Home Environments and Young Latino Children's School Readiness

Autor/inn/en	Farver, Jo Ann M.; Xu, Yiyuan; Eppe, Stefanie; Lonigan, Christopher J.
Titel	Home Environments and Young Latino Children's School Readiness
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21 (2006) 2, S.196-212 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.04.008
Schlagwörter	Family Environment; Preschool Children; Hispanic Americans; School Readiness; Oral Language; Mothers; Interpersonal Competence; Questionnaires; Preschool Teachers; Stress Variables; Literacy; Anxiety; Low Income Groups; Socioeconomic Status; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienmilieu; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Mother; Mutter; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Fragebogen; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Angst; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	This exploratory study examined the relations among characteristics of children's home environments and two school readiness skills: their oral language and social functioning. Low SES Latino mothers of 122 (65 girls; 57 boys) preschoolers (39-49 months (M=45.00; S.D.=5.40) completed questionnaires about their family demography, their home environments, and their perceived parenting stress. Preschool teachers rated children's social functioning, and children were administered the PPVT-R (or the TVIP). Results of path analyses showed that when controlling for children's age and factors that potentially influence children's opportunities for learning, the relation between parents' literacy involvement and children's PPVT-R/TVIP scores and social functioning was mediated by children's interest in literacy. In addition, mothers' perceived parenting stress was directly associated with children's PPVT-R/TVIP scores and social functioning. The findings highlight within-group variations in the home literacy environments of low SES Latino families. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10