The long arm of adversity: Children's kindergarten math skills are associated with maternal childhood adversity
The long arm of adversity: Children's kindergarten math skills are associated with maternal childhood adversity
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逆境的长臂：儿童的幼儿园数学技能与母亲的童年逆境有关
DOI：
10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105561
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发表时间：
2022
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4.8
通讯作者：
Price, Gavin R.
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Lynn, Andrew;Humphreys, Kathryn L.;Price, Gavin R.
童年时期的逆境与以后的健康状况较差和学业成绩较差有关。数学技能差的人尤其容易患身体和精神疾病、失业和监禁，这表明数学成绩可能是将逆境与后来的功能联系起来的一种解释机制。虽然有充分的证据表明，孩子的逆境与较低的学习成绩有关，但母亲一生中经历的逆境也可能影响孩子的学习成绩。目的探讨幼儿直接经历的逆境与母亲童年和/或成年后经历的逆境与幼儿幼儿园数学能力的关系。参与者和方法91名母亲完成了父母和孩子逆境评估问卷，他们的幼儿园完成了KeyMath-3诊断评估。结果母亲童年逆境与儿童计数呈负相关，成人逆境与儿童计数无显著相关（β = - 0.27,95% CI [- 0.48, - 0.05],p= ）。015)和幼儿园的加减法能力（β = - 0.25,95% CI [- 0.46, - 0.04],p= .023）。母亲童年受虐待及其他逆境仅与孩子的出生数相关（R2= 0.08,95% CI [0.02, 0.23],p= .026）。儿童的直接逆境发生率较低，与幼儿园数学技能无关。结论逆境通过母亲逆境的代际传递，早在幼儿园就对儿童的数学技能产生影响。早年经历过逆境的母亲及其子女可能会从早期干预中受益，从而在入学时创造公平的竞争环境。
BackgroundChildhood adversity is associated with poorer health and lower academic achievement later in life. Poor math skills in particular place individuals at higher risk for physical and mental illness, unemployment, and incarceration, suggesting math achievement may be one explanatory mechanism linking adversity to later functioning. While it is well documented that children's adversity is associated with lower academic achievement, it is also plausible that adversitymothersexperience across their lifetime may affect the child's academic achievement.ObjectiveDetermine whether adversity children directly experience and adversity mothers experience in their own childhood and/or adulthood is related to children's kindergarten math skills.Participants and methods91 Mothers completed the Assessment of Parent and Child Adversity questionnaire, and their kindergartners completed the KeyMath-3 Diagnostic Assessment.ResultsMaternal childhood adversity, but not adulthood adversity, was negatively related to children's numeration (β = −0.27, 95% CI [−0.48, −0.05],p= .015) and addition/subtraction abilities in kindergarten (β = −0.25, 95% CI [−0.46, −0.04],p= .023). Maternal childhood maltreatment and other adversity were together related to their child's numeration only (R2= 0.08, 95% CI [0.02, 0.23],p= .026). Prevalence of children's direct adversity was low and not related to their kindergarten math skills.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that adversity impacts children's math skills as early as kindergarten via the intergenerational transmission of maternal adversity. Mothers that experienced early-life adversity and their children may benefit from early intervention to level the playing field at school entry.