Associations of socioeconomic status with cognitive function, language ability, and academic achievement in youth: a systematic review of mechanisms and protective …

D Rakesh, PA Lee, A Gaikwad… - Journal of Child …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Low socioeconomic status (SES) is negatively associated with children's cognitive and
academic performance, leading to long‐term educational and economic disparities. In …

What causes the word gap? Financial concerns may systematically suppress child‐directed speech

ME Ellwood‐Lowe, R Foushee… - Developmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Parents with fewer educational and economic resources (low socioeconomic‐status, SES)
tend to speak less to their children, with consequences for children's later life outcomes …

Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms from infancy through early childhood: The roles of perceived financial strain, social support, and intimate partner …

S Ku, DM Werchan, X Feng, C Blair - Development and …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Although new mothers are at risk of heightened vulnerability for depressive symptoms, there
is limited understanding regarding changes in maternal depressive symptoms over the …

Executive function and theory of mind in children living in poverty: A short-term longitudinal study

R Huang, ER Baker, C Battista, Q Liu - Journal of Cognition and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The early childhood years are critical for developing executive function (EF) and theory of
mind (ToM). Prior literature suggests a robust relationship between EF and ToM; however …

Changes in cognitive outcomes in early childhood: The role of family income and volatility

EM Sosu, P Schmidt - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Associations between family income and child developmental outcomes are well
documented. However, family income is not static but changes over time. Although this …

Executive function skills account for a bilingual advantage in English novel word learning among low-income preschoolers

R Huang, ER Baker, JM Schneider - Journal of Experimental Child …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current study compared economically disadvantaged bilingual and monolingual
preschoolers' performance on an English novel word learning task and examined whether …

Implications of early attentional and behavioral regulation for adolescent flourishing: Variations in pathways across family income status

Y Zhang, Q Liu, R Razza - Children and Youth Services Review, 2024 - Elsevier
The current study examined preschoolers' attentional and behavioral regulation as unique
predictors of adolescent flourishing. Additional interests included the role of social …

Head start children's moral reasoning predicts aggressive forms and functions

ER Baker, R Huang, C Battista, Q Liu - Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023 - Springer
This short-term longitudinal study examined how economically-impoverished children's
moral reasoning predicts specific aggressive subtypes. Children (N= 106, M age= 52.78 …

Associations among symbolic functioning, joint attention, expressive communication, and executive functioning of children in rural areas

CH Chiu, BH Pillow… - International …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relations among children's symbolic
functioning at 15 months, joint attention at 24 months, expressive communication at 24 and …

Preschool children's evaluations of prototypic and accidental moral transgressions differ by economic strata

ER Baker, R Huang, Q Liu, C Battista… - Early Education and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Research Findings: Research with older children and adults reliably
demonstrates that individuals raised in poverty tend to evaluate concerns related to moral …