ERIC Number: EJ1273215
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Nov
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-1214
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A Longitudinal Examination of Language Skills, Social Skills, and Behavior Problems of Preschool Children from Low-Income Families
Davis, Alexandra Nicole; Qi, Cathy Huaqing
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v40 n3 p172-186 Nov 2020
We examined the relations between language skills and behavior problems and whether social skills mediated these relations among preschool children enrolled in Head Start programs. Participants included 242 preschool children and their parents in Head Start programs. Over a 2-year period, parents and teachers reported children's behavior problems using the "Child Behavior Checklist Ages 1 1/2-5," and social skills using the "Social Skills Improvement System-Rating Scales." Children's expressive and receptive language skills were assessed individually using the "Preschool Language Scale-5." Results suggested that children's early receptive language predicted later teacher-reported child internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Social skills did not mediate associations between language skills and parent- or teacher-reported child behavior problems.
Descriptors: Language Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems, Preschool Children, Mothers, Low Income, Family Income, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Social Development, Spanish Speaking, Gender Differences, Predictor Variables, Check Lists, Child Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Child Behavior Checklist; Social Skills Improvement System Rating Scales; Preschool Language Scale
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1R21HD06975901A1