Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Columbia University
671 Papers
8.1K Citations
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Child development & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 137, co-authored 664 publications. Previous affiliations of Jeanne Brooks-Gunn include Washington University in St. Louis & Johns Hopkins University.
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Head start participation and school readiness: evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort.
TL;DR: It was found that Head Start participants had higher early reading and math scores than children in other nonparental care or parental care but also higher levels of conduct problems than those in parental care.
Growing up fast: stress exposure and subjective "weathering" in emerging adulthood.
TL;DR: The influence of stressors from childhood and adolescence on subjective weathering and depressive symptoms in emerging adulthood is examined, using three waves of a national study.
The Risk for Impaired Learning-related Abilities in Childhood and Educational Attainment Among Adults Born Near-term
Yoko Nomura,Jeffrey M. Halperin,Jeffrey H. Newcorn,Charles Davey,William P. Fifer,David A. Savitz,Jeanne Brooks-Gunn +6 more
TL;DR: Poorer learning-related outcomes and educational attainment were not limited to children born very (<32 weeks) or extremely (<28 weeks) preterm, especially among those living in poverty.
Profiles of Grandmothers Who Help Care for Their Grandchildren in the United States
Nazli Baydar,Jeanne Brooks-Gunn +1 more
TL;DR: Baydar et al. as discussed by the authors examined the characteristics of grandmothers who help care for their grandchildren, using data from a nationally representative sample (N = 2,095) and found that 43% of the grandmothers helped provide care to their grandchildren on a regular basis.
Employment Status, Psychological Well-Being, Social Support, and Physical Discipline Practices of Single Black Mothers.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effects of depressive symptomatology, parental stress, and instrumental support on maternal spanking and found that employment seems to matter for its moderating effects on the relationship between mothers' psychological functioning and their decisions to use spanking.