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Biological Nonoptimality and Quality of Postnatal Environment as Codeterminants of Intellectual Development.
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Breitmayer, Bonnie J.; Ramey, Craig T. – Child Development, 1986
A four-and-a-half-year longitudinal experiment reconsidered the contribution of organic impairment to the genesis of mild mental retardation among disadvantaged children. It was hypothesized that nonoptimal perinatal conditions might result in deficits that increase a child's vulnerability to environmental risk factors. Study results supported the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Day Care
The Relation of Child Care to Cognitive and Language Development.
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Child Development, 2000
Examined how child care experiences related to cognitive and language development from birth through age 3. Found that care quality was modestly related to cognitive and language outcomes, after adjusting for several factors. Cumulative experience in center-based care related to better outcomes than did experience in other care. Children in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Early Experience
Constructing Autonomous Selves Through Narrative Practices: A Comparative Study of Working-Class and Middle-Class Families.
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Wiley, Angela R.; Rose, Amanda J.; Burger, Lisa K.; Miller, Peggy J. – Child Development, 1998
Examined personal storytelling of European-American preschoolers from working- or middle-class families as a medium through which they construct autonomous selves. Found that children in both communities had extensive rights to speak of past experiences and limited rights to author experiences. Middle-class communities viewed expressing one's view…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Family (Sociological Unit), Individual Development
Do Relational Risks and Protective Factors Moderate the Linkages between Childhood Aggression and Early Psychological and School Adjustment?
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Ladd, Gary W.; Burgess, Kim B. – Child Development, 2001
Examined how relational stressors and supports interface with aggression to influence early adjustment trajectories from Fall of kindergarten year to Spring of first grade. Found that with few exceptions, relational experiences predicted adjustment beyond children's aggressive risk status. Chronicity of aggressive risk status and relational…
Descriptors: Aggression, At Risk Persons, Elementary School Students, Emotional Adjustment
The Development of Occupational Aspirations and Expectations among Inner-City Boys.
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Cook, Thomas D.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Interviewed boys in grades two through eight about their occupational aspirations. Found that aspirations of inner-city boys mirrored race and class differences in adult job holdings; the gap between aspirations and expectations was greater for inner-city boys than other boys; and lower occupational aspirations of inner-city boys were related to…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Neighborhood Matters: Racial Socialization of African American Children
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Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; Nettles, Saundra Murray; O'Campo, Patricia J.; Lohrfink, Kimberly Fraleigh – Child Development, 2006
Differences in racial socialization practices and their effects were examined in a sample of 241 African American 1st graders (average age 6.59 years) living in an urban area. Child outcomes included cognitive development, receptive language skills, and child problem behavior. The cultural environment of the home was associated with higher…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Socialization, Racial Differences, Grade 1
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