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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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Pettit, Gregory S.; Bates, John E.; Dodge, Kenneth A. – Child Development, 1997
Examined effects of early supportive parenting on children's school adjustment. Found that supportive parenting (maternal warmth, proactive teaching, inductive discipline, and positive involvement) predicted adjustment (behavior problems, social skills, and academic performance) in grade 6, even after controlling for kindergarten adjustment and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Child Development
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Hyde, Janet Shibley; Else-Quest, Nicole M.; Goldsmith, H. H.; Biesanz, Jeremy C. – Child Development, 2004
Numerous studies have been conducted on the impact of dual-earner parents' employment on their children, yet the reverse process the impact of children and their behavior on the work functioning of their parents has been ignored. This study investigated spillover from the mother role to the work role in a sample of more than 300 families. At 4…
Descriptors: Rewards, Personality, Behavior Problems, Mothers
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Wu, Victoria; East, Patricia; Delker, Erin; Blanco, Estela; Caballero, Gabriela; Delva, Jorge; Lozoff, Betsy; Gahagan, Sheila – Child Development, 2019
This study examined the associations among maternal depression, mothers' emotional and material investment in their child, and children's cognitive functioning. Middle-class Chilean mothers and children (N = 875; 52% males) were studied when children were 1, 5, 10, and 16 years (1991--2007). Results indicated that highly depressed mothers provided…
Descriptors: Mothers, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Response, Cognitive Ability
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Davidov, Maayan; Grusec, Joan, E. – Child Development, 2006
This study demonstrated separate linkages between 2 features of positive parenting responsiveness to distress and warmth and different aspects of children's socio-emotional functioning, in a sample of 106 children (6-8 years old). As expected, mothers' and fathers' responsiveness to distress, but not warmth, predicted better negative affect…
Descriptors: Parents, Responses, Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship
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Brody, Gene H.; Murry, Velma McBride; Kim, Sooyeon; Brown, Anita C. – Child Development, 2002
Examined the relationship between maternal psychological functioning and child competence and psychological adjustment among black families with 11-year-old children. Found a chain of influences over a 3-year period in which maternal education and income were linked with maternal psychological functioning, which predicted competence-promoting…
Descriptors: Black Family, Black Mothers, Black Youth, Blacks
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Brody, Gene H.; Flor, Douglas L.; Gibson, Nicole Morgan – Child Development, 1999
Traced links among family financial resource adequacy, maternal beliefs and behavior, developmental goals, and child outcomes in rural, single-parent African American families of 6- to 9-year-olds. Found that financial adequacy was linked with childrearing efficacy. Efficacy beliefs were linked with parenting practices indirectly through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beliefs, Black Family, Black Mothers
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Hill, Nancy E.; Bush, Kevin R.; Roosa, Mark W. – Child Development, 2003
Examined association of family-related factors with children's depression and conduct problems among low-income Mexican American (English- and Spanish-speaking) and European American mothers and children. Found ethnic differences in children's depression, maternal inconsistent discipline, and hostile control. Also found language differences within…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
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Hardy, Denise F.; And Others – Child Development, 1993
Children, aged 9-10, and their mothers described how they coped with stress, and mothers completed a questionnaire that assessed parenting dimensions. Results indicated that children from families with high levels of maternal support and low levels of family structure used the greatest variety of coping strategies, and children of supportive…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Coping, Family Environment