Young Children's Adjustment to Chronic Family Adversity: A Longitudinal Study of Low-Income Families

SummaryLongitudinal data collected over a 2-year period (1982–84) on 152 first and second parity mothers who were delivered in a charity maternity hospital in Manila, Philippines, indicate the reasons for never brest-feeding and for early termination of brest-feeding. Socio-Cultural factors and beliefs are more important than physiological problems in minating breast-feeding.Proper bottle-feeding is too costly for most low-income families. Bottle-fed babies have a higher incidence of diarrhoea. Mothers who change from breast- to bottle-feeding in the first 6 months are 1·7 times as likely to become pregnant in the first year post-partum as mothers Who brest-feed for 7 or more months.

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A Longitudinal Study of the Relationship of Maternal Autonomy Support to Children's Adjustment and Achievement in School

Journal of Personality ◽

10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00347.x ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 73 (5) ◽

pp. 1215-1236 ◽

Cited By ~ 97

Author(s):

Mireille Joussemet ◽

Richard Koestner ◽

Natasha Lekes ◽

Renee Landry

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Autonomy Support ◽

Children's Adjustment ◽

Children’S Adjustment ◽

Maternal Autonomy ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Maternal Autonomy Support

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Adoptive Gay Father Families: A Longitudinal Study of Children’s Adjustment at Early Adolescence

Child Development ◽

10.1111/cdev.13442 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anja L. McConnachie ◽

Nadia Ayed ◽

Sarah Foley ◽

Michael E. Lamb ◽

Vasanti Jadva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Early Adolescence ◽

Children's Adjustment ◽

Children’S Adjustment

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Pathways from early adversity to later adjustment: Tests of the additive and bidirectional effects of executive control and diurnal cortisol in early childhood

Development and Psychopathology ◽

10.1017/s0954579419000373 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 545-558 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Liliana J. Lengua ◽

Stephanie F. Thompson ◽

Lyndsey R. Moran ◽

Maureen Zalewski ◽

Erika J. Ruberry ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hpa Axis ◽

Low Income ◽

Executive Control ◽

Cumulative Risk ◽

Additive Effects ◽

Adjustment Problems ◽

Diurnal Cortisol ◽

Children's Adjustment ◽

Children’S Adjustment ◽

Bidirectional Effects

AbstractAdditive and bidirectional effects of executive control and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis regulation on children's adjustment were examined, along with the effects of low income and cumulative risk on executive control and the HPA axis. The study utilized longitudinal data from a community sample of preschool age children (N = 306, 36–39 months at Time 1) whose families were recruited to overrepresent low-income contexts. We tested the effects of low income and cumulative risk on levels and growth of executive control and HPA axis regulation (diurnal cortisol level), the bidirectional effects of executive control and the HPA axis on each other, and their additive effects on children's adjustment problems, social competence and academic readiness. Low income predicted lower Time 4 executive control, and cumulative risk predicted lower Time 4 diurnal cortisol level. There was little evidence of bidirectional effects of executive control and diurnal cortisol. However, both executive control and diurnal cortisol predicted Time 4 adjustment, suggesting additive effects. There were indirect effects of income on all three adjustment outcomes through executive control, and of cumulative risk on adjustment problems and social competence through diurnal cortisol. The results provide evidence that executive control and diurnal cortisol additively predict children's adjustment and partially account for the effects of income and cumulative risk on adjustment.

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