Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development, and Children's Achievement
利用曼海姆儿童风险研究数据，分析从婴儿期到青春期的认知、运动和非认知能力发展，以及初始风险条件和家庭资源对儿童成就的预测作用。
This paper investigates the development of basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities from infancy to adolescence. We analyse the predictive power of these abilities, initial risk conditions and home resources for children’s achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological cohort study, which follows the long-term outcome of early risk factors. Results indicate that differences in abilities increase during childhood, while there is a remarkable stability in the distribution of the economic and socio-emotional home resources during childhood. Initial risk conditions trigger a cumulative effect. Cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities acquired during preschool age contribute to the prediction of children’s achievement at school age.