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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2011 Jan-Feb;82(1):362-78.
doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01561.x.

CSRP's Impact on low-income preschoolers' preacademic skills: self-regulation as a mediating mechanism

C Cybele Raver  1 , Stephanie M Jones, Christine Li-Grining, Fuhua Zhai, Kristen Bub, Emily Pressler
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Randomized Controlled Trial

CSRP's Impact on low-income preschoolers' preacademic skills: self-regulation as a mediating mechanism

C Cybele Raver et al. Child Dev. 2011 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Based on theoretically driven models, the Chicago School Readiness Project (CSRP) targeted low-income children's school readiness through the mediating mechanism of self-regulation. The CSRP is a multicomponent, cluster-randomized efficacy trial implemented in 35 Head Start-funded classrooms (N = 602 children). The analyses confirm that the CSRP improved low-income children's self-regulation skills (as indexed by attention/impulse control and executive function) from fall to spring of the Head Start year. Analyses also suggest significant benefits of CSRP for children's preacademic skills, as measured by vocabulary, letter-naming, and math skills. Partial support was found for improvement in children's self-regulation as a hypothesized mediator for children's gains in academic readiness. Implications for programs and policies that support young children's behavioral health and academic success are discussed.

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A mediating model of Chicago School Readiness Project’s (CSRP) impact on low-income children’s preacademic skills Note. Tk = CSRP treatment; Yijk = preacademic outcomes; Mijk = mediators (i.e., self-regulation measures); γc = effects of treatment on preacademic outcomes; γa = effects of treatment on mediators; πb = effects of mediators on preacademic outcomes.
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