The effects of antipoverty programs on children's cumulative level of poverty-related risk

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ID9789728
AuthorsAnna Gassman‐pine (0000-0003-0608-6813, New York University, corresponding author), Hirokazu Yoshikawa (0000-0001-5607-8526, Harvard University)
Year2006
Volume42
Issue6
Pages981-999
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0012-1649.42.6.981
PMID17087535
OpenAlexW1987558516
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited28

The authors examined the effects of antipoverty programs on children's cumulative poverty-related risk and the relationship between cumulative poverty-related risk and child outcomes among low-income families. Samples included 419 children ages 3-10 years in the New Hope program and 759 children ages 2-9 years in the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), which tested 2 program approaches. Nine poverty-related risks made up the measure of cumulative risk. Both MFIP program approaches reduced cumulative poverty-related risk. New Hope reduced cumulative poverty-related risk among long-term welfare recipients. In both New Hope and MFIP, significant linear relationships between cumulative poverty-related risk and parent-reported behavior problems and school achievement were found. Cumulative poverty-related risk partially mediated the impacts of the MFIP programs on children's behavior problems. Among long-term welfare recipients, cumulative poverty-related risk partially mediated New Hope's impact on parent-reported school achievement

Cumulative effects · Cumulative risk · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Poverty · Sociology · Welfare · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Psychology

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