University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Quentin Riser

Association Between Early Income Variation Around Poverty Thresholds, Income Trajectories, and Birth, Child, and Family Characteristics

Children and Youth Services Review (2023) Authors: Quentin H. Riser, Heather L. Rouse, and Cassandra J. Dorius Abstract: Poverty is experienced by about 15% of children under the age of six in the United States at any given time and over 40% of children at least once prior to kindergarten entry. Given that many families experience dips in and …

Measuring Social-Emotional Development in Schoolchildren: A National-Level Analysis of ECLS-B Cohort Data

Journal of School Psychology (2024) Authors: Quentin Riser, Heather Rouse, Ji Young Choi Abstract: The present study examined the social-emotional development items assessed by kindergarten teachers in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort to determine the optimal factor structure underlying the items as well as the reliability and validity of the resulting factors. This study …