Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

TL;DR: The authors reviewed five intervention programs based in different countries, along with descriptions and results from similar programs in the United States, and found that the most effective programs are those that apply theoretically driven curriculum with well-trained staff and are targeted to families with specific needs.

TL;DR: This paper examined the longitudinal associations between sustained attention in preschool and children?s school success in later elementary school within a low-income sample (N = 2,403) and found that focused attention was primarily predictive of academic outcomes while impulsivity was mainly predictive of behavioral outcomes.

TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative study of welfare mothers' perceptions and responses to receiving an economic sanction was conducted, where they recruited a convenience sample of mothers of preschool children whose benefits had been cut due to noncompliance with an employment activity.

TL;DR: In this article, the developmental pathways from children?s family environment to school readiness within an at-risk sample (N = 1,701) were examined, and measures of the family environment (maternal parenting behaviors and maternal mental health) across early childhood were related to children's observed sustained attention as well as to academic and behavioral outcomes at age 5 years.

TL;DR: The authors used data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine couple how couple relationship quality and parental engagement are linked over children's early years, finding that better relationship quality predicts greater parental engagement for both mothers and fathers.