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Direct linkLiu, Yangyang; Simpkins, Sandra D.; Vandell, Deborah Lowe – Applied Developmental Science, 2022
According to bioecological theory, children's experiences in one developmental setting are meaningful for their adjustment in other settings. In the current study, the quality of children's relationships with classroom teachers, afterschool program staff, and mothers in 1st grade (n = 137) were examined in relation to their academic,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Mothers, Elementary School Students, Student Adjustment
Gülseven, Zehra; Liu, Yangyang; Ma, Ting-Lan; Yu, Mark Vincent B.; Simpkins, Sandra D.; Vandell, Deborah Lowe; Zarrett, Nicole – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Developmental theories and previous research have emphasized the significance of cooperation and self-control in middle childhood. The present study extends previous research by examining (a) the growth of cooperation and self-control as well as the relations between them in middle childhood (third to sixth grade) and (b) the extent to which…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Self Control, Social Development, Emotional Development
Simpkins, Sandra D.; Fredricks, Jennifer A.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
The Eccles' expectancy-value model posits that a cascade of mechanisms explain associations between parents' beliefs and youths' achievement-related behaviors. Specifically, parents' beliefs predict parents' behaviors; in turn, parents' behaviors predict youths' motivational beliefs, and youths' motivational beliefs predict their behaviors. This…
Descriptors: Mothers, Beliefs, Adolescents, Self Concept
Peer reviewedSimpkins, Sandra D.; Parke, Ross D. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2002
Examined relation of maternal monitoring and play rules to sixth graders' friendship quality, social behavior, and depression. Found that monitoring was not related to supervision, peer, or restriction play rules. Girls with more monitoring had friendships with less conflict and higher positive qualities. Supervision rules related to boys'…
Descriptors: Correlation, Depression (Psychology), Early Adolescents, Friendship
Peer reviewedSimpkins, Sandra D.; Parke, Ross D. – Child Development, 2001
Examined relations between quality of mothers' and fathers' friendships and that of their children's friendships. Found that children's self-reports and observational measures of friendship quality were not highly correlated for girls, but were moderately associated for boys. Quality of mothers' and fathers' friendships related to quality of…
Descriptors: Children, Fathers, Friendship, Mothers
Dearing, Eric; McCartney, Kathleen; Weiss, Heather B.; Kreider, Holly.; Simpkins, Sandra – Journal of School Psychology, 2004
Longitudinal data for 167 low-income children were analyzed to examine associations between family educational involvement during kindergarten, children's feelings about literacy, and children's literacy achievement from kindergarten through fifth grade. The promotive effect of family educational involvement for feelings about literacy and…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Educational Attainment, Kindergarten
