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Parental Wealth and Children's Cognitive Ability, Mental, and Physical Health: Evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
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Moulton, Vanessa; Goodman, Alissa; Nasim, Bilal; Ploubidis, George B.; Gambaro, Ludovica – Child Development, 2021
This article investigates the influence of wealth, a frequently neglected aspect of the economic circumstances of families, on children's development. Using the UK Millennium Cohort Study, it explores whether parental wealth (net total wealth, net housing wealth, net financial wealth, and house value) is associated with children's cognitive…
Descriptors: Family Financial Resources, Parent Child Relationship, Child Development, Economic Factors
Peer Deviancy Training and Peer Coercion: Dual Processes Associated with Early-Onset Conduct Problems
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Snyder, James; Schrepferman, Lynn; McEachern, Amber; Barner, Stacy; Johnson, Kassy; Provines, Jessica – Child Development, 2008
The prospective relationships of conduct problems and peer coercion and deviancy training during kindergarten (mean age = 5.3 years) to overt and covert conduct problems in third-fourth grade were examined in a sample of 267 boys and girls. Coercion and deviancy training were distinct peer processes. Both were associated with earlier child conduct…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Verbal Ability, Grade 4, Grade 3
Neighborhood Income and Physical and Social Disorder in Canada: Associations with Young Children's Competencies.
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Kohen, Dafna E.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Leventhal, Tama; Hertzman, Clyde – Child Development, 2002
Examined the association of neighborhood characteristics on competencies of Canadian preschoolers. Found that verbal ability positively related to residing in neighborhoods with affluent residents and negatively to residing in neighborhoods with poor residents and in neighborhoods with low cohesion, even after controlling for family SES. Behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries, Incidence, Income
Continuity and Change in Levels of Externalizing Behavior in School of Children from Economically Disadvantaged Families.
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Ackerman, Brian P.; Brown, Eleanor; Izard, Carroll E. – Child Development, 2003
Identified groups of economically disadvantaged children showing high externalizing behavior in first grade that persisted (persistent) or decreased (improver) in third grade, or low first- grade levels that were stable (unproblematic) or increased (new problem) in third grade. Found that verbal ability, behavioral impulsivity, parent…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Children, Comparative Analysis