Ethnic Group Differences in Early Head Start Parents Parenting Beliefs and Practices and Links to Children's Early Cognitive Development

Autor/in	Keels, Micere
Titel	Ethnic Group Differences in Early Head Start Parents Parenting Beliefs and Practices and Links to Children's Early Cognitive Development
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 24 (2009) 4, S.381-397 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.08.002
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Structural Equation Models; Disadvantaged Youth; Child Rearing; Cognitive Development; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Early Intervention; Parent Attitudes; Child Development; Whites; Hispanic Americans; Cultural Differences; Mothers; Parent Influence; Parenting Styles; Comparative Analysis; Cognitive Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Kindererziehung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Elternverhalten; Kindesentwicklung; White; Weißer; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Kultureller Unterschied; Mother; Mutter; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	Data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation study were used to examine the extent to which several factors mediate between- and within-ethnic-group differences in parenting beliefs and behaviors, and children's early cognitive development (analysis sample of 1198 families). The findings indicate that Hispanic-, European-, and African-Americans differ significantly in their parenting beliefs and behaviors. Children also evidence significant ethnic group differences in 24-month cognitive development; these differences were fully accounted for by controlling for maternal cognitive skills, as measured by lexical knowledge. In comparison, maternal parenting behaviors were only a partial mediator of ethnic group differences in children's cognitive development. Structural equation modeling was used to examine, within each ethnic group, the extent to which measured parenting beliefs and behaviors mediate the effect of maternal cognitive skills on children's early cognitive development. Analyses show that the mediated path from maternal cognitive skills to child cognitive development, via ''mainstream'' parenting beliefs and behaviors, was stronger for European-American families than for Hispanic- and African-American families. The policy implications of increasing the schooling-related cognitive skills of low-educated parents are discussed. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10