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Attention in Preschoolers: Associations With Effortful Control and Motivation
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Chang, Florence; Burns, Barbara M. – Child Development, 2005
The current study examined how individual differences in children's temperament and motivation relate to attention skills in children from economically disadvantaged families. A total of 73 motherchild dyads participated in this study. Children were between the ages of 3 and 5, and all attended a Head Start program. Using multiple hierarchical…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Preschool Education, Student Motivation
Individual Differences in Infant-Mother Attachment Relationships at Age One: Antecedents in Neonatal Behavior in an Urban, Economically Disadvantaged Sample.
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Waters, Everett; And Others – Child Development, 1980
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Economically Disadvantaged, Emotional Adjustment, Individual Differences
Individual Differences in Infant-Mother Attachment at Twelve and Eighteen Months: Stability and Change in Families under Stress.
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Vaughn, Brian; And Others – Child Development, 1979
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Change, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Environment
Structural Aspects of Maternal Speech to Infants Reared in Poverty.
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Adams, Judith L.; Ramey, Craig T. – Child Development, 1980
Patterns of speech from lower socioeconomic status mothers to their infants were analyzed to determine correlations with infant risk of mental retardation. Measures of maternal language included sentence form, amount of speech, and syntactic complexity. The proportion of imperatives was positively correlated with risk status and negatively…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Individual Differences, Infants, Intelligence Quotient