Culturally Disadvantaged Children, 1968-1980; Follow-Up at Three Ages

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>This was a longitudinal study of a sample of culturally disadvantaged children and their matched controls intended to highlight the effects of cultural and material disadvantage in the home upon children's school progress and adjustment.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Variables<br>
The children were originally studied at the infant school stage (7+ years) and were followed up at the ages of 11+ and 15+ years respectively, i.e. at the late junior school and secondary school stages. The main variables collected were concerned with the children's linguistic, cognitive and educational attainment, social and emotional adjustment to school, personality, motivation and attitudes to school. In addition background information about their schools and home backgrounds was also obtained. Data from the children were obtained through a combination of tests, questionnaires and personal interviews carried out in school. Teacher's ratings of the children's progress and school adjustment and basic descriptive information about the children's schools were obtained by questionnaires completed by teachers. The parents were interviewed in their homes on three occasions (when the children were aged 6+, 11+ and 15+ years) by a research worker using an interview schedule. The data were statistically analysed for between-group differences (control versus disadvantaged group) and comparable test data obtained on each of the three occassions of study were examined for trend.

本摘要版权归英国数据服务中心（UK Data Service）及数据采集版权所有者所有。本研究为一项纵向研究，招募了文化弱势儿童及其匹配对照组，旨在探究家庭中文化与物质匮乏对儿童学业进展及学校适应的影响。主要研究内容：变量：研究最初于幼儿学校阶段（儿童年龄7岁及以上）开展，随后分别在儿童11岁及以上、15岁及以上阶段进行追踪随访，对应小学高年级与中学阶段。本次采集的核心变量涵盖儿童的语言、认知与学业成就，在校社会情绪适应、人格特质、学习动机及学业态度等方面。此外，研究还收集了儿童所在学校及家庭背景的相关信息。儿童端的数据通过在校开展的测试、问卷与个人访谈相结合的方式采集；教师填写的问卷则用于收集教师对儿童学业进展与学校适应的评分，以及儿童所在学校的基础描述性信息。研究人员于儿童6岁、11岁及15岁及以上三个时间节点，采用标准化访谈提纲在家中对儿童家长进行访谈。研究对数据进行了统计分析，以对比对照组与弱势儿童组的组间差异；同时针对三次研究采集的可比测试数据，分析其变化趋势。