NDLI: Home activities of Mexican American children: structuring early socialization and cognitive engagement.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Bridges, Margaret Cohen, Shana R. Scott, Lyn Fuller, Bruce Anguiano, Rebecca Figueroa, Ariana Mangual Livas-Dlott, Alejandra
Spatial Coverage	United States
Description	Author Affiliation: Bridges M ( Institute of Human Development.); Cohen SR ( University of California.); Scott L ( School of Education, Humboldt State University.); Fuller B ( Institute of Human Development.); Anguiano R ( Institute of Human Development.); Figueroa AM ( Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University.); Livas-Dlott A ( Institute of Human Development.)
Abstract	The question of how home activities advance the early social and cognitive development of Latino children receives growing attention from psychologists and social scientists. Some scholars and practitioners, focused on promoting 'school readiness,' frame the problem as weak parenting, signaled by insufficient rich language or academic skills. Other theorists, rooted in ecocultural theory, argue that early socialization and cognitive engagement are culturally situated within routine home activities. These activity structures vary and change over time as families acculturate, adapting to local social ecologies. Little is known empirically about the activity structures within Latino homes, including how young children participate. We detail the social architecture and cognitive engagement pertaining to 6 prevalent home activities in which 24 Mexican American 4-year-olds were engaged over 14 months. We then report how children participate in these 6 activities, and their potential relevance to the cognitive skills gap seen at school entry. We found that children's activities reproduced heritage language, symbols, and knowledge less often than suggested in prior literature; children's typical level of cognitive engagement varied greatly among tasks; and the distribution of time spent in activities is associated with the mother's school attainment and home language.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	10999809
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	21
e-ISSN	19390106
Journal	Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
Language	English
Publisher	American Psychological Association
Publisher Date	2015-04-01
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Social Sciences Discipline Psychology Cognition Physiology Family Characteristics Ethnology Mexican Americans Psychology Socialization Acculturation Adaptation, Psychological Child Development Child, Preschool Female Humans Male Mothers Parenting Schools Social Behavior Social Environment Socioeconomic Factors United States Journal Article
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology

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