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Patterns of Adolescents' Participation in Organized Activities: Are Sports Best when Combined with Other Activities?
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Linver, Miriam R.; Roth, Jodie L.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Although many adolescents participate in sports and other types of organized activities, little extant research explores how youth development outcomes may vary for youth involved in different combinations of activities. The present study uses the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a large, nationally…
Descriptors: Child Development, Student Participation, Integrated Activities, Athletics
Family Processes as Pathways from Income to Young Children's Development.
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Linver, 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
How Money Matters for Young Children's Development: Parental Investment and Family Processes.
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Yeung, W. Jean; Linver, Miriam R.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Child Development, 2002
This study used data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and its 1997 supplement to examine how family income matters for preschool children's development. Findings indicated that the association between family income and children's achievement test scores was mediated by the family's ability to invest in providing a stimulating learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Child Development, Family Financial Resources