The domains where children showed increased rates
of developmental vulnerability are physical health and wellbeing, social competence, emotional maturity, and language and cognitive development.
Outcome measures Level of
developmental vulnerability in Australian children for five developmental domains: physical well - being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive skills and communication skills and general knowledge.
Results revealed that linguistically diverse children who were not yet proficient in English at school entry show
greater developmental vulnerability and risked poorer outcomes.
Children from low socio - economic status communities are more likely to
experience developmental vulnerability — but half of all children who are developmentally vulnerable come from the top three fifths of the income distribution.
For Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, the prevalence
of developmental vulnerability was 47.4 % in 2009 which reduced to 43.2 % in 2012.
Long - term effects of divorce on children:
A developmental vulnerability model.