Parenting practices and pre-schoolers’ cognitive skills in Turkish immigrant and German families

Leyendeckera, Birgit; Jäkel, Julia; Kademoğlu, Sinem Olcay; Yağmurlu, Bilge

doi:10.1080/03004430.2010.517836

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“…Other research findings from educational linguists indicated that parental involvement is crucial in accounting for children's language development and higher school achievement. Parents who are involved in their children's lives, who are responsive, who spend time with them and enjoy joint activities such as book reading foster their children's cognitive as well as their language and socio-emotional development (Levin and Shohamy 2012;Leyendeckera et al 2011;Schwartz, Kozminsky, and Leikin 2009).…”

Section: School Achievement Discussion In Submersion Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

First-language skills of bilingual Turkish immigrant children growing up in a Dutch submersion context

Akoğlu

Yağmur

2016

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

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The interdependence between the first and second language of bilingual immigrant children has not received sufficient attention in research. Most studies concentrate on mainstream language skills of immigrant pupils. In some studies, the gaps in the language development of immigrant children are documented by comparing mainstream pupils with immigrant children. The competence in the first language receives very little attention. In order to show the role of first language competence in second-language acquisition and lower school achievement, we present the findings of our empirical study by comparing bilingual Turkish immigrant children (n = 30, mean age = 67.27 months) in the Netherlands and monolingual Turkish speakers (n = 30, mean age = 66.97 months) in Turkey. The evidence presented in this paper shows that compared to monolingual Turkish speakers, Turkish immigrant children lag behind in their first language cognitive concepts, lexical, syntactic, and textual skills. Mothers' education level turns out to be an important factor in explaining the performance differences of immigrant children. This would have an effect on their concept and cognitive development as well as on their second-language acquisition.ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: School Achievement Discussion In Submersion Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

First-language skills of bilingual Turkish immigrant children growing up in a Dutch submersion context

Akoğlu

Yağmur

2016

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

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“…Sesame Street, Barney, Little Einsteins and others). Recent studies on pre-school children from immigrant Turkish families in the Netherlands (de Jong & Lesemann, 2001) and in Germany (Leyendecker, Jaekel, Olcay, & Yagmurlu, 2008) have demonstrated the relationship between the home literacy environment and children's cognitive development and later school attainment. However, public awareness of the importance of an early literacy environment is still very rudimentary in Germany.…”

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confidence: 98%

Everyday experiences of 18‐ to 36‐month‐old children from migrant families: the influence of host culture and migration experience

Driessen

Leyendecker

Schölmerich

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Early Child Development and Care

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We explored the everyday experiences of 18-to 36-month-old toddlers at two study sites and the influence of adaptation to the host culture on the everyday experiences of children from migrant families. First-and second-generation Puerto Rican families in Connecticut, USA, first-and second-generation Turkish families in Bochum, Germany, as well as families of the respective majority cultures were sampled (N = 161). We interviewed mothers to obtain detailed descriptions of a 24-hour period of a weekday. Study results focused on the activities children engaged in and the social context. The results indicated significant differences between the two sites. Despite site differences, we found parallel processes of adaptation across both sites. Everyday experiences of children of first-generation mothers differed in important aspects (e.g. selffeeding) from those of children of the majority cultures. Children of secondgeneration mothers were in an intermediate position on most variables, primarily linear pattern of acculturation. Overall, our data suggests that the opportunities and constraints of the physical and social environment of the receiving country as well as the migration experience influence the everyday experiences of children.

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“…In line with expectation, the relation between positive parenting and prosocial behaviors was fully mediated by mothers’ supportive emotion socialization behaviors. Positive parenting practices included praising children, complimenting them, playing games with them, and asking them about their school day (Leyendeckera et al, ; Scott et al, ). The results of the study showed that mothers who engaged in these positive parenting behaviors were more likely to use supportive emotion socialization practices.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, inconsistent discipline can be defined as threatening children with punishment but not actually carrying through on the threat. Thus, mothers who discipline inconsistently do not provide appropriate learning opportunities for their preschool children (Leyendeckera, Jäkel, Kademoğlu, & Yagmurlu, 2011;Scott et al, 2011). Likewise, studies conducted with school-age children indicate that maternal inconsistent discipline was associated with higher levels of internalizing, externalizing, and social problems in these children (e.g., Fletcher, Walls, Cook, Madison, & Bridges, 2008).…”

Section: Parenting and Children's Prosocial And Problem Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parenting and children’s prosocial and problem behaviors in middle childhood: The role of Turkish mothers’ emotion socialization practices

2018

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Mechanisms by which the relations between different parenting behaviors and children’s prosocial and problem behaviors occur are the focus of the current study. Supportive and nonsupportive emotion socialization practices of mothers were considered as potential mediators. Further, the moderator role of gender was explored. Participants were 228 mothers of 6‐ to 11‐year‐old children living in Ankara, Turkey. Scales assessing parenting behaviors (specifically, positive parenting and inconsistent discipline), maternal reactions to children’s negative emotions, and prosocial and problem behaviors of children were completed by the mothers. The results revealed that supportive emotion socialization practices fully mediated the relation between positive parenting behaviors and both boys’ and girls’ prosocial behaviors. In contrast, nonsupportive emotion socialization practices partially mediated the relation between inconsistent parenting behaviors and problem behaviors, but only for girls. Findings indicated that girls were more vulnerable to their mothers’ inconsistent behaviors possibly because mother–daughter dyads are more likely to use emotion‐related language and to discuss emotions than mother–son dyads from a very early age.

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Parenting practices and pre-schoolers’ cognitive skills in Turkish immigrant and German families

Cited by 15 publications

References 30 publications

First-language skills of bilingual Turkish immigrant children growing up in a Dutch submersion context

First-language skills of bilingual Turkish immigrant children growing up in a Dutch submersion context

Everyday experiences of 18‐ to 36‐month‐old children from migrant families: the influence of host culture and migration experience

Parenting and children’s prosocial and problem behaviors in middle childhood: The role of Turkish mothers’ emotion socialization practices

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