@article{ref1,
title="CSRP's Impact on Low-Income Preschoolers' Preacademic Skills: Self-Regulation as a Mediating Mechanism",
journal="Child development",
year="2011",
author="Raver, C. Cybele and Jones, Stephanie M. and Li-Grining, Christine and Zhai, Fuhua and Bub, Kristen and Pressler, Emily",
volume="82",
number="1",
pages="362-378",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-3920",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01561.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01561.x"
}