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Publication Date: 2013-Feb
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Poverty as a Predictor of 4-Year-Olds' Executive Function: New Perspectives on Models of Differential Susceptibility
Raver, C. Cybele; Blair, Clancy; Willoughby, Michael
Developmental Psychology, v49 n2 p292-304 Feb 2013
In a predominantly low-income, population-based longitudinal sample of 1,259 children followed from birth, results suggest that chronic exposure to poverty and the strains of financial hardship were each uniquely predictive of young children's performance on measures of executive functioning. Results suggest that temperament-based vulnerability serves as a statistical moderator of the link between poverty-related risk and children's executive functioning. Implications for models of ecology and biology in shaping the development of children's self-regulation are discussed. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Executive Function, Poverty, Young Children, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income, Prediction, Personality, Correlation, Risk, Biology, Self Control, Child Development
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Language: English
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