Merrill-Palmer Quarterly articles from July 2009

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly archives from July 2009

Educational attainment in developmental perspective: longitudinal analyses of continuity, change, and process.(Introduction to the Special Issue)
July 1, 2009... From research, policy, and practical perspectives, it is of critical importance to identify socialization experiences that foster the development of early learning skills, academic achievement, and subsequent educational attainments. It is also...

Long-term effects of parents' education on children's educational and occupational success: mediation by family interactions, child aggression, and teenage aspirations.(Report)
July 1, 2009... Parental educational level is an important predictor of children's educational and behavioral outcomes (Davis-Kean, 2005; Dearing, McCartney, & Taylor, 2001; Duncan, Brooks-Gunn, & Klebanov, 1994; Haveman & Wolfe, 1995; Nagin & Tremblay, 2001;...

A developmental process analysis of cross-generational continuity in educational attainment.(Report)
July 1, 2009... This study is concerned with cross-generational links in level of educational attainment. Educational milestones such as completing high school, attending college, and graduating from college bear a strong relation to occupational status and...

Race differences in parental influences on child achievement: multiple pathways to success.(Report)
July 1, 2009... Successful families pass on optimal values, beliefs, and behaviors regarding the importance of education, work, relationships, and good mental health to their children. How parents provide these socialization experiences is dependent on a...

Increases in maternal education and young children's language skills.(Report)
July 1, 2009... By pursuing more education, do mothers set their children on better academic courses? Or do such pursuits do little to alter children's achievement trajectories? Children of more highly educated parents enter school with higher levels of...

Education from one generation to the next: mechanisms of mediation.(Report)
July 1, 2009... Educational attainment is strongly related to positive adult outcomes, and it is thus surprising that we find so few investigations, such as the ones in this issue, that focus on examining the longitudinal relation between parents' education...

Parenting and academic development.
July 1, 2009... The four articles in this issue present an exciting array of findings linking parental educational levels with their children's subsequent academic accomplishments, in some cases many years later. They reflect and exemplify the conceptual,...