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Family Instability and the Problem Behaviors of Children From Economically Disadvantaged Families
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Results showed direct concurrent relations between family instability and preschool children's externalizing behavior in the context of other family process variables, relations between subsequent family stability and 1st-grade children's internalizing behavior (i.e., with preschool behavior ratings controlled), and an effect for persistent instability across grade.Abstract:
This longitudinal study examined the relation between family instability and the problem behaviors of children from economically disadvantaged families. Family instability was assessed when the children were ages 5 and 7 and included number of residence changes, changes of intimate caregiver relationships, and recent negative life events. The results showed direct concurrent relations between family instability and preschool children's externalizing behavior in the context of other family process variables, relations between subsequent family instability and 1st-grade children's internalizing behavior (i.e., with preschool behavior ratings controlled), and an effect for persistent instability across grade. Moderator effects were also found for child variables, including gender, temperamental adaptability, and prior externalizing scores.read more
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Environment of childhood poverty
TL;DR: The accumulation of multiple environmental risks rather than singular risk exposure may be an especially pathogenic aspect of childhood poverty.
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The environment of childhood poverty.
TL;DR: The accumulation of multiple environmental risks rather than singular risk exposure may be an especially pathogenic aspect of childhood poverty as mentioned in this paper, where low-income children are read to relatively infrequently, watch more TV, and have less access to books and computers.
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Cumulative risk and child development.
TL;DR: The child CR literature is reviewed, comparing CR to alternative multiple risk measurement models, and strengths and weaknesses of developmental CR research are discussed, offering analytic and theoretical suggestions to strengthen this growing area of scholarship.
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The Environment of Poverty: Multiple Stressor Exposure, Psychophysiological Stress, and Socioemotional Adjustment
Gary W. Evans,Kimberly English +1 more
TL;DR: Preliminary mediational analyses with cross-sectional data suggest that cumulative stressor exposure may partially account for the well-documented, elevated risk of socioemotional difficulties accompanying poverty.
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Early externalizing behavior problems: toddlers and preschoolers at risk for later maladjustment.
TL;DR: Findings from a number of studies suggest that the small subgroup of boys with multiple risk factors that include especially high levels of early hyperactivity and aggression, and highlevels of negative parenting and family stress, are most likely to evidence continuing problems at school entry.
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An Integrative Model for the Study of Developmental Competencies in Minority Children
Cynthia Garcia Coll,Keith A. Crnic,Gontran Lamberty,Barbara H. Wasik,Renee R. Jenkins,Heidie A. Vázquez García,Harriet Pipes McAdoo +6 more
TL;DR: An integrative conceptual model of child development is presented, anchored within social stratification theory, emphasizing the importance of racism, prejudice, discrimination, oppression, and segregation on the development of minority children and families.