Kindergarten Readiness: Ecological Analysis of the Effects of SES, Parental Beliefs, and the Home Environment.

Autor/inn/en	Poresky, Robert H.; Morris, Bette M.
Institution	Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies.
Titel	Kindergarten Readiness: Ecological Analysis of the Effects of SES, Parental Beliefs, and the Home Environment.
Quelle	(1993), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Ecological Factors; Economic Factors; Educational Attainment; Family Environment; Family Income; Kindergarten; Kindergarten Children; Parent Attitudes; Parent Background; Parent Influence; Parents; Primary Education; School Readiness; Sex Differences; Socioeconomic Influences; Socioeconomic Status + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Ökologischer Ansatz; Ökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familienmilieu; Familieneinkommen; Elternverhalten; Elternhaus; Eltern; Primarbereich; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	The ecological perspective suggests that distal socioeconomic status (SES) actually affects young children via the more proximate influences of parental beliefs and the quality of their home environments. A diverse sample of 189 kindergarten children, their families, and their schools provided data on SES indices, parental beliefs, the quality of their home environment, and the children's concept knowledge. For lower SES families, path analyses showed a strong influence of demographic factors, particularly parent education for mothers and family income for fathers, on the quality of their children's home environments and their children's cognitive development. For the higher SES families the influence of demographic factors in predicting the quality of their home environments and their children's cognitive development was reduced, and the influence of parental childrearing beliefs and the home environment was more apparent. The results suggest a threshold effect for family income. Once income and parents' education reach a sufficient level, the impact of these factors on the quality of the home environment and on children's development is reduced. (MDM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC