IMPROVING CHILDREN’S WELL-BEING: IDENTIFYING MECHANISMS AND TIMING OF FAMILY STRENGTHENING PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES THROUGH DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION MODELING

改善儿童福祉：通过微分方程模型确定低收入家庭家庭强化计划的机制和时机

• 批准号: 100090
• 负责人: PASCAL DEBOECK
• 金额: $ 9.91万
• 依托单位: SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-27 至 2015-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/100090
• 关键词: IMPROVING; CHILDREN; WELL; BEING; IDENTIFYING

The findings reported to date from Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) and related studies have caused others to conclude that healthy marriage initiates are not effective (Johnson, 2014). After reviewing the prior analyses with SHM data, it is premature to conclude that SHM and related programs are not effective for improving marriages and children's lives. The overall objective of this study is to use advanced longitudinal data analysis (derivatives, differential equations) to test theoretically driven hypotheses regarding how and why family strengthening programs work, and when and for whom these programs are maximally effective. The central hypothesis is that using these advanced methods, which can test more nuanced and overlooked theoretical questions about change processes, will advance the field of family strengthening initiatives forward by uncovering relations that may be masked by traditional statistical methods. The specific aims of the study are: (1) Identify the mechanisms through which family strengthening programs improve children's well-being; (2) Identify the optimal time during children's lives when family strengthening programs provide the maximum benefit for their well-being; and (3) Identify existing family vulnerabilities that may constrain the effectiveness of family strengthening programs for children's well-being. Samples: Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) dataset which includes 6298 low income couples and their child. Measures: Marital Quality • Survey data • Survey item data reduction • Observational data Child Outcomes (children's internalizing and externalizing behavior problems and reactions to inter-parental conflict) Parental Psychological Distress Financial Strain/Economic Security Parenting Marital Stability Program Enrollment/Engagement

迄今为止，支持健康婚姻（SHM）和相关研究报告的结果使其他人得出结论，健康的婚姻启动是无效的（约翰逊，2014）。在回顾了之前对SHM数据的分析后，得出SHM和相关项目对改善婚姻和儿童生活无效的结论还为时过早。本研究的总体目标是使用先进的纵向数据分析（衍生工具，微分方程），以测试理论驱动的假设，如何以及为什么家庭强化计划的工作，以及何时以及对谁这些计划是最有效的。核心假设是，使用这些先进的方法，可以测试更微妙和被忽视的理论问题的变化过程，将推动加强家庭的倡议领域向前发展，揭示可能被掩盖的关系，传统的统计方法。这项研究的具体目标是：（1）确定家庭强化方案改善儿童福祉的机制;（2）确定儿童生命中家庭强化方案为其福祉提供最大利益的最佳时间;（3）确定可能限制家庭强化方案对儿童福祉的有效性的现有家庭脆弱性。 样本：支持健康婚姻（SHM）数据集，其中包括6298对低收入夫妇和他们的孩子。 措施： 婚姻质量 ·调查数据 ·调查项目数据简化 ·观测数据 儿童结局（儿童的内化和外化行为问题以及对父母间冲突的反应） 父母心理困扰 财务紧张/经济安全 育儿 婚姻稳定 计划注册/参与