Cumulative Risk and Early Cognitive Development: A Comparison of Statistical Risk Models

Examined analytic methods for describing children's social risk. Found that the individual-risk-variables approach provided better overall prediction of developmental outcomes at a particular age. The risk-factor approach provided good prediction of developmental trajectories with moderate to l...

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Published inDevelopmental psychology Vol. 36; no. 6; p. 793
Main Authors Burchinal, Margaret R, Roberts, Joanne E, Hooper, Stephen, Zeisel, Susan A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2000
Subjects
African Americans - psychology
Age Factors
At Risk Persons
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Cognition
Cognitive Development
Comparative Analysis
Data Analysis
Developmental Disabilities - ethnology
Developmental Disabilities - etiology
Developmental Disabilities - psychology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Individual Development
Infant
Language Development
Male
Models, Statistical
Prospective Studies
Risk
Risk Assessment - methods
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Young Children
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Summary:Examined analytic methods for describing children's social risk. Found that the individual-risk-variables approach provided better overall prediction of developmental outcomes at a particular age. The risk-factor approach provided good prediction of developmental trajectories with moderate to large sample sizes. The risk-index was useful for relating social risk to developmental patterns under certain circumstances. (Author/KB)
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.36.6.793