Effects of Divorce and Cohabitation Dissolution on Preschoolers' Literacy

Autor/in	Fagan, Jay
Titel	Effects of Divorce and Cohabitation Dissolution on Preschoolers' Literacy
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 34 (2013) 4, S.460-483 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X12445164
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; Preschool Children; Interpersonal Relationship; Divorce; Literacy; Reading Ability; Socioeconomic Status; Beginning Reading; Interviews; Individual Characteristics; Predictor Variables; Item Response Theory; Reading Tests; Depression (Psychology); Questionnaires; Cognitive Ability; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Multiple Regression Analysis; Tables (Data); Family Structure; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ehescheidung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Erstleseunterricht; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Prädiktor; Item-Response-Theorie; Lesetest; Fragebogen; Denkfähigkeit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Tabelle; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem
Abstract	Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey--Birth cohort ("N" = 6,450), the present study hypothesized that 48-month-old children of divorced mothers would score lower on emerging literacy than the children of formerly cohabiting mothers, compared with the children of mothers in stable marriage. The children of mothers who divorced or exited cohabitation but then remained single did not have significantly lower literacy than children of mothers in stable marriage. The children of divorced parents who then cohabited with another man fared significantly more poorly on literacy tests than children of continuously married parents. The children in the divorce-- cohabitation group also had significantly lower literacy than the children in the divoe--noncohabitation and cohabitation--noncohabitation groups. Mothers in consistent cohabiting relationships were also more likely than mothers in stable marriage to have children with low literacy. The association between stable cohabitation and child literacy was mediated by change in socioeconomic status. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10