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Diana Leyva; Christina Weiland; Anna Shapiro; Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado; Angela Febles – Child Development, 2022
Food routines are an ecocultural asset of Latino families. This cluster-randomized trial with 248 children (M[subscript age] = 67 months; 50% girls; 13 schools) investigated the impact of a 4-week family program designed to capitalize on food routines in improving Latino kindergarteners' outcomes in the United States. There were moderate-to-large…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Family Programs, Intervention, Hispanic American Students
Brito, Natalie H.; Werchan, Denise; Brandes-Aitken, Annie; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Greaves, Ashley; Zhang, Maggie – Child Development, 2022
The first months of life are critical for establishing neural connections relevant for social and cognitive development. Yet, the United States lacks a national policy of paid family leave during this important period of brain development. This study examined associations between paid leave and infant electroencephalography (EEG) at 3 months in a…
Descriptors: Infants, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Leaves of Absence, Mothers
Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard; Antonakos, Cathy L.; Assari, Shervin; Kruger, Daniel; De Loney, E. Hill; Njai, Rashid – Child Development, 2014
This study describes a test of the Fathers and Sons Program for increasing intentions to avoid violence and reducing aggressive behaviors in 8-to 12-year-old African American boys by enhancing the parenting skills satisfaction and parenting behaviors of their nonresident fathers. The study included 158 intervention and 129 comparison group…
Descriptors: Fathers, Sons, Males, Parenting Skills
Reynolds, Arthur J.; Ou, Suh-Ruu – Child Development, 2011
The current study investigated the contribution of 5 hypotheses to the estimated effects of preschool in the Child-Parent Centers on occupational prestige, felony arrest, and depressive symptoms in adulthood in the Chicago Longitudinal Study. An alternative-intervention, quasi-experimental design included over 1,400 low-income participants (93% of…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Reputation, Family Programs
Dishion, Thomas J.; Shaw, Daniel; Connell, Arin; Gardner, Frances; Weaver, Chelsea; Wilson, Melvin – Child Development, 2008
Seven hundred thirty-one income-eligible families in 3 geographical regions who were enrolled in a national food supplement program were screened and randomized to a brief family intervention. At child ages 2 and 3, the intervention group caregivers were offered the Family Check-Up and linked parenting support services. Latent growth models on…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Parent Child Relationship

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