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Title: Risk and Protective Factors in Children's Behavioral and Academic Adjustment
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Dubow, Eric F. |
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Risk and Protective Factors in Children's Behavioral and Academic Adjustment Presented: Kansas City, KS, Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1989 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Children, Academic Development; Children, Adjustment Problems; Children, Behavioral Development; Children, Home Environment; Home Environment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Intelligence; Marital Disruption; Marital Instability; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Poverty; Self-Esteem; Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using a national longitudinal data set (the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth), this study assessed 1) the degree to which children who experience multiple family stressors (e.g., marital discord, poverty, crowding) are at risk for behavioral and academic adjustment problems; and 2) the potential beneficial impact of "protective factors" (e.g., the child's intelligence, self-esteem, a supportive home environment) for children at risk. Analyses focused on children ages 8-13 (N=740). Results showed that three risk factors significantly increased the likelihood of child behavioral and academic problems: poverty status, crowding (more than three children in the household), and maternal low self-esteem. The frequency of children exhibiting adjustment problems increased dramatically with the number of stressors experienced. In addition, children under stress were significantly better adjusted if they had high rather than low levels of each protective factor. These results have im plications for the identification of children at risk and for the development of interventions to enhance children's stress-protective resources. |
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Dubow, Eric F. "Risk and Protective Factors in Children's Behavioral and Academic Adjustment." Presented: Kansas City, KS, Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1989. |