The promise of prevention science for addressing intergenerational poverty

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6110877
AutoresMark J Van Ryzin (0000-0003-2034-1585, Oregon Research Institute), Diana Fishbein (0000-0003-1644-2762, Pennsylvania State University), Anthony Biglan (Oregon Research Institute)
Ano2018
Volume24
Fascículo1
Páginas128-143
Data de publicação2018-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychology Public Policy and Law (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1076-8971 • E-ISSN: 1939-1528
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/law0000138
PMID29731600
OpenAlexW2737861816
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas78

This paper reviews research suggesting that the prevention of intergenerational poverty will be enhanced if we add evidence-based family and school prevention programs to existing efforts to reduce poverty in order to address the adverse social environments that often accompany poverty. Government policies such as the Earned Income Tax Credit can reduce family poverty, but simply improving the economic stability of the family will not necessarily prevent the development of child and adolescent problems such as academic failure, antisocial behavior, drug abuse, and depression, all of which can undermine future economic wellbeing. We briefly review the evidence linking family poverty to adverse social environments, which can have deleterious effects on children's psychological, behavioral, neurological, and physical development. We then document the value of evidence-based family- and school-based prevention programs in effectively addressing these behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and neurophysiological factors that can put children at risk for continued poverty in adulthood. We also describe three family-based prevention programs that have been found to have a direct effect on families' future economic wellbeing. The evidence indicates that widely disseminating effective and efficient family- and school-based prevention programs can help to address both poverty itself and the effects of adverse social environments, making future poverty less likely. We conclude with specific recommendations for federal and state policymakers, researchers, and practitioners

Economic growth · Economics · Poverty · Prevention science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology