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Peer reviewedKaufman, Alan S. – Child Development, 1971
Aim of the study is to assess empirically the interrelationships among some of Piaget's and Gesell's behavioral tasks. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Correlation, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
Direct linkChang, Florence; Burns, Barbara M. – Child Development, 2005
The current study examined how individual differences in children's temperament and motivation relate to attention skills in children from economically disadvantaged families. A total of 73 motherchild dyads participated in this study. Children were between the ages of 3 and 5, and all attended a Head Start program. Using multiple hierarchical…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Preschool Education, Student Motivation
Peer reviewedWright, John C.; Auston, Aletha C.; Murphy, Kimberlee C.; St. Peters, Michelle; Pinon, Ronda Scantlin; Kotler, Jennifer – Child Development, 2001
Collected time-use diaries of television viewing from two cohorts of children (ages 2-5 and 4-7) from low-income families and gave annual tests of reading, math, receptive vocabulary, and school readiness. Found that viewing of child-audience informative programs between ages 2 and 3 predicted higher academic performance. Frequent viewers of…
Descriptors: Children, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedBelsky, Jay; Friedman, Sarah L.; Hsieh, Kuang-Hua – Child Development, 2001
Used NICHD Early Child Care data to examine effects of attentional persistence on relationship of infant negative emotionality to age 3 outcomes. Found that high negative emotionality related to low social competence only when attentional persistence was poor. Found no moderating effects of attentional persistence for behavior problems. High…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Control, Behavior Problems, Emotional Development
Peer reviewedStevenson, Harold W.; Newman, Richard S. – Child Development, 1986
Investigates the prediction of children's (1) academic achievement on the basis of cognitive tasks given prior to kindergarten, and (2) academic attitudes on the basis of teachers' and mothers' ratings of the children's general cognitive abilities and actual achievement through grades 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10. (HOD)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedDearing, Eric; McCartney, Kathleen; Taylor, Beck A. – Child Development, 2001
Examined associations between income-to-needs change and child outcomes at 36 months for NICHD Study of Early Child Care participants. Found that for children in poverty, income-to-needs decreases related to worse outcomes and increases related to better outcomes. When income-to-needs increases were at least one standard deviation above mean…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Expressive Language
Peer reviewedHess, Robert D.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Longitudinally examines the stability of the association between maternal behavior and preschool children's cognitive abilities. Outcome measures included both school readiness (assessed at ages five and six) and achievement on mathematics and vocabulary subtests of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills at grade six. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Followup Studies
Peer reviewedChild Development, 2000
Examined how child care experiences related to cognitive and language development from birth through age 3. Found that care quality was modestly related to cognitive and language outcomes, after adjusting for several factors. Cumulative experience in center-based care related to better outcomes than did experience in other care. Children in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Early Experience
Peer reviewedMcGroder, Sharon M. – Child Development, 2000
Examined dimensions and patterns of parenting among 193 low-income African American single mothers with preschoolers. Identified four parenting patterns (aggravated but nurturant, cognitively stimulating, patient and nurturant, and low nurturance). Found that maternal well-being and sociodemographic characteristics accounted for 93 percent of…
Descriptors: Black Family, Black Mothers, Black Youth, Child Development
