Erika Lunkenheimer|Thomas J. Dishion|Daniel S. Shaw|Arin M. Connell|Frances Gardner|Melvin N. Wilson|Emily Moye Skuban
Collateral benefits of the family check-up on early childhood school readiness: Indirect effects of parents' positive behavior support.
Colorado State University|University of Oregon|University of Pittsburgh|Case Western Reserve University|University of Oxford|University of Virginia|University of Pittsburgh
authors examined longitudinal effects family checkup fcu parents positive behavior support childrens school readiness competencies early childhood hypothesized fcu would promote language skills inhibitory control children risk behavior problems indirect outcome associated targeted improvements parents positive behavior support highrisk families women infants children nutrition program participated multisite preventive intervention study n 731 3 yearly assessments beginning child age 2 years positive behavior support measured using 4 indicators derived athome observations parentchild interaction semistructured tasks longitudinal structural equation models revealed parents families randomly assigned fcu showed improvements positive behavior support child age 2 3 turn promoted childrens inhibitory control language development age 3 4 accounting child gender ethnicity parental education findings suggest brief ecological preventive intervention supporting positive parenting practices indirectly foster key facets school readiness children risk