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Can the Arts Get under the Skin? Arts and Cortisol for Economically Disadvantaged Children
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Brown, Eleanor D.; Garnett, Mallory L.; Anderson, Kate E.; Laurenceau, Jean-Philippe – Child Development, 2017
This within-subjects experimental study investigated the influence of the arts on cortisol for economically disadvantaged children. Participants were 310 children, ages 3-5 years, who attended a Head Start preschool and were randomly assigned to participate in different schedules of arts and homeroom classes on different days of the week. Cortisol…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Art Education
Do Black and Hispanic Children Benefit More from Preschool? Understanding Differences in Preschool Effects across Racial Groups
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Bassok, Daphna – Child Development, 2010
Recent studies suggest that the effects of attending preschool vary by race. These findings are difficult to interpret because the likelihood of enrolling a child in preschool also differs across groups. This study used newly released, nationally representative data to examine whether the impact of preschool participation at age 4 varies across…
Descriptors: African American Children, Race, Racial Differences, Poverty
Which Homes? A Response to Scarr and McCartney (1988).
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Levenstein, Phyllis – Child Development, 1989
Responds to Scarr and McCartney's (1988) Bermudian study. Cites recently published research to support a conclusion that poverty alone does not predict school disadvantage so much as poor parents frequently having low motivation and less than high school graduation. (RJC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Poverty, Preschool Children
Effects of Early Intervention on Intellectual and Academic Achievement: A Follow-Up Study of Children from Low-Income Families.
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Campbell, Frances A.; Ramey, Craig T. – Child Development, 1994
Assessed the effects of preschool education on achievement in primary school for 88 impoverished African American children and their families. Found that the positive effects of a preschool intervention program on intellectual development and academic achievement were maintained through age 12 and that school-age intervention alone was less…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Children, Early Intervention
Effects of Residential Instability on Head Start Children and Their Relationships with Older Siblings: Influences of Child Emotionality and Conflict between Family Members.
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Stoneman, Zolinda; Brody, Gene H.; Churchill, Susan L.; Winn, Laura L. – Child Development, 1999
Examined influence of residential dislocations on child behavior problems, depression, peer competence, cognitive competence, and quality of sibling relationships among Head Start children and their older siblings. Found that child emotionality moderated the effects of residential mobility. Caregiver conflict was a less powerful moderator.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cognitive Development, Conflict, Depression (Psychology)