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Peer reviewedKohen, Dafna E.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Leventhal, Tama; Hertzman, Clyde – Child Development, 2002
Examined the association of neighborhood characteristics on competencies of Canadian preschoolers. Found that verbal ability positively related to residing in neighborhoods with affluent residents and negatively to residing in neighborhoods with poor residents and in neighborhoods with low cohesion, even after controlling for family SES. Behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries, Incidence, Income
Peer reviewedLinver, Miriam R.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Kohen, Dafna E. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Examined longitudinally maternal emotional distress, parental behavior, and provision of cognitively stimulating activities as mediators of the association between family income and prematurely born young children's development. Found that provision of stimulating experiences in the home mediated the relation between family income and children's…
Descriptors: Child Development, Emotional Experience, Family Environment, Family Income
