Early student (dis)engagement: Contributions of household chaos, parenting, and self-regulatory skills.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies suggest that the roots of school dropout (a) can be established early in life, (b) are likely to involve multilevel factors (home, child, classroom) operating prior to and during the elementary school years, and (c) can be identified by 3rd grade. The decision to drop out of school is thus a dynamic developmental process that can begin with disengagement in elementary school. Yet few studies have examined the multilevel factors that might contribute to children's early disengagement from school. In the present study, we examined associations between household chaos (i.e., disorganization and instability) from birth to age 5 and student (dis)engagement in third grade. We also examined positive parenting in early childhood (6-60 months) and child self-regulatory skills at ki

SUBMITTER: Garrett-Peters PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7017720 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature