Economic well-being and children's social adjustment: the role of family process in an ethnically diverse low-income sample.

By Rashmita S. Mistry, E. Vandewater, A. Huston, Vonnie McLoyd. Child Development, 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education

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Parenting Mediates the Effects of Income and Cumulative Risk on the Development of Effortful Control (2014, background): “Low income is associated with disruptions in parenting (Conger et al., 2002; McLoyd, 1990; Mistry et al., 2002), which mediate the effects of income on children’s adjustment (Conger et al., 2002; McLoyd, 1990; Mistry et al., 2002).”
The influence of parent education and family income on child achievement: the indirect role of parental expectations and the home environment. (2005, methodology): “The studies that do exist generally examine young children in low-income or at-risk populations and focus on income-related variables as the moderator variables and family stress as a mediator to achievement outcomes (Conger et al., 2002; Mistry et al., 2002 ).”
An Indirect Effects Model of the Association Between Poverty and Child Functioning: The Role of Children's Poverty-Related Stress (2008, result): “Some studies suggest that preadolescent boys (eg, Brody & Flor, 1997 ) and adolescent girls (eg, Hammack et al, 2004 ) are at greatest risk, while other studies have found similar outcomes for preadolescent boys and girls (Mistry, Vandewater, Huston, & McLoyd, 2002 ), and others have found compar”
Income is not enough: incorporating material hardship into models of income associations with parenting and child development. (2007, background): “…& Cox, 2004; Yeung, Linver, & Brooks-Gunn, 2002), parent investment of money or time in children (Guo & Harris, 2000; Linver et al., 2002; Yeung et al., 2002), and aspects of parent behavior such as harsh discipline or warmth (Guo & Harris, 2000; Mistry et al., 2002, 2004; Yeung et al., 2002).”
Home‐based Parental Involvement in Young Children’s Education: Examining the effects of maternal education across U.S. ethnic groups (2007, background): “Family structure also affects children’s competence through the mechanism of maternal depression (Carlson & Corcoran, 2001 ), which has negative effects on parenting (Mistry, Vandewater, Huston, & McLoyd, 2002 ).”