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Emotional Quality of Early Education Programs Improves Language Learning: A Within-Child across Context Design
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Rankin, Peter Sheldon; Staton, Sally; Potia, Azhar Hussain; Houen, Sandy; Thorpe, Karen – Child Development, 2022
Observational studies comparing child outcomes in early care and education classrooms of differing quality are often confounded by between-child differences. A within-child design, tracking children across contexts, can identify the effects of quality with less confounding. An analysis of Australian children (N = 1128, mean age 5 years, 48%…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Foreign Countries
The Affective Response of Down's Syndrome Infants to a Repeated Event.
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Gunn, P.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Older Down's syndrome infants responded to the regular reappearance of a squeaky doll with significantly more affective behavior than did younger Down's syndrome infants. Longitudinal research with the younger infants indicated that the onset of affective behavior significantly correlated with mental development and aspects of temperament.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Downs Syndrome
Work and Community Influences on the Quality of Child Rearing.
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Cotterell, John L. – Child Development, 1986
Examines the child-rearing attitudes and behavior of 96 mothers of preschool children living in mining and rural towns in inland Australia in terms of the influences of three factors outside the home: father's absence because of work demands, community characteristics, and mother's informational support. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Community Influence, Employment