Economic well-being and children's social adjustment: The role of family process in an ethnically diverse low-income sample
Economic well-being and children's social adjustment: The role of family process in an ethnically diverse low-income sample
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-8624.00448
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发表时间：
2002-05-01
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4.6
通讯作者：
McLoyd, VC
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作者：
Mistry, RS;Vandewater, EA;McLoyd, VC
利用潜在变量结构方程模型，对419名不同种族的低收入小学学龄儿童的家庭经济压力模型进行了评估，该模型将经济福祉与儿童福祉联系起来。样本中57%是非洲裔美国人，28%是西班牙裔美国人，大多数家庭都是单身母亲。研究结果支持了家庭过程是经济困难对儿童社会适应影响的重要中介的观点。较低的经济福利水平，以及由此导致的经济压力感知的升高，通过对父母心理健康的不利影响，间接影响了育儿行为。痛苦的父母报告说，他们在与孩子的纪律互动中感到效率和能力下降，并且在亲子互动中被观察到更少的深情。反过来，不理想的养育方式预示着教师对孩子积极社会行为的评分较低，对行为问题的评分较高。多组分析显示，经济困难影响儿童行为的途径在男孩和女孩、非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔家庭中似乎是相似的。
Using latent variable structural equation modeling, a family economic stress model that links economic wellbeing to child well-being in an ethnically diverse, low-income sample of 419 elementary school-age children was evaluated. The sample was 57% African American and 28% Hispanic, and most families were headed by single mothers. The results provided support for the position that family process is a critical mediator of the effects of economic hardship on children's social adjustment. Lower levels of economic well-being, and the corollary elevated perceptions of economic pressure indirectly affected parenting behavior through an adverse impact on parental psychological well-being. Distressed parents reported feeling less effective and capable in disciplinary interactions with their child and were observed to be less affectionate in parent-child interactions. In turn, less than optimal parenting predicted lower teacher ratings of children's positive social behavior and higher ratings of behavior problems. Multiple-group analyses revealed that the pathways by which economic hardship influences children's behavior appear to operate similarly for boys and girls, and for African American and Hispanic families.