An Interactionist Perspective on the Socioeconomic Context of Human Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5772008 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rand D Conger (The Family Research Group, Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616), M Brent Donnellan (Michigan State University) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 175-199 |
| Publication date | 2006-08-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-4308 • E-ISSN: 1545-2085 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.psych.58.110405.085551 |
| PMID | 16903807 |
| OpenAlex | W2096741943 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 613 |
| References cited | 89 |
This article addresses the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), family processes, and human development. The topic is framed as part of the general issue of health disparities, which involves the oft-observed positive relationship between SES and the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical well-being of adults and children. A review of recent research and theory identifies three general theoretical approaches that provide possible explanations for the association between SES and individual development: the social causation, social selection, and interactionist perspectives. Empirical evidence demonstrates support for the social causation view that SES affects families and the development of children in terms of both family stress processes (the family stress model) and family investments in children (the family investment model). However, there also is empirical support for the social selection argument that individual characteristics lead to differences in SES. Especially important, recent research is consistent with an interactionist approach, which proposes a dynamic relationship between SES and developmental change over time. Drawing on the combined set of research findings, the article concludes with the description of an interactionist model that serves as a heuristic for future studies of the links among SES, parenting behaviors, and child development
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Intergenerational Educational Attainment, Family Characteristics and Child Obesity
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The intergenerational transmission of parenting
The intergenerational association between migration and early childhood development in Germany
Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories
Effects of economic hardship
The family model stress and maternal psychological symptoms
Executive function and academic achievement
Beyond Risk and Protective Factors
Socioeconomic status and child psychopathology in the United States
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Human Development in Societal Context
Socioeconomic status and the developing brain
The Power of Personality
Economic Disadvantage in Complex Family Systems
Socioeconomic status and executive function
Childhood Poverty, Cumulative Risk Exposure, and Mental Health in Emerging Adults
The Association Between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Potential Socioeconomic Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Neural Development, Mental Health, and K-12 Educational Achievement
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Associations between life-course household wealth mobility and adolescent physical growth, cognitive development and emotional and behavioral problems
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Parental Play Beliefs in the Developing Areas of China
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A Metareview of Research on Educational Inequality and Socioeconomic Disadvantage
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Social Epidemiology
Relationships Between Poverty and Psychopathology
Socioeconomic Status and Parenting
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A reinterpretation of the direction of effects in studies of socialization.
The Big Five Personality Traits, General Mental Ability, and Career Success Across the Life Span
The Environment of Poverty
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Genetic Influence on Human Psychological Traits
The Specificity of Environmental Influence
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The Influence of Parent Education and Family Income on Child Achievement
Class and conformity
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Families in Troubled Times
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Poverty and Behavior
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Economic pressure in African American families
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What money can't buy
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The Family and the Depression
Early Failure in the Labor Market
Social Class and Color Differences in Child-Rearing
The measurement of SES in health research
Childhood Emotional and Behavioral Problems and Educational Attainment
The neighborhoods they live in
Adoption and Cognitive Development
Testing hypotheses on specific environmental causal effects on behavior
Risky families
Trajectories of Poverty and Children's Mental Health
Foundations of Social Theory
Household Income Histories and Child Mental Health Trajectories
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Economic hardship in the family of origin and children's psychological well-Being in adulthood
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| Unique citing works | 613 |
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| Citations per year | 32,26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 606 |