Tonja R Nansel, Leah M Lipsky, Carolina Schwedhelm, Myles S Faith, Anna Maria Siega-Riz
Socioeconomic characteristics and the home food environment are associated with feeding healthful and discretionary foods in the first year of life in the Pregnancy Eating Attributes Study
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
data national institute child health human development nichd study early childcare youth development n 1364 used investigate childrens trajectories academic social development across 1st 3rd 5th grades hierarchical linear modeling used examine within betweenchild associations among maternal teacher reports parent involvement childrens standardized achievement scores social skills problem behaviors findings suggest withinchild improvements parent involvement predict declines problem behaviors improvements social skills predict changes achievement betweenchild analyses demonstrated children highly involved parents enhanced social functioning fewer behavior problems similar patterns findings emerged teacher parent reports parent involvement implications policy practice discussed