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Jacob W. Cohen; Bruce Ramphal; Mariah DeSerisy; Yihong Zhao; David Pagliaccio; Stan Colcombe; Michael P. Milham; Amy E. Margolis – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Brain age, a measure of biological aging in the brain, has been linked to psychiatric illness, principally in adult populations. Components of socioeconomic status (SES) associate with differences in brain structure and psychiatric risk across the lifespan. This study aimed to investigate the influence of SES on brain aging in childhood and…
Descriptors: Brain, Age, Socioeconomic Status, Anxiety
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Hill, Heather D.; Morris, Pamela – Developmental Psychology, 2008
The authors examined the effects of welfare programs that increased maternal employment and family income on the development of very young children using data from 5 random-assignment experiments. The children were 6 months to 3 years old when their mothers entered the programs; cognitive and behavioral outcomes were measured 2-5 years later.…
Descriptors: Age, Family Income, Social Behavior, Academic Achievement
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Melby, Janet N.; Conger, Rand D.; Fang, Shu-Ann; Wickrama, K. A. S.; Conger, Katherine J. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
In this study, the authors investigated the degree to which a family investment model would help account for the association between family of origin socioeconomic characteristics and the later educational attainment of 451 young adults (age 26) from 2-parent families. Parents' educational level, occupational prestige, and family income in 1989…
Descriptors: Siblings, Family Income, Educational Attainment, Child Rearing