Does Socioeconomic Status Moderate the Relationship Between School Belonging and School-Related factors in Australia?
AbstractSense of school belonging has a strong impact on adolescents ’ well-being, and whilst there are many factors that can influence school belonging, two of the most salient factors include perceived teacher support and exposure to bullying . While the association between school belonging and teacher support and school belonging and exposure to bullying are wel l documented in the literature, less is known about how these relationships vary depending on students’ socioeconomic status (SES). The aim of this study was to investigate whether SES moderated the relationship between school belonging and these school-rela...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 4, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Foundations of well-being in children ’s and youth’s everyday lives in Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan
AbstractThe contributions in this special section deal with growing up in two post-Soviet states – Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan. Each contribution has a different priority on the variety of forces that shape the wellbeing of children and youth as structured in the interaction between the efforts and abilities of their families, the state, as well as social and health policies in both national an d cross-national contexts. In this special section, we understand infrastructure as places and institutions for day-care, education, leisure, social and health services. The papers identify barriers that children and young people en...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 4, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Construction of Girls ’ Educational Projects in Kyrgyzstan from the Intergenerational Perspective
AbstractThe present paper considers the main constraints and opportunities in the construction of girls ’ educational projects in Kyrgyzstan in relation to their subjective well-being from the intergenerational perspective.Today children have got new educational opportunities brought by various social transformations; at the same time, they come across new challenges which are often related to social inequality and economic problems on the local level. Especially female educational trajectories seem to experience noticeable effects of these transformations.The author uses the theoretical concept of social capital to obse...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 4, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Economic and Children ’s Subjective Well-Being Indicators at the National Level in 35 Countries
This study uses representative samples of 10- and 12-year-olds from the third wave of the Children ’s Words international survey (N = 48,499 10-year-olds from 35 countries, and N= 44,692 12-year-olds from 30 countries) to explore the relationship between four main economic indicators at the country level and a selection of children’s subjective well-being (SWB) indicators. The economic in dicators included measures of wealth and wealth inequality, while the SWB indicators included general cognitive and affective indicators of the components of SWB and a selection of satisfaction items with specific life domains or ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 4, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
The Dynamics of Multidimensional Poverty in a Cohort of Irish Children
AbstractThis paper examines multidimensional poverty for three waves of a cohort of Irish children ranging from ages 9 to 17. Poverty is measured over the dimensions of health, education and family resources and both unidimensional and multidimensional poverty is examined. Both show a clear gradient with respect to maternal education. The dynamics of both unidimensional and multidimensional poverty are also analysed. The greatest degree of mobility is observed with respect to family resources. Mobility also is higher for children whose mothers have lower levels of education, with net movements into rather than out of pover...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 3, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Measuring state-level infant and toddler well-being in the United States: Gaps in data lead to gaps in understanding
AbstractChildren who are nurtured, protected, and supported in the first years of life tend to have better individual outcomes and are more likely to grow to become healthy, productive adults. Child well-being varies across states, yet the field lacks a comprehensive review of infant and toddler indicators measured at the state-level. This paper reviews indicators of well-being from the prenatal period to three years that meet certain a priori criteria. Most of the child-level indicators identified were in the physical health domain; relatively fewer indicators were found in the early cognition and language or social-emoti...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 2, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Socioeconomic Position Mediates the Relationship between Family Social Benefits and Adolescent Life Satisfaction in 25 countries
AbstractThe aims of this study were to assess the mediating role of household socioeconomic position (SEP) in the associations between the country-level factors: family social benefits, and public income support to single parent households (SPH), with the individual-level factor adolescent life satisfaction. Our sample consisted of adolescent (11, 13, and 15 years old) participants in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children s tudy (2013/2014) across Canada and 24 countries in Europe. We used World Bank data on country wealth from OECD data on social benefits for families and public income support to SPH. Multilev...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 1, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Parental Time Poverty, Child Work and School Attendance in Ghana
This study examines the relationship between parental time poverty, child work, and school attendance in Ghana using data from the sixth and seventh rounds of the Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS6 and GLSS7). Results of the analysis indicate an increasing decline in child enrolment in public schools (from 9% to 6%) among time poor household heads. In addition, parental time poverty increases children ’s walking hours to and from school and private school enrolment. We observed heterogeneity of parental time poverty on child work in relation to the location of households and gender disaggregation. Child work and school ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - March 1, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Word of Mouth from Left-Behind Children in Rural China: Exploring Their Psychological, Academic and Physical Well-being During COVID-19
This study explored the psychological, academic, and physical well-being of rural left-behind children during COVID-19. We captured the experiences of 10- to 15-year-old children and adolescents who were left behind by their migrant parents before the COVID-19 outbreak . The results of the present study suggest that left-behind children have exhibited severe psychological illnesses since the pandemic has limited their social interactions with peers and increased improper caretaking from grandparents. (Source: Child Indicators Research)
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 26, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Toward a Culture-Informed Conceptualization of Child Agency in a Context Characterized by Political and Military Violence. A Qualitative Exploration throughout Experts ’ Voices
AbstractOur present study sought to qualitative explore the perceptions of experts on the meaning of children agency in a context characterized by ongoing colonial violence and structural racism. Namely, we explored culture and context-specific features of agency, experts ’ perceptions about a decolonized definition, and gaps with the mainstream definition of the construct in Western contexts. The study involved 14 participants (N = 8 women), aged between 32 and 70 years with a mean age of 45 years (SD = 9.72) who came from the Gaza Strip, the West Bank ( Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron and Jenin) and territories c...
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 24, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Cross-Country and Gender Differences in Factors Associated with Population-Level Declines in Adolescent Life Satisfaction
AbstractAdolescent subjective well-being, including life satisfaction, has shown declines at national level across many countries in recent years. Although several possible explanatory factors have been identified, there is a lack of research on whether these may be similar or different across countries. Using data on 15-year-old adolescents from the Programme for International Student Assessment study in Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the United States, Japan, Ireland and France in 2015 and 2018, we find that changes in school well-being and, to a lesser extent, the use of Information and Communication Techno...
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 21, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Recognition and Capability – Prerequisites for Empowerment for Children with Disabilities?
AbstractThis theoretical study explores the empowerment perspective regarding children with disabilities. Article 12 of the UNCRC states children ’s right to express their views and be listened to. Meanwhile, studies show that children with disabilities are at risk of overprotection, which may restrict their participation and influence. Honneth’s theory of recognition and Sen’s Capability Approach are discussed together with the empower ment perspective when it comes to fulfilling article 12 regarding children with disabilities alongside empirical studies. Finally, a new model of dynamic empowerment is suggested to i...
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 14, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Learning in a Pandemic: Primary School children ’s Emotional Engagement with Remote Schooling during the spring 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown in Ireland
This study analyses primary school children’s emotional engagement with remote schooling during the Spring 2020 lockdown in the Republic of Ireland, which involved one of the longest school closures among rich countries at the time. It investigates whether children’ s engagement with their remote schooling varied by personal and family characteristics, using data from the Children’s School Lives (CSL) surveys. CSL is a nationally representative study of primary schools in Ireland, which collected information from children aged 8–9 years in May – August 2 019 and in May – July 2020. Linear regression estimates ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 12, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Family Ecology as a Context for Children ’s Executive Function Development: the Home Literacy Environment, Play, and Screen Time
AbstractIndividual differences in executive function (EF) are key to a child ’s development and school success. Few studies have investigated the family’s influence on EF from a holistic perspective that extends beyond socioeconomic status, parenting style, mother-child talk, and maternal depression. To fill this gap, the present study aimed to investigate predictors of EF skills in a family context. In a cross-sectional predictive research design, a stratified sampling method was used to select 201 preschool children (103 boys and 98 girls) and their parents. All children were monolingual Turkish speakers and were enr...
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 9, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Less Screen Time, More Frequent Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Physical Activity are Associated with Greater Mental Wellbeing in Adolescents
AbstractWellbeing declines during adolescence, for which the reasons are unclear. This analysis explored associations between wellbeing and multiple lifestyle, socioeconomic and school-level factors in young people. Data were collected as part of the Wellbeing in School (WiSe) survey of adolescent school children in Northern Ireland at age 13 –14 years (N = 1618; 49% female) and 15–16 years (N = 1558; 50.5% female). Wellbeing was assessed using the short-form Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (sWEMWBS), where scores declined between time one (13–14 years) and time two (15–16 years) in both sexes ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 8, 2022 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
