Thinking Outside of Head Start: the Impact of Family and School Risk Factors on Former Head Start Graduates' Cognitive and Socioemotional Competence in Their Kindergarten and First Grade Years
Year: 2005
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of the study was to examine the relations between family and school risk factors and former Head Start children's cognitive and socioemotional competence in their kindergarten and first grade years. Participants were 88 Head Start children and their caregivers from rural, north-central Oklahoma Head Start centers. Family risk factor was the sum of eight categories: low maternal education attainment, low income, minority status, high maternal anxiety, high maternal depression, low maternal cognitive stimulation, low maternal positive feedback/emotional support, and poor parenting attitudes. School risk factor consisted of the sum of two standardized scores, ECERS and classroom transience score. Children's cognitive and socioemotional competence were measured by the PPVT-R, PBQ, Howes' Social Competence with Peers (or Teacher Checklist of Peer Relationships) at three time points: Head Start, Kindergarten, and First Grade. Correlation analyses, multiple regression analyses, and ANOVA were conducted to test hypotheses.
Author: Huei-Juang Starost
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2187395288