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Author: Boyle, Michael
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1. Comeau, Jinette
Boyle, Michael
Maternal Emotional Support and Children's Trajectories of Depression and Anxiety: Moderation by Economic Context
Presented: Seattle WA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2016
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Anxiety; Child Health; Depression (see also CESD); Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Poverty

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Using data from the Child Supplement of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (N=7,354), this paper examines the relative impact of stability and change in children's exposure to poverty from age 4 to 14 on trajectories of maternal emotional support, and the extent to which these dynamic experiences of poverty moderate the association between maternal emotional support and children's trajectories of depression and anxiety. Whereas children who are always poor are exposed to the lowest levels of emotional support at age 4 and over time, relief from poverty is associated with an increase in emotional support. Over time, the association between emotional support and children's depression and anxiety is non-linear, with children who are always poor or who move into poverty deriving more benefits than their counterparts who are never poor.
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Comeau, Jinette and Michael Boyle. "Maternal Emotional Support and Children's Trajectories of Depression and Anxiety: Moderation by Economic Context." Presented: Seattle WA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2016.