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Friedman, Sarah L.; Scholnick, Ellin K.; Bender, Randall H.; Vandergrift, Nathan; Spieker, Susan; Pasek, Kathy Hirsh; Keating, Daniel P.; Park, Yoonjung – Child Development, 2014
Data from 1,364 children and families who participated in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development were analyzed to track the early correlates and later academic outcomes of planning during middle childhood. Maternal education, through its effect on parenting quality when…
Descriptors: Planning, Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Correlation
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Chen, Xinyin; Chang, Lei; He, Yunfeng; Liu, Hongyun – Child Development, 2005
This 2-year longitudinal study examined, in a sample of Chinese children (initial M age=11 years), the moderating effects of the peer group on relations between maternal supportive parenting and social and school adjustment. Data were collected from multiple sources including peer assessments, teacher ratings, school records, and maternal reports.…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Social Environment, Student Adjustment, Child Rearing
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Lombardi, Caitlin McPherran; Coley, Rebekah Levine – Child Development, 2017
This study assessed the links between early maternal employment and children's later academic and behavioral skills in Australia and the United Kingdom. Using representative samples of children born in each country from 2000 to 2004 (Australia N = 5,093, U.K. N = 18,497), OLS regression models weighted with propensity scores assessed links between…
Descriptors: Child Development, Foreign Countries, Regression (Statistics), Grade 1
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Macmillan, Ross; McMorris, Barbara J.; Kruttschnitt, Candace – Child Development, 2004
Drawing on the notion of linked lives, this study examined the effects of stability and change in maternal circumstance on developmental trajectories of antisocial behavior in children 4 to 7 years of age. Using data from a national sample of young mothers and growth curve analysis, the study demonstrated that early maternal circumstances…
Descriptors: Poverty, Parenting Styles, Child Development, Antisocial Behavior