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Demie, Feyisa; Butler, Rebecca; Taplin, Anne – Educational Studies, 2002
Examines the relationship between social background factors and educational achievements. Illustrates analysis of levels of disadvantage in schools and the complexities of judging school performance. Discusses the potential of z-score indicators to measure deprivation levels in urban area schools. Suggests a strong relationship between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Policy, Educational Research
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Motala, Shireen – Comparative Education, 1995
A cohort of 782 Soweto (black South African) students was traced during students' first 4 years of schooling, 1987-90 (apartheid still in effect). Only 55 percent completed second grade in 4 years, but repetition in grade was a much greater problem than dropping out. Discusses postapartheid policy implications for improving educational efficiency…
Descriptors: Black Education, Disadvantaged Environment, Dropouts, Educational Change
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Smith, Lana; Ross, Steve; McNelis, Mary; Squires, Martha; Wasson, Rebecca; Maxwell, Sheryl; Weddle, Karen; Nath, Leslie; Grehan, Anna; Buggey, Tom – Education and Urban Society, 1998
Describes the characteristics, implementation, and evaluation of eight school restructuring designs in an impoverished, urban, district in 1995 in Memphis (Tennessee). Type of program design, quality of professional training, resources, principal leadership, and teacher support affected the restructuring. (MMU)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Schools
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Rouse, Kimberly A. Gordon – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1998
Examines research findings on the resilience of infants and toddlers raised in poverty and stress. Describes the personal and environmental resilience characteristics of infancy and toddlerhood that are related to later resilience in middle childhood and adulthood. Highlights research findings significant for policymakers and caregivers, offering…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Coping, Day Care
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Rankin, Bruce H.; Quane, James M. – Social Forces, 2000
It has been argued that social isolation is the mechanism linking neighborhood disadvantage to residents' reduced life chances. Analysis of Chicago data on inner-city African American families (each containing a mother and adolescent child) found that families in poorer neighborhoods belonged to social networks with fewer resources but,…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Family, Community Resources, Disadvantaged Environment
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Kim-Cohen, Julia; Moffitt, Terrie E.; Caspi, Avshalom; Taylor, Alan – Child Development, 2004
Some children exposed to socioeconomic (SES) deprivation are resilient and function better than expected, given the level of deprivation they have experienced. The present study tested genetic and environmental contributions to young children's resilience and vulnerability to SES deprivation. Children's resilience was assessed by the difference…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Young Children, Twins, Genetics
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Emerson, E.; Robertson, J.; Wood, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Over the past decade, increased attention has been paid to identifying and responding to the emotional and behavioural needs of children and adolescents with intellectual disability (ID). The aims of the present study were to add to this body of knowledge by identifying factors associated with emotional and behavioural needs among a sample of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Incidence, Emotional Problems, Adolescents
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Kroneman, Leoniek; Loeber, Rolf; Hipwell, Alison E. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2004
Although a number of reviews of gender differences in conduct problems and delinquency exist, this paper fills a gap in reviewing neighborhood influences on gender differences in conduct problems and delinquency. These influences are known to be important for boys in childhood and adolescence, but cannot be assumed to be influential in the same…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Delinquency, Community Influence, Neighborhoods
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Margolin, Sylvia – Children & Schools, 2006
Social support and positive activity involvement are considered protective factors that can help offset the risks for youths living in impoverished areas. This study investigated whether insufficient social support and activity involvement are related to internalizing difficulties, such as depression, anxiety, loneliness, and low self-esteem.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Self Esteem, Grade 6, Disadvantaged Environment
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Wight, Richard G.; Botticello, Amanda L.; Aneshensel, Carol S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
This study examined whether the impact of contextual-level socioeconomic disadvantage on adolescent mental health is contingent upon individual-level perceptions of social support. Data are from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a panel survey of a nationally representative United States sample (analytic N =…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Adolescents, Mental Health, Longitudinal Studies
Diem, Richard A. – 1991
This paper describes a study of at-risk secondary school students and the outcomes of the school-based interventions they were involved with. Information was gathered from 28 Black, Hispanic, and White students through field notes and audio recordings. The students came from homes with a low-average educational attainment and themselves had…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Environment, Dropout Prevention
Senemaud, B. – Children in the Tropics, 1988
This report describes the relationship between maternal malnutrition and child development. The report is divided into three sections. The first section, which describes child development, focuses on brain, mental, and psychomotor development. The second section describes the methodological difficulties of measuring effects of malnutrition on the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Dietetics, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Childhood Education
Phisalaphong, Wanpen; And Others – 1984
Studies of child-rearing practices among Thai, Indonesian, and Indian families are reported in two abstracts and one full paper. The Indonesian study (by Siti Rahayu Haditono) explored achievement motivation, parents' educational level, and child-rearing practices among members of four Javanese occupational groups: farmers, traders, civil…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Child Rearing, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged Environment
Mitchell, Bruce M. – 1975
A profile of the attitudes and environment of the child from an impoverished family is drawn, illustrating the factors that inhibit such a child in developing creative problem-solving skills. The attitudes and atmosphere of the poverty home and culture are outlined. It is pointed out that limited vocabulary and low motivation are typical of such…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Culture Conflict, Disadvantaged Environment, Family Characteristics
Ramey, Craig T.; Mills, Pamela J. – 1975
This study examined the effect of a day care program on mother-child interaction patterns and attachment behaviors, and compared these patterns of behavior with those obtained from a matched sample of more advantaged home-reared infants. Subjects were 60 infants, ranging in age from 3 1/2 to 9 1/2 months, and their mothers. There were three groups…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Disadvantaged Environment
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