Anne McDonald Culp's research while affiliated with University of Central Florida and other places

... Instead, health-based practices for school attendance problems must involve empowering families via advocacy with school and other relevant officials (Lindacher et al., 2018). At an analytic level, this could include working with school counselors and others to reduce stigma, build and manage various support system collaborations, secure needed resources, minimize barriers to school attendance, and develop accommodation plans and flexible avenues toward graduation as needed (Culp, 2013). ...

... They have increased risks for behavioral problems in school, and they are more likely than their peers to drop out of high school. Children of adolescent mothers are also more likely to go on to become teenage parents themselves (Hubbs-Tait, Osofsky, Hann, & Culp, 1994). ...

... We distinguished adults from older child (adolescent) talkers, which were categorised into the same category in Study 1. Thus, the talkers were recategorised into adult (eighteen-year-olds or older), child (six-to seventeen-year-olds) and pre-schoolers, This adjustment is plausible given that although adolescents modify their speech when speaking to younger children (Kempe, 2009), their CDS is less supportive compared to adults in terms of quality and quantity (less diverse vocabulary: Hoff, 2006; fewer utterances in joint attention and object labelling: Culp et al., 1996; also see evidence of older children: Harkness, 1977;Nwokah, 1987). ...

... Children get to exercise their pattern recognition and pattern-making skills, both of which are key spatial thinking skills when they are asked to build a structure out of blocks that is the same as an educator's construction. For instance, when Caldera et al. (1999) observed the construction activities of 51 preschoolers, they discovered a pattern: the children who demonstrated a greater interest in construction -and who constructed more complex structures -performed better on a standardized test of spatial intelligence. Similar observations have been made by others (Oostermeijer et al., 2014;Richardson et al., 2014;Jirout and Newcombe, 2015). ...

... A high level of intrusiveness has been linked to a low level of maternal playfulness [31]. It is well known that intrusion is negatively associated with a mother's warmth, sensitivity and the use of positive regard towards their children [45,46]. These qualities are positively correlated with children's reading and writing skills in later years [47] and with children's social behavior [48]. ...

... Touch and nose contact have an essential role in communication, recognition, social grooming and the maintenance of dominance relationships (Newberry and Wood-Gush, 1986;Spruijt et al., 1992). Touch has been shown to be important for physical and mental health and development in humans and in other mammals (McDonald-Culp, 1997). Touch may stimulate the release of oxytocin in both the actor and the receiver, and may generate a positive affective state Odendaal and Meintjes, 2003). ...

... Researchers studying adolescent parents and their infants have reported disturbing results regarding teen parenting practices. A number of researches indicate that, compared to older mothers, adolescent mothers show less optimal positioning and handling of their infants (Field, 1980), are less sensitive and less responsive to their infants (Field, 1980;Ruff, 1987), vocalize less frequently to their infants (Culp, Culp, & Levy, 1986;Field, 1980), provide a less positive affective environment for their infants (Ragozin, Basham, Crnic, Greenberg, and Robinson, 1982), and provide fewer varieties of cognitive activities in their homes (Ruff, 1987). ...

... There are prevailing misconceptions about culture and language differences among Aboriginal peoples that can at times be perceived to be deficits in both communication and parenting (Ball, 2009). Adolescent Aboriginal mothers who identified with their Aboriginal culture were found to have low verbal initiation, low responsiveness and low spontaneous conversations with their children (McDonald Culp & McCarthick, 1997). In a study of Alaskan Yup'ik, it was found that Yup'ik parents scored lowest on engaging in social play and praising the child or making positive comments about the child (MacDonald-Clark & Boffman, 1995). ...

... Since family engagement provides cooperation between school and home, it provides continuity in education by reinforcing the acquired knowledge and skills (Desforges & Abouchaar, 2003;Gross et al., 2020;Hill & Taylor, 2004;Loughran, 2008;National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, 2009;Smith, 2020). In addition, research has revealed that family engagement has positive effects on children's academic achievement (Chao et al., 2006), language development (Chazen-Cohen et al., 2009;Hood et al., 2008;NICHD, 2002;Raikes et al., 2006), social development, self-esteem, and willingness to learn (Arnold et al., 2008;Culp et al., 2000;Hammer et al., 2011;Izzo et al., 1999;Kelley et al., 2000;Pungello et al., 2009;Voorhis et al., 2013). ...

... Dalis tėvų naudoja fi zines bausmes, nes nežino kitokių drausminimo būdų, nežino, kaip kontroliuoti vaiką, nustatyti jo elgesio ribas nenaudojant prievartos (Tamošiūnienė, 1999;Civinskas ir kt., 2006). Sunkus vaiko temperamentas, raidos sutrikimai arba kitos jau esančios elgesio problemos gali nulemti tai, kad tėvai griebiasi fi zinių bausmių ugdydami tokius vaikus (Culp et al., 1999;Mathoney et al., 2000). Tyrimo metu respondentai nurodė, kad vaikystėje jie dažniausiai buvo baudžiami už neklusnumą, atsikalbinėjimą, melą. ...