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Early Mental Development as a Predictor of Preschool Cognitive and Behavioral Development in South Africa: The Moderating Role of Maternal Education in the Birth to Twenty Cohort
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Hsiao, Celia; Richter, Linda M. – Infants and Young Children, 2014
This article examines the influence of early development on preschool cognitive and behavioral outcomes in South Africa, as well as the role of family factors such as maternal education in moderating this association. The study involved 167 Black South African children (89 boys and 78 girls) from the Birth to Twenty study during their first 5…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Early Childhood Intervention in South Africa in Relation to the Developmental Systems Model
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Samuels, Alecia M.; Slemming, Wiedaad; Balton, Sadna – Infants and Young Children, 2012
As highlighted in recent series in "The Lancet" (2007, 2011), children from low and middle income countries are more likely to be adversely affected by early biological and psychosocial experiences that have their origins in environments characterized by poverty, violence, nutritional deficiencies, HIV infections, substance abuse, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Young Children, At Risk Persons