Patterns of after-school care in middle childhood: Risk factors and developmental outcomes

Author(s): Pettit, Gregory S.; Laird, Robert; Bates, John E.; Dodge, Kenneth A.;
Date Issued: 1997
Publisher(s): Wayne State University Press
Description: A study of the relationship between students’ participation in differing types of after-school care in the first, third, and fifth grades and the prediction of behavioral adjustment and academic performance in the sixth grade through examination of school records, interviews with 466 mothers, and teachers’ ratings for study participants in kindergarten and sixth-grade classes
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Funder(s): National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) ; National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)
Journal Title: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
Volume Number: 43
Issue Number: 3
Page Range: 515-538
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Out-Of-School Time

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Interventions/Curricula > School Age
Country: United States
States: INDIANA, TENNESSEE
ISSN: 1535-0266 Online
0272-930X Paper
Peer Reviewed: yes
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