The Role of Socioeconomic Status and Parental Investment in Adolescent Outcomes

Socioeconomic status (SES)—indexed via parent educational attainment, parent occupation, and family income—is a powerful predictor of children’s developmental outcomes. Variations in these resources predict large academic disparities among children from different socioeconomic backgrounds that persist over the years of schooling, perpetuating educational inequalities across generations. In this article, we provide an overview of a model that has guided our approach to studying these influences, focusing particularly on parent educational attainment. Parents’ educational attainment typically drives their occupations and income and is often used interchangeably with SES in research. We posit that parent educational attainment provides a foundation that supports children’s academic success indirectly through parents’ beliefs about and expectations for their children, as well as through the cognitive stimulation that parents provide in and outside of the home environment. We then expand this model to consider the intergenerational contributions and dynamic transactions within families that are important considerations for informing potential avenues for intervention.

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Analyzing input quality along three dimensions: interactive, linguistic, and conceptual

Journal of Child Language ◽

10.1017/s0305000919000655 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 47 (1) ◽

pp. 5-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Meredith L. ROWE ◽

Catherine E. SNOW

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Early Childhood ◽

Language Learning ◽

Pretend Play ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Book Reading ◽

Future Research ◽

Input Quality ◽

Children's Development

AbstractThis paper provides an overview of the features of caregiver input that facilitate language learning across early childhood. We discuss three dimensions of input quality: interactive, linguistic, and conceptual. All three types of input features have been shown to predict children's language learning, though perhaps through somewhat different mechanisms. We argue that input best designed to promote language learning is interactionally supportive, linguistically adapted, and conceptually challenging for the child's age/level. Furthermore, input features interact across dimensions to promote learning. Some but not all qualities of input vary based on parent socioeconomic status, language, or culture, and contexts such as book-reading or pretend play generate uniquely facilitative input features. The review confirms that we know a great deal about the role of input quality in promoting children's development, but that there is much more to learn. Future research should examine input features across the boundaries of the dimensions distinguished here.

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The Impact of Communication Information on the Perceived Threat of COVID-19 and Stockpiling Intention

Australasian Marketing Journal ◽

10.1177/18393349211028670 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 183933492110286

Author(s):

Marilyn Giroux ◽

Jooyoung Park ◽

Jae-Eun Kim ◽

Yung Kyun Choi ◽

Jacob C. Lee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Communication Strategies ◽

Negative Information ◽

Perceived Threat ◽

Behavior Study ◽

Direct Explanation ◽

Accuracy Study ◽

Childhood Socioeconomic Status ◽

The Impact

This article investigates the role of diverse nudging communication strategies on perceived threat and stockpiling intention. Across three studies, the authors examined the various effects of “nudging” on consumer behavior. Study 1 demonstrates that a commonly used picture has a stronger impact on perceived threat than a less frequently exposed picture regardless of its accuracy. Study 2 shows that the perceived threat of COVID-19, in terms of severe health consequences, is lower when using an indirect (vs. direct) explanation of the virus, as well as when reducing the amount of information about the virus. Study 3 investigates the impact of salient negative information and childhood socioeconomic status (SES). Findings reveal that negative information about deaths associated with the virus increases the level of perceived threat and stockpiling intention, especially among people of low childhood SES.

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Black-White disparities in women’s physical health: The role of socioeconomic status and racism-related stressors

Social Science Research ◽

10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102593 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 102593

Author(s):

Nicholas C. Smith

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Physical Health

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A longitudinal study of suicide and suicide attempt in northwest of Iran: incidence, predictors, and socioeconomic status and the role of sociocultural status

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-11527-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ali Fakhari ◽

Mostafa Farahbakhsh ◽

Elham Davtalab Esmaeili ◽

Hosein Azizi

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Religious Commitment ◽

Incidence Rates ◽

Demographic Characteristics ◽

Protective Effects ◽

Wide Range ◽

Multiple Variable ◽

History Of

Abstract Background A detailed community-level understanding of socioeconomic status (SES) and sociocultural status (SCS) of suicides and suicide attempters (SAs) in a prospective design could have significant implications for policymakers at the local prevention and treatment levels. The effect of SCS and SES on SAs is poorly understood and investigated in Iran. The present study aimed to investigate the incidence, trend, and role of SES and SCS on suicide and SAs. Methods A longitudinal study was conducted based on the registry for SAs in Malekan County, Iran, from 2015 to 2018. Demographic characteristics, SES, SCS, incidence rates, and predictors of suicidal behaviors were measured via structured instruments. Simple and multiple logistic regressions were used to estimate crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results A total of 853 SAs (32 suicides and 821 attempts) were identified during the study. Trend analysis revealed that the suicide rate significantly decreased from 2014 (10.28) to 2018 (1.75) per 100,000. In the final multiple variable models, age (26–40), male sex, unemployment, antisocial activities, history of SA, hanging method, and season (spring) increased the suicide risk while religious commitment had protective effects on suicide. Conclusions Our findings indicated that demographic characteristics, low SES, and SCS are associated with suicide. In this county, trend of suicide and SA were decreased from 2014 to 2018. This study findings highlight the need to consider a wide range of contextual variables, socio-demographic, SES, and SCS in suicide prevention strategies. Improving inter-sectoral collaborations and policymakers’ attitudes are imperative for SA reduction.

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