Crowding and Cognitive Development: The Mediating Role of Maternal Responsiveness Among 36-Month-Old Children

Residential crowding in both U.S. and U.K. samples of 36-month-old children is related concurrently to the Bracken scale, a standard index of early cognitive development skills including letter and color identification, shape recognition, and elementary numeric comprehension. In the U.S. sample, the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Environment and behavior 2010-01, Vol.42 (1), p.135-148
Main Authors: Evans, Gary W., Ricciuti, Henry N., Hope, Steven, Schoon, Ingrid, Bradley, Robert H., Corwyn, Robert F., Hazan, Cindy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affective Behavior
Age Differences
Child Development
Children
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Cognitive Development
Color
Comprehension
Correlation analysis
Cross Cultural Studies
Crowding
Educational Attainment
Environmental Influences
Family Environment
Foreign Countries
Gender
Gender Differences
Identification
Income
Mothers
Parent Child Relationship
Parent Influence
Parenting
Population density
Preschool children
Residential areas
Residential development
Responsiveness
Shape recognition
Skill Development
Statistical analysis
Statistical methods
U.S.A
United Kingdom
United States
Young Children
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Residential crowding in both U.S. and U.K. samples of 36-month-old children is related concurrently to the Bracken scale, a standard index of early cognitive development skills including letter and color identification, shape recognition, and elementary numeric comprehension. In the U.S. sample, these effects also replicate prospectively. Statistical controls for income, child gender, maternal age, and maternal education are incorporated throughout. In both samples the association between crowding and cognitive development are mediated by maternal responsiveness. Mothers in more crowded homes are less responsive to their children.
ISSN:0013-9165
1552-390X
DOI:10.1177/0013916509333509