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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Quality Child Care Supports the Achievement of Low-Income Children: Direct and Indirect Pathways through Caregiving and the Home Environment
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McCartney, Kathleen; Dearing, Eric; Taylor, Beck A.; Bub, Kristen L. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
Existing studies of child care have not been able to determine whether higher quality child care protects children from the effects of poverty, whether poverty and lower quality child care operate as dual risk factors, or whether both are true. The objective of the current study was to test two pathways through which child care may serve as a…
Descriptors: Family Environment, At Risk Persons, Receptive Language, Poverty
Home Improvements: Within-Family Associations between Income and the Quality of Children's Home Environments
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Dearing, Eric; Taylor, Beck A. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
Within-family associations between changes in income and changes in the home environment during infancy and early childhood were examined using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (n = 1364). Linear and nonlinear (i.e., semilog) specifications were estimated for…
Descriptors: Organizations (Groups), Physical Characteristics, Infants, Family Environment
The Developmental Implications of Restrictive and Supportive Parenting across Neighborhoods and Ethnicities: Exceptions Are the Rule
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Dearing, Eric – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2004
The moderating effect of neighborhood crime and income on associations between parenting and child outcomes was estimated longitudinally for African-American (n=50), European-American (n= 59), and Latino-American (n=52) elementary school-age children. On average, restrictive parenting values were negatively associated with academic performance and…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Neighborhoods, Parenting Styles, Depression (Psychology)