf, Sharon; Godfrey, Erin B. – School Psychology International, 2014
This study examined the role that Ghanaian caregivers' values toward education play in shaping students' intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation for learning, and the ways these values and motivational orientations predict school attendance and achievement. Study participants included 88 students (M?=?11.63 years; 48% female) from two primary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Attitudes, Values
Sex and Age Differences in Self-Reported Distress among Affluent Adolescents in an Educational Counselling Setting in the United States
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Zand, Debra H.; Gouwens, Donald L.; Evenson, Richard C. – School Psychology International, 2006
This study investigated the most strongly endorsed problems for a group of affluent suburban girls (n = 58) and boys (n = 148), between ages 13 to 18, who were referred for educational counselling in the United States. Considerable overlap existed for male and female adolescents with regard to their most frequently reported problems, with boys and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Age Differences, Measurement Techniques, Adolescents