ERIC Number: EJ732832
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 15
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 76
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Contemporaneous and Longitudinal Associations between Social Behavior and Literacy Achievement in a Sample of Low-Income Elementary School Children
Miles, Sarah, B.; Stipek, Deborah
Child Development, v77 n1 p103-117 Jan-Feb 2006
This study investigates associations between social skills (aggression and prosocial behavior) and literacy achievement in a sample of low-income children (between 4 and 6 years old when the study began) during elementary school. Results revealed consistent associations between social skills and literacy achievement in the first, third, and fifth grades, but the patterns of the associations were different for aggression and prosocial behavior. While the strength of the association between aggression and literacy achievement increased over the elementary grades, the association between prosocial behavior and literacy achievement decreased. In addition, path analyses revealed that poor literacy achievement in the first and third grades predicted relatively high aggressive behavior in the third and fifth grades, respectively.
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Low Income Groups, Interpersonal Competence, Aggression, Prosocial Behavior, Correlation, Literacy, Achievement, Longitudinal Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 1; Grade 3; Grade 5
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Language: English
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