An Indirect Effects Model of the Association between Poverty and Child Functioning: The Role of Children's Poverty-Related Stress

Autor/inn/en	Wadsworth, Martha E.; Raviv, Tali; Reinhard, Christine; Wolff, Brian; Santiago, Catherine DeCarlo; Einhorn, Lindsey
Titel	An Indirect Effects Model of the Association between Poverty and Child Functioning: The Role of Children's Poverty-Related Stress
Quelle	In: Journal of Loss and Trauma, 13 (2008) 2-3, S.156-185 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1532-5024
Schlagwörter	Legal Problems; Substance Abuse; Poverty; Dropouts; Physical Health; Pregnancy; Adolescents; Stress Variables; Child Development; Adolescent Development; Correlation; Family Relationship; Family Income; Violence; Aggression; Social Discrimination; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Behavior Problems; Preadolescents; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Whites; Socioeconomic Influences; Socioeconomic Status; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Armut; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Gesundheitszustand; Schwangerschaft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kindesentwicklung; Korrelation; Familieneinkommen; Gewalt; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; White; Weißer; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	The authors tested a theoretical model positing that poverty has an indirect effect on child and adolescent functioning through children's poverty-related stress. Path analyses with a multiethnic sample of 164 children aged 6 to 18 revealed that the stress associated with poverty, such as economic strain, family conflict, violence/trauma, and discrimination, is an important component of the experience of poverty for children. Poverty-related stress was associated with a wide range of correlates, including internalizing and externalizing syndromes, DSM-IV diagnostic symptoms, physical health, and deviant behavior such as pregnancy, legal problems, substance abuse, and school dropout. Most models fit equally well for adolescents and preadolescents, suggesting that poverty is stressful for children as young as 6. African American children's functioning was less strongly associated with poverty-related stress than was the functioning of Hispanic and Caucasian children. Implications of poverty-related stress as a potential mechanism of poverty's pernicious effect on child functioning are discussed. (Contains 4 figures and 5 tables.) (Author).
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