ERIC Number: EJ1318773
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Oct
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
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Family and Community Resource and Stress Processes Related to Income Disparities in School-Aged Children's Development
Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth; Miller, Portia; Betancur, Laura; Spielvogel, Bryn; Kruzik, Claudia; Coley, Rebekah Levine
Journal of Educational Psychology, v113 n7 p1405-1420 Oct 2021
Income disparities in children's academic and behavioral skills have grown larger over the past 50 years. At the same time, economic segregation across communities has increased, raising questions regarding the role of community factors in explaining income gaps in children's functioning. Combining geospatial data with longitudinal survey data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort of 2010-2011, an ethnically diverse, nationally representative sample of kindergarteners (N ˜ 17,600), this project explored how differences in community- and family-level resources and stressors help to explain family income gaps in achievement, executive functioning, and externalizing behaviors in third grade (age 9). Family income had small to medium associations with more community resources and fewer community stressors, which in turn exhibited small associations with parenting practices. These relations helped explain income gaps in children's functioning. Results have implications for researchers and practitioners focused on narrowing economic skills gaps as well as housing and community planning efforts designed to foster children's positive development.
Descriptors: Family Income, Family Characteristics, Community Characteristics, Neighborhoods, Disadvantaged Environment, Stress Variables, Context Effect, Cultural Capital, Parenting Styles, Child Development, Children, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Low Income Students, Achievement Gap, Executive Function, Behavior Problems, Correlation, Longitudinal Studies, Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey
Grant or Contract Numbers: DS1650612
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