Therelations between cluster indexes of risk and promotion and the problem behaviors of 6- and 7- year old children from economically disadvantaged families

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ID9794852
AuthorsBrian P Ackerman, Brain P Ackerman (University of Delaware, corresponding author), Kristen Schoff, Karen Levinson, Karen L Levinson, Eric A Youngstrom (0000-0003-2251-6860), Eric Youngstrom, Carroll E Izard
Year1999
Volume35
Issue6
Pages1355-1366
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0012-1649.35.6.1355
OpenAlexW4236224245
LanguageEN
Citations received2

This study examined the relations between alternative representations of poverty cofactors and promotion processes and teacher reports of the problem behaviors of 6- and 7-year-old children from economically disadvantaged families (N = 159). The results showed that single-index representations of risk and promotion variables predicted child aggressive behaviors but not child anxious/depressed behaviors. An additive model of individual risk indicators performed similarly. Smaller indexes representing clusters of parent adjustment variables and family instability variables, however, differentially predicted aggressive and anxious/depressed behaviors, respectively. The results suggest the importance of promotion processes and of representing environmental adversity at varying levels of specificity for children from economically disadvantaged families

Cluster (spacecraft · Developmental psychology · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Poverty · Promotion (chess · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology

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