Katherine C. Pears|Philip A. Fisher|Jacqueline Bruce|Hong Kim|Karen Yoerger
Early Elementary School Adjustment of Maltreated Children in Foster Care: The Roles of Inhibitory Control and Caregiver Involvement
Oregon Social Learning Center|Oregon Social Learning Center|University of Oregon|Oregon Social Learning Center|Oregon Social Learning Center|Oregon Social Learning Center
study 85 maltreated foster children 56 nonmaltreated community children age 36 years assessed across kindergarten first grade examine hypothesis inhibitory control caregiver involvement mediate associations history maltreatment foster placement early school adjustment specifically academic socialemotional competence evaluated maltreated foster children performed poorly academic socialemotional competence inhibitory control fully mediated association maltreatment foster placement academic competence whereas inhibitory control caregiver involvement mediated association socialemotional competence results suggest inhibitory control caregiver involvement might promising targets school readiness interventions foster preschoolers