Jeanne Brooks–gunn

Biographic Data

ID3997451
NAMEJeanne Brooks–gunn
GIVEN NAMESJeanne
FAMILY NAMEBrooks–gunn
SIGNATUREGUNN J B
AFFILIATIONSTeachers College, Columbia University , New York
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS303
AUTHOR COUNT4
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX2

  • Maternal Employment and Child Cognitive Outcomes in the First Three Years of Life: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care

    Open AccessJeanne Brooks–gunn, Wen‐jui Han et al.ARTICLEChild Development2002

    With increased numbers of women employed in their children’s first year of life and with increased attention being paid by parents and policy makers to the importance of early experiences for children, establishing the links that might exist between early maternal employment and child cognitive outcomes is more important than ever. Negative associations between maternal employment during the first year of life and children’s cognitive outcomes at…

  • Neighborhood Income and Physical and Social Disorder in Canada: Associations with Young Children's Competencies

    Open AccessDafna E Kohen, Dafna Kohen et al.ARTICLEChild Development2002

    This study examined the association of census level, observational, and parent–reported neighborhood characteristics on the verbal and behavioral competencies of a national sample of Canadian preschoolers (N= 3,350). Children's verbal ability scores were positively associated with residing in neighborhoods with affluent residents and negatively associated with residing in neighborhoods with poor residents and in neighborhoods with low cohesion, e…

  • Parent – Adolescent Relationships and Girls’ Unhealthy Eating: Testing Reciprocal Effects

    Open AccessAndrea Bastiani Archibald, Miriam R Linver et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2002Cited by: 2

    This longitudinal study tested the direction of associations between parent –adolescent relationships and adolescent girls’ unhealthy eating. Girls ( N = 184) were seen at Time 1 ( M age = 14.30 years), and then again 2 years later (Time 2; M age = 16.04 years). At both assessment periods, they completed measures that assessed their eating attitudes and behaviors, relationships with their parents, height, weight, and age of menarche. Whereas unhe…

  • How Money Matters for Young Children's Development: Parental Investment and Family Processes

    Open AccessW J J Yeung, W Jean Yeung et al.ARTICLEChild Development2002Cited by: 301References: 12

    This study used data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and its 1997 Child Development Supplement to examine how family income matters for young children's development. The sample included 753 children who were between ages 3 and 5 years in 1997. Two sets of mediating factors were examined that reflect two dominating views in the literature: (1) the investment perspective, and (2) the family process perspective. The study examined how two me…