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Age at Adoption from Institutional Care as a Window into the Lasting Effects of Early Experiences
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Julian, Megan M. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2013
One of the major questions of human development is how early experience impacts the course of development years later. Children adopted from institutional care experience varying levels of deprivation in their early life followed by qualitatively better care in an adoptive home, providing a unique opportunity to study the lasting effects of early…
Descriptors: Children, Age, Adoption, Disadvantaged Environment
Differentiating Developmental Trajectories for Conduct, Emotion, and Peer Problems Following Early Deprivation
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Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J.; Schlotz, Wolff; Kreppner, Jana – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
The development of conduct and emotional problems involves a complex interplay between environmental and genetic factors. The child-rearing environment contributes to this process. Gross deviations, such as those seen in abusive or neglectful homes, or where the parent has serious mental health problems, have been shown to contribute to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adoption, Followup Studies, Child Development
The Relations between Persistent Poverty and Contextual Risk and Children's Behavior in Elementary School
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Ackerman, Brian P.; Brown, Eleanor D.; Izard, Carroll E. – Developmental Psychology, 2004
Does persistent adversity over time have effects on children's behavior beyond the effects of intermittent or concurrent adversity? This study examined the relations between school behavior in 5th grade (mean age = 11 years 0 months) and indexes representing persistent poverty and contextual risk. The indexes described 2-year intervals of family…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Poverty, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
Is Neighborhood Context Differently Related to Externalizing Problems and Delinquency for Girls Compared with Boys?
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Kroneman, Leoniek; Loeber, Rolf; Hipwell, Alison E. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2004
Although a number of reviews of gender differences in conduct problems and delinquency exist, this paper fills a gap in reviewing neighborhood influences on gender differences in conduct problems and delinquency. These influences are known to be important for boys in childhood and adolescence, but cannot be assumed to be influential in the same…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Delinquency, Community Influence, Neighborhoods
Collective Socialization and Child Conduct Problems. Data Trends #105
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Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2004
"Data Trends" reports present summaries of research on mental health services for children and adolescents and their families. The article summarized in this "Data Trends" presents findings from research examining the influence of collective socialization, concentration of disadvantage, and prevalence of crime on conduct…
Descriptors: Youth, Socialization, Social Networks, Prosocial Behavior
The Educational Development of Students Following Participation in a Pre-School Programme in a Disadvantaged Area in Ireland. Studies and Evaluation Papers 12.
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Kellaghan, Thomas; Greaney, Betty Jane – 1993
This longitudinal study evaluated the effects of a preschool project designed to serve children between 3 and 5 years of age in a disadvantaged inner-city area in Dublin, Ireland. The preschool, established in 1969, emphasized the development of children's cognitive skills and established structures to increase parents' involvement in their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Development