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Parent Involvement and Children's Academic and Social Development in Elementary School
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El Nokali, Nermeen E.; Bachman, Heather J.; Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth – Child Development, 2010
Data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Childcare and Youth Development (N = 1,364) were used to investigate children's trajectories of academic and social development across 1st, 3rd, and 5th grades. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to examine within- and between-child associations among…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Social Development
Social Competence in the School Setting: Prospective Cross-Domain Associations among Inner-City Teens.
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Luthar, Suniya S. – Child Development, 1995
A 6-month prospective study of 138 ninth-grade inner-city students examined links between initial emotional adjustment and subsequent social competence at school. High temporal consistency was found within each social competence domain, with some exceptions. Results suggest ecological influences in adolescent adjustment. (DR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment
Adolescent Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Self-Processes and Contextual Cues
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Wentzel, Kathryn R.; Filisetti, Laurence; Looney, Lisa – Child Development, 2007
Peer- and teacher-reported prosocial behavior of 339 6th-grade (11-12 years) and 8th-grade (13-14 years) students was examined in relation to prosocial goals, self-processes (reasons for behavior, empathy, perspective taking, depressive affect, perceived competence), and contextual cues (expectations of peers and teachers). Goal pursuit…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Empathy, Prosocial Behavior, Early Adolescents