Sentences with phrase «maternal family characteristics»

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Singer, J. D., Fuller, B., Keiley, M., and Wolf, A. Early Child Care Selection: Variation by Geographic Location, Maternal Characteristics, and Family Structure.Developmental Psychology, 34 (5), 1129 - 1144., (1998)

Hierarchical generalised linear mixed models with a logit link were used to analyse the relationship between poor attendance and maternal alcohol use, and sociodemographic and school characteristics, with models nested at the child and family level.

Predictors of maternal language input to infants during a picture book task in the home: Family, SES, Child Characteristics and the Parenting Environment

For low - income families headed by single mothers, the associations between maternal employment and children's cognitive and social development tend to be neutral or positive, but much of this difference is a function of pre-existing differences between mothers who are or are not employed.2, 3,4,5 The effects of maternal employment on children's development also depend on the characteristics of employment — its quality, extent and timing — and on the child's age.2, 6,7 On the other hand, poverty has consistently negative associations with young children's development, but here, too, there is considerable controversy about the causal role of income per se, as opposed to other correlates of poverty.8, 9,10,11,12,13

There were no significant differences between these659 families and the original 976 families for demographic characteristics, maladaptive parental behavior, maternal psychiatric symptoms, offspring temperament, or the overall prevalence of paternal psychiatric symptoms, although paternal substance abuse in 1975 was less prevalent among the 659 families in the present sample than among the 976 families in the original sample.

Family context and bi-directional influences, such as children's temperamental characteristics and health status, may lessen or worsen the impact of maternal depression on children's development.

Children raised in families that experience multiple transitions do not consistently have higher levels of behavioral problems or lower test scores than do children in family types with one or fewer transitions, even when only child characteristics are controlled... Finally, maternal psychological well - being is shown to be an important mechanism by which family structure affects behavioral outcomes, but not cognitive ones.»

Goals include identifying underlying family and child processes linking maternal depression and child development, how do these processes work together and change over time, child gender differences in effects, and the role of child characteristics.

Psychological characteristics include low IQ, impulsivity, hyperactivity, lack of empathy, and fearlessness.12, 13 Parental risks include low levels of education, antisocial behavior, poor parenting skills, maternal early onset of childbearing, and family discord.14 — 20 There is evidence of an intergenerational transmission of these problems through both genetic and environmental channels.18, 19,21 — 24 Developmental research also shows that the spontaneous onset of physical aggression in school - aged children is highly unusual.1, 7,25 Instead, the developmental precursors of chronic physical aggression are present before school entry.

An index of family adversity was constructed using eight different indicators of health risk from maternal, family and area characteristics including poverty and maternal depression.

The analysis of associations between parenting and each health outcome or health behaviour controlled for other important family characteristics known to influence poor health, including poverty and maternal mental health.

In multivariate analysis that took account of other family and maternal characteristics, the MCS study found that two measures of family organisation (regular bed and mealtimes) were the only parenting behaviours predicting poor general health.

This combined eight different indicators of social inequality from maternal, family and area characteristics including poverty and maternal depression.

3 FACTORS WHICH HELP OR HINDER IMPROVEMENT 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Key findings 3.3 Domains of influence on cognitive development 3.3.1 Demographic characteristics 3.3.2 Family composition 3.3.3 Parenting factors 3.3.4 Experience of childcare and pre-school 3.3.5 Child health and early development 3.3.6 Parenting support 3.3.7 Maternal health and health behaviours 3.3.8 Material and economic circumstances 3.4 Summary of single domain effects 3.5 Combined domain effects 3.5.1 Summary of combined domain effects 3.5.2 Explaining the effect of education on gaps in ability

Children's development was associated with a number of social factors, including maternal age and educational level, income, employment and family characteristics.

Factors which were found to be significantly related to lower cognitive scores included maternal characteristics (low maternal educational attainment and younger age) and socio - economic factors (living in an area of deprivation, an urban area of residence, larger family size and living in persistent poverty during the early years).

Child FIRST (Child and Family Interagency Resource, Support, and Training) is a home visitation program for low - income families with children ages 6 - 36 months at high risk of emotional, behavioral, or developmental problems, or child maltreatment, based on child screening and / or family characteristics such as maternal depression.1 Families are visited in their homes by a trained clinical team consisting of (i) a master's level developmental / mental health clinician, and (ii) a bachelor's level care coordiFamily Interagency Resource, Support, and Training) is a home visitation program for low - income families with children ages 6 - 36 months at high risk of emotional, behavioral, or developmental problems, or child maltreatment, based on child screening and / or family characteristics such as maternal depression.1 Families are visited in their homes by a trained clinical team consisting of (i) a master's level developmental / mental health clinician, and (ii) a bachelor's level care coorfamilies with children ages 6 - 36 months at high risk of emotional, behavioral, or developmental problems, or child maltreatment, based on child screening and / or family characteristics such as maternal depression.1 Families are visited in their homes by a trained clinical team consisting of (i) a master's level developmental / mental health clinician, and (ii) a bachelor's level care coordifamily characteristics such as maternal depression.1 Families are visited in their homes by a trained clinical team consisting of (i) a master's level developmental / mental health clinician, and (ii) a bachelor's level care coorFamilies are visited in their homes by a trained clinical team consisting of (i) a master's level developmental / mental health clinician, and (ii) a bachelor's level care coordinator.

At the start of the study, the PMTO and control groups were highly similar in pre-program characteristics, such as child behavior, maternal depression, family income, and maternal arrests.

Third, although there are some data about various child and family characteristics that predict outcome (e.g., socioeconomic disadvantage, severity of child behaviour, maternal adjustment problems, treatment barriers), there has been a relative dearth of attention paid to a) the actual processes of change that are induced by PMT and b) whether there are certain subgroups (e.g., based on child gender or minority status or family socioeconomic status) for whom PMT is more or less effective.15 - 17

Research also needs to adequately control for covariates that may confound the effects of PAE, such as family processes (eg, problematic parenting or family conflict) and parental characteristics, especially maternal substance use.1, 12 Researchers also need to account for genetic liabilities that are shared by parents and offspring.13, 14 A woman's genetic risk of substance use could be passed down to her children and subsequently affect their behavior.15 Research on the consequences of PAE, therefore, needs studies with large samples, with sufficient statistical power to detect small effects, using analytical methods and designs that can account for potential confounds, including factors that are not measured.

In the present study, we test the relationship between food insecurity in early childhood (before age 4 1/2) and children's symptoms of depression / anxiety, aggression, and hyperactivity / inattention up to age 8, accounting for child and familial characteristics which may be associated with food insecurity and children's mental health [16], [20]: child's sex, immigrant status, family structure, maternal age at child's birth, family income, maternal and paternal education, prenatal tobacco exposure, maternal and paternal depression, family functioning and negative parenting.