LONGITUDINAL EFFECTS OF EXTENDED CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION

延长儿童期干预的纵向影响

• 批准号: 6387810
• 负责人: ARTHUR J REYNOLDS
• 金额: $ 33.06万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-09-01 至 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6387810
• 关键词: African American; Hispanic Americans; academic achievement; behavior prediction; behavioral /social science research tag; child psychology; clinical research; early experience; education evaluation /planning; educational psychology; employment /unemployment; family structure /dynamics; human subject; interview; juvenile delinquency; longitudinal human study; middle childhood (6-11); preschool child (1-5); quality of life; questionnaires; remedial /special education; social adjustment; social service evaluation; urban poverty area; young adult human (21-34)

This continuation study will investigate relations between participation in an established, federally-funded early childhood program and social competence in early adulthood (15 to 20 years postprogram) for a large sample of children who grew up in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Five major questions are addressed: (a) Is the duration and timing of participation in the Child-Parent Center Program associated with greater social competence in early adulthood? (b) What are the estimated effects of extended intervention (for 4 to 6 years) relative to less extensive intervention? (c) Do the estimated effects of program participation vary by child/family risk, program attributes, and neighborhood poverty? (d) What are the pathways through which the very long-term effects of program participation are achieved? (e) What are the costs and benefits to participants and to society of the Child-Parent Center Program? Indicators of social competence up to age 25 include educational attainment, employment, social behavior (i.e., crime), participation in social welfare services, and quality of life. Similar family outcomes also will be obtained. By expanding the Chicago Longitudinal Study into adulthood, the proposed investigation will uniquely add to knowledge about the effects of preventive interventions for children and families. Extensive longitudinal studies beginning in early childhood are rare, especially for children from under-represented populations in central cities. Over the next five years we will conduct young adult interviews with 1,282 program and comparison-group participants (93% African American, 7% Hispanic), obtain administrative data from educational, justice, and social-service system, and analyze and update information from the existing 13-year data base. We are aware of no other prospective longitudinal studies of a public early childhood program that have continued into adulthood. The study will provide unique evidence about the long-term effects of Head Start-type extended childhood interventions. The long-term goals of the study are (a) to increase knowledge about the optimal duration and timing of early childhood programs, (b) to identify who benefits most from early intervention, (c) to identify the pathways through which the effects of early interventions affect later development, and (d) to enhance theoretical understanding of the role of post-program environments.

这项继续研究将调查 参加一项已建立的联邦资助的幼儿计划， 成年初期的社会能力（后图15至20年） 在经济不利的社区中长大的儿童样本。 解决了五个主要问题：（a）是 参与与更大社交相关的儿童父母中心计划 成年早期的能力？ （b）扩展的估计影响是什么 相对于不太广泛的干预，干预（4至6年）？ （c）做 计划参与的估计影响因儿童/家庭风险而异， 计划属性和邻里贫困？ （d）通过什么路径 计划参与的长期影响是什么？ （E） 参与者和社会的成本和收益是多少 儿童父母中心计划？ 25岁以上的社会能力指标 包括教育程度，就业，社会行为（即犯罪）， 参与社会福利服务和生活质量。类似的家庭 还将获得成果。 通过将芝加哥纵向研究扩展到成年期，拟议的 调查将唯一地增加有关预防性影响的知识 儿童和家庭的干预措施。广泛的纵向研究 从幼儿开始很少见，尤其是对于儿童 中央城市中代表性不足的人口。在接下来的五年中 将通过1,282计划和比较组进行年轻成人访谈 参与者（93％的非裔美国人，7％的西班牙裔），获得行政数据 从教育，正义和社会服务制度，分析和更新 来自现有13年数据库的信息。我们没有其他 对公共幼儿计划的前瞻性纵向研究 持续成年。 该研究将提供有关头部长期影响的独特证据 起始型延长的童年干预措施。研究的长期目标 是（a）增加有关早期最佳持续时间和时机的知识 童年计划，（b）确定谁能从早期干预中受益最大， （c）确定早期干预影响的途径 影响后来的发展，（d）增强对 程序后环境的作用。