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Duration of Poverty and Ghanaian Children's Learning and Executive Function Outcomes
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Noelle M. Suntheimer; Sharon Wolf – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
This study investigated whether transitory and persistent poverty spells were associated with children's learning (literacy and numeracy scores) and executive function outcomes in Ghana. Children resided in the Greater Accra region (N = 2,154; 49% female; M[subscript age] = 5.2 years at wave-1) and were followed at four-time points over three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Correlation, Executive Function
Perceived Discrimination and Poor Children's Executive Function: The Different Roles of Self-Esteem and Perceived Social Support
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Jiatian Zhang; Yi Ren; Yiyi Deng; Silin Huang – Applied Developmental Science, 2025
The negative effect of poverty on children's cognitive development has been proven, but few studies have examined the potential role of perceived poverty discrimination on poor children's cognitive development. This study investigated the effect of perceived discrimination on executive function, the mediating effect of self-esteem and the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Executive Function, Economically Disadvantaged, Poverty