Mother's Age at Arrival in the United States and Early Cognitive Development

Autor/inn/en	Glick, Jennifer E.; Bates, Littisha; Yabiku, Scott T.
Titel	Mother's Age at Arrival in the United States and Early Cognitive Development
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 24 (2009) 4, S.367-380 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.01.001
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Family Characteristics; Parenting Styles; Child Rearing; Young Children; Family Environment; Immigrants; Cognitive Development; Age Differences; Immigration; Child Development; Parent Influence; Longitudinal Studies; Socioeconomic Status + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Kindererziehung; Frühe Kindheit; Familienmilieu; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Kognitive Entwicklung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kindesentwicklung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	This paper focuses on the cognitive development of young children from diverse backgrounds with a particular focus on ethnic and nativity differences in home environments. Hypotheses are developed addressing the extent to which home environment and parenting practices mediate the relationship between mother's age at arrival and cognitive development in early childhood. Data from the first two waves of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth cohort are employed. Children whose mothers arrived in the United States at the youngest ages (0-7 years) have similar cognitive scores to children whose mothers are born in the United States once socioeconomic status and family background are considered. Multivariate analyses indicate parenting practices and home environment are associated with cognitive development and act as partial mediators between cognitive scores and mother's age at arrival. Overall, the results highlight the need to consider parental migration experiences and differences in the home environments of children of immigrants in the United States as sources of variation in outcomes for the second-generation. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10