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Source: Psychology Press
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1. Bradley, Robert H.
Corwyn, Robert Flynn
Family Environment
In: Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues, 2nd Edition. L. Butler and S. Tamis-LeMonda, eds., Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press-Taylor & Francis Group, 2006: 493-520
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Parental Influences; Parenting Skills/Styles; Parents, Behavior; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

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This chapter is organized around four questions concerning parenting: (1) What are the central tasks of parenting? (2) What difference does parenting make in the lives of children? (3) How does context affect parenting? (4) Why do parents invest in their children? Throughout we discuss issues pertaining to the measurement of parenting (a.k.a., the home environment) because it is through the process of measurement that answers about parenting are both realized and constrained.
Bibliography Citation
Bradley, Robert H. and Robert Flynn Corwyn. "Family Environment" In: Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues, 2nd Edition. L. Butler and S. Tamis-LeMonda, eds., Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press-Taylor & Francis Group, 2006: 493-520
2. Brown, Brett V.
Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being: Completing the Picture
London, UK, Psychology Press, August 2007.
Also: http://www.psypress.com/9780805863130
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Keyword(s): Health Factors; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale

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Indicators of child and youth well-being are indispensable tools for improving the lives of children. In this book, the nation’s leading development researchers review the recent progress made in the measurement, collection, dissemination, and use of indicators of child and youth wellbeing. In addition, they identify opportunities for future research to expand and improve on the indicator data available, so as to develop greater measures of positive development. Written in an accessible manner for policy makers, practitioners, and researchers concerned with children’s well-being, including experts in developmental, social, community, and educational psychology, the book also serves as a supplementary text in public policy and the social sciences. The policy chapters will be of particular interest to those who use child and youth indicators to guide policy development.

Contents
Preface: Indicators of Child and Youth Well-being: Completing the Picture.
B. Brown, Introduction: About the Chapters.

Part 1. Health Indicators.
D.P. Hogan, M.E. Msall, Key Indicators of Health and Safety: Infancy, Pre-school, and Middle Childhood.
M.W. Stagner, J.M. Zweig, Indicators of Youth Health and Well-being: Taking the Long View.

Part 2. Education Indicators.
T. Halle, M. Reidy, M. Moorehouse, M. Zaslow, C. Walsh, J. Calkins, N.G. Margie, A. Dent, Progress in the Development of Indicators of School Readiness.
A. Flanagan, D. Grissmer, What Do National and State NAEP Scores Tell Us About the Achievement of American K-12 Students.

Part 3. Social and Emotional Development Indicators.
M. Ripke, A.C. Huston, J. Eccles, J. Templeton, The Assessment of Psychological, Emotional, and Social Development Indicators in Middle Childhood.
J.L. Roth, C.J. Borbely, J. Brooks-Gunn, Developing Indicators of Confidence, Character, and Caring in Adolescents.
J. Eccles, B. Brown, J. Templeton, A Developmental Framework for Selecting Indicators of Well-being During the Adolescent and Young Adult Years.

Part 4. Social Context of Development Indicators.
G.D. Sandefur, A. Meier, The Family Environment: Structure, Material Resources, and Child Care. K.M. Harris, S. Cavanagh, Indicators of the Peer Environment in Adolesence.
D. Mayer, J. Ralph, Key Indicators of School Quality.
J.D. Morenoff, R.J. Sampson, Constructing Community Indicators of Child Well-being.

Part 5. Child and Youth Indicators in Practice.
T. Corbett, Social Indicators as Policy Tool: Welfare Reform as a Case Study.
D. Murphey, Creating Community Capacity to Use Social Indicators.

Part 6. Social Indices of Child Well-being.
K.C. Land, V.L. Lamb, S.K. Mustillo, Child and Youth Well-being in the United States, 1975–1998: Some Findings From a New Index.

Bibliography Citation
Brown, Brett V. "Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being: Completing the Picture." London, UK, Psychology Press, August 2007.
3. Hogan, Dennis P.
Msall, Michael E.
Key Indicators of Health and Safety: Infancy, Pre-School and Middle Childhood
In: Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being: Completing the Picture. B. Brown, ed., London, UK: Psychology Press, August 2007.
Also: http://www.psypress.com/9780805863130
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Keyword(s): Child Health; Health Factors; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This chapter provides an overview of the diverse ways in which the various dimensions and aspects of child health are now measured, and the sources of those measurements. Since indicators of child health depend on physical and physiological maturation of children as well as age-graded developmental trajectories, the chapter distinguishes measures that are appropriate for children during the prenatal period and the first year of life, for children of preschool ages 1-4, and young school-age children ages 5-11.
Bibliography Citation
Hogan, Dennis P. and Michael E. Msall. "Key Indicators of Health and Safety: Infancy, Pre-School and Middle Childhood" In: Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being: Completing the Picture. B. Brown, ed., London, UK: Psychology Press, August 2007.