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Schulz, Wolfgang; Muschalla, Beate – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
Although it is known from epidemiological research that girls are more likely to develop internalizing disorders and boys are more likely to develop externalizing disorders, differences between girls and boys are rarely examined in risk research. This longitudinal study of 356 families identified risk factors for the development of externalizing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mental Disorders, Predictor Variables, Gender Differences
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Noelle M. Suntheimer; Soo Gyeong Ju; Dana Charles McCoy; Sharon Wolf; Sintayehu Abate; Alemayehu Mekonnen; Tamrat Zelalem Teshome; Tesfa Demlew – Grantee Submission, 2024
Parental engagement in stimulating activities and support in both formal and informal learning environments are important for early childhood development. However, little is known about how parental mental health and beliefs about early childhood development shape such investments. We draw on a sample of young children and their primary caregiver…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Child Development, Mental Health
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Yakupogullari, Ayse; Yagan Guder, Sevcan – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Purpose: The present study aims to reveal the predictive role of parents' empathic tendencies in children value acquisition. Research Methods: We conducted a relational survey study, including 170 children aged 60-72 months, 85 of whom were girls and 85 were boys, who were attending the kindergarten school in Malatya City, and their parents. The…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Empathy, Parent Child Relationship, Kindergarten
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Wicks, Rachelle; Paynter, Jessica; Adams, Dawn – Journal of Early Intervention, 2021
Family outcomes of early intervention (EI) for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have received limited research attention to date. This study explored potential predictors of family outcomes and EI perceived helpfulness on the Family Outcomes Survey--Revised, utilizing an adapted double ABCX framework. Participants were 97 mothers of children aged 4…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Predictor Variables, Early Intervention
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Aram, Dorit; Meidan, Inbal Cohen; Deitcher, Deborah Bergman – Reading Psychology, 2016
The study characterized children's literacy, mothers' beliefs, and writing mediation of homeschooled compared to formally schooled kindergartners. Participants were 60 children (ages 4-6) and their mothers (30 in homeschooling). At the children's home, we assessed children's literacy, maternal beliefs, and video-recorded mother-child joint writing…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Mothers, Literacy, Young Children
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Schaub, Maryellen – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2015
The desire to understand the "home advantage" has spurred a large body of research describing the contribution of differences in family background and parenting styles to school readiness and the achievement gap. Using the National Household Education Survey at two time points provides a fuller picture of the trends in parenting and…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Parents, Parent Role, National Surveys
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Marjanovic-Umek, Ljubica; Fekonja-Peklaj, Urška; Podlesek, Anja – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The purpose of our study was to examine the ways in which parents engage in play with their children within the family context and to establish which parental play behaviour predicts the play behaviour of their children during interactive play with toys. The sample included 58 children from 2;6 to 6 years old and their parents. The parent-child…
Descriptors: Play, Parent Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Young Children
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Wambiri, Gladwell N.; Ndani, Mary N. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Recent studies have consistently reported low reading achievement levels among primary school children in Kenya. Reading is a very critical component of children's development. Many aspects of learning at school revolve around this skill. Being the media via which other subjects are taught and learnt, reading is very significant and could…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Low Achievement
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Park, Daeun; Gunderson, Elizabeth A.; Tsukayama, Eli; Levine, Susan C.; Beilock, Sian L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Although students' motivational frameworks (entity vs. incremental) have been linked to academic achievement, little is known about how early this link emerges and how motivational frameworks develop in the first place. In a year-long study (student N = 424, Teacher N = 58), we found that, as early as 1st and 2nd grade, children who endorsed an…
Descriptors: Young Children, Mathematics Achievement, Teaching Methods, Intelligence
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Segers, Eliane; Kleemans, Tijs; Verhoeven, Ludo – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2015
The home numeracy environment (i.e., parents' numeracy expectations and activities), is related to early numeracy in young children. As recent studies have shown that both cognitive and linguistic factors play an important role in predicting numeracy development, it may be assumed that rather than the home "numeracy" environment, the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Expectation, Mathematics Achievement, Numeracy
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Yoshida, Akiko – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
Although many fathers today spend more time with children than was the case in the past, physical care of young children remains primarily mothers' work. Yet some fathers claim that they do work traditionally seen as the "mother's job" every day. Using subsample data from the male respondent file of the National Survey of Family Growth 2002 (n =…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Young Children, Fathers, Parent Role
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Bal, Vanessa Hus; Kim, So-Hyun; Cheong, Daniel; Lord, Catherine – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Daily living skills (DLS), such as personal hygiene, meal preparation, and money management, are important to independent living. Research suggests that many individuals with autism spectrum disorder exhibit impairments in daily living skills relative to their cognitive skills. This study examined predictors of daily living skills attainment and…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children
Najdowski, Adel C.; Wallace, Michele D.; Penrod, Becky; Tarbox, Jonathan; Reagon, Kara; Higbee, Thomas S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
The purpose of the current study was to replicate the use of parents as therapists for experimental functional analyses of inappropriate mealtime behavior with multiple participants while measuring procedural integrity. Clear functions were identified, and high percentages of procedural integrity were obtained. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Integrity, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Parent Role
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Shriver, Lenka H.; Hildebrand, Deana; Austin, Heidi – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2010
Objective: Determine relationships between self-efficacy, decisional balance, and processes of change and Stages of Change (SOC) related to fruit and vegetable (FV) availability among Hispanic Head Start parents. Design: A 2-phase descriptive study with mixed methodology. Setting: Two Head Start sites in a city in the midwestern United States.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Focus Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Predictor Variables
Mottram, Emily; McCoy, Emily – National Literacy Trust, 2010
In the last three decades, several strands of research have produced compelling evidence justifying a focus on the family with a particular emphasis on early years in order to raise literacy standards. Partners in Literacy is an evidence-based model which is built on these key research findings, these are: (1) Families and parents are critical to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Intervention, Family Characteristics
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