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Cognitive Stimulation at Home and in Child Care and Children's Preacademic Skills in Two-Parent Families
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Cabrera, Natasha J.; Moon, Ui; Fagan, Jay; West, Jerry; Aldoney, Daniela – Child Development, 2020
This paper used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (N = 1,258) to examine the influence of hilevels of cognitive stimulation from mothers, fathers, and childcare providers at 24 months and children's pre-academic skills at 48 and 60 months in two parent families. Results from path analysis showed direct positive effects of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Stimulation, Family Environment, Parent Child Relationship
Adolescent Daily and General Maladjustment: Is There Reactivity to Daily Repeated Measures Methodologies?
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Nishina, Adrienne – Child Development, 2012
The present study examined whether repeated exposure to daily surveys about negative social experiences predicts changes in adolescents' daily and general maladjustment, and whether question content moderates these changes. Across a 2-week period, 6th-grade students (N = 215; mode age = 11) completed 5 daily reports tapping experienced or…
Descriptors: Intervals, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Prediction
Child Development in Developing Countries: Introduction and Methods
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Britto, Pia Rebello; Nonoyama-Tarumi, Yuko; Ota, Yumiko; Petrovic, Oliver; Putnick, Diane L. – Child Development, 2012
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is a nationally representative, internationally comparable household survey implemented to examine protective and risk factors of child development in developing countries around the world. This introduction describes the conceptual framework, nature of the MICS3, and general analytic plan of articles…
Descriptors: Risk, Family Environment, Child Development, Developing Nations
Child Development in Developing Countries: Child Rights and Policy Implications
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Britto, Pia Rebello; Ulkuer, Nurper – Child Development, 2012
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey was used to provide information on feeding practices, caregiving, discipline and violence, and the home environment for young children across 28 countries. The findings from the series of studies in this Special Section are the first of their kind because they provide information on the most proximal context…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Child Development, Childrens Rights, Surveys
Academic Achievement of Legal Immigrants' Children: The Roles of Parents' Pre- and Postmigration Characteristics in Origin-Group Differences
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Pong, Suet-ling; Landale, Nancy S. – Child Development, 2012
Using data from the New Immigrant Survey, a study based on a nationally representative sample of legal immigrants, the present study extends prior research on the academic outcomes of immigrants' children by examining the roles of pre- and postmigration parental characteristics and the home environment. An analysis of 2,147 children aged 6-2 shows…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Immigrants, Parent Role, Family Environment
Understanding Bullying and Victimization during Childhood and Adolescence: A Mixed Methods Study
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Guerra, Nancy G.; Williams, Kirk R.; Sadek, Shelly – Child Development, 2011
In the present study, quantitative and qualitative data are presented to examine individual and contextual predictors of bullying and victimization and how they vary by age and gender. Two waves of survey data were collected from 2,678 elementary, middle, and high school youth attending 59 schools. In addition, 14 focus groups were conducted with…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Bullying, Focus Groups, Sexuality