Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Nurturing cognitive competence in preschoolers: A longitudinal study of intergenerational continuity and risk. |
| Authors: |
Saltaris, Christina, Serbin, Lisa A., Stack, Dale M., Karp, Jennifer A., Schwartzman, Alex E., Ledingham, Jane E. |
| Source: |
International Journal of Behavioral Development. Mar2004, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p105-115. 11p. |
| Subjects: |
Cognition in children, Performance in children, Preschool children, Child psychology, Families & psychology, Intergenerational relations |
| Abstract: |
The current investigation was designed to examine the provision of cognitive stimulation to preschool-aged children from high-risk families. Participants were drawn from the Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project, a prospective, longitudinal investigation of individuals recruited in 1976-77 from lower SES neighbourhoods who were rated by childhood peers on standardised scales of aggression and social withdrawal. Based on a subsample of women followed from childhood to motherhood ( N = 51), we found that childhood behaviour patterns, particularly a history of aggression, negatively predicted cognitive stimulation to preschool-aged offspring, in the context of (1) scaffolding during a structured teaching task, and (2) the quality of the home environment provided for children. In the second part of the study, concurrent analyses focusing on children's cognitive competence ( N = 80) revealed that parental stimulation predicts the intellectual functioning of preschool-aged offspring within a community-based, high-risk sample. Taken together, the current findings provide evidence for the existence of a pathway of intergenerational transfer of risk operating through cognitive stimulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
