An Ecological Analysis of After-School Program Participation and the Development of Academic Performance and Motivational Attributes for Disadvantaged Children.

• Autores: Joseph L. Mahoney, Heather Lord, Erica Carryl
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 76, Nº. 4, 2005, págs. 811-825
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00879.x
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  • This longitudinal study evaluated after-school program (ASP) participation and the development of academic performance (school grades, reading achievement) and teacher-rated motivational attributes (expectancy of success, effectance motivation) over a school year. Participants were 599 boys and girls (6.3 to 10.6 years) from an urban, disadvantaged city in the United States. An ecological analysis of after-school arrangements identified 4 patterns of care: ASP care, parent care, combined parent/self-sibling care, and combined other-adult/self-sibling care. Aspects of academic performance and motivational attributes were significantly higher ( p<.05) at the end of the school year for children in ASP care compared with those in the 3 alternative patterns of care. Differences were marked for children rated as highly engaged in ASP activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]