Cognitive development during early childhood: insights from families living in areas of socio-economic disadvantage
Autor: | Vasiliki Pitsia, Gary Colton, Gráinne Kent |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Early childhood education
Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050301 education Cognition Family income Pediatrics Developmental psychology Developmental and Educational Psychology Cognitive development 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychological resilience Early childhood Psychology 0503 education Socioeconomic status Disadvantage 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
Zdroj: | Early Child Development and Care. 190:1863-1877 |
ISSN: | 1476-8275 0300-4430 |
DOI: | 10.1080/03004430.2018.1543665 |
Popis: | The first year of a child's life has been considered important in shaping their cognitive development. The research literature has identified area-based socio-economic disadvantage as a possible risk factor for cognitive development but has suggested that various factors may facilitate children's resilience to socio-economic disadvantage. This study aimed to examine such factors that may predict cognitive development among a sample of 126 four-year-old children across socio-economically disadvantaged areas in Ireland, who were involved in a randomized controlled trial. The study considered the extent to which child's gender, attempt of breastfeeding, household income, maternal education and cognition, mother-child attachment, parent-child interactions and intervention intensity contributed to the prediction of cognitive development. The analysis revealed that gender, attempt of breastfeeding, income and intervention intensity were statistically significant predictors of cognitive development, explaining a considerable amount of the variance in children's cognitive scores. Based on the findings, policy and practice implications are discussed. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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