Effortful Control and Adaptive Functioning of Homeless Children: Variable-Focused and Person-Focused Analyses

Autor/in	Obradovic, Jelena
Titel	Effortful Control and Adaptive Functioning of Homeless Children: Variable-Focused and Person-Focused Analyses
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 31 (2010) 2, S.109-117 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2009.09.004
Schlagwörter	School Readiness; Homeless People; Self Control; Disadvantaged Youth; Developmental Delays; Adjustment (to Environment); Child Development; Personality Traits; Young Children; Competence; Academic Achievement; Peer Relationship; Behavior Problems; Student Behavior; Predictor Variables; Intelligence Quotient; Parenting Styles; Socioeconomic Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Selbstbeherrschung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Kindesentwicklung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Frühe Kindheit; Kompetenz; Schulleistung; Peer-Beziehungen; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Prädiktor; Intelligenzquotient; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	Homeless children show significant developmental delays across major domains of adaptation, yet research on protective processes that may contribute to resilient adaptation in this highly disadvantaged group of children is extremely rare. This study examined the role of effortful control for adaption in 58 homeless children, ages 5-6, during their transition to school. Effortful control skills were assessed using children's performance on four standard laboratory tasks. Adaptive functioning was assessed by teacher report of academic competence, peer competence, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Variable-focused and person-focused results indicate that effortful control may be an important marker of school readiness and resilience. Controlling for child IQ, parenting quality, and socio-demographic risks, effortful control emerged as the most significant predictor of all four salient developmental domains of adaptation as well as of resilient status of homeless children. Implications of these findings are discussed for future research and design of interventions. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10