Sentences with phrase «of economic adversity»

In studying 1,957 mothers from 80 neighborhoods in Chicago, Kingston examined the combined effect of economic adversity and having interpersonal resources such as the support of family and friends, a spouse and a socially unified neighborhood to rely on.

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Entrepreneurs tend to be an action - oriented, onwards - and - upwards lot — a longitudinal study published by the Journal of Economic Psychology in 2014 associated successful entrepreneurs with higher - than - normal levels of hardiness, resourcefulness and optimism — meaning that when their venture fails, there's a pretty good chance they'll be able to rebound quickly, with a nifty second - act tale of adversity to slot into their narrative.

A few years ago, we marveled at how the Inc. 500 — our annual ranking of America's fastest - growing private companies — sustained momentum during economic adversity.

Between 1960 and 1970 the fall in test scores, the doubling of teenage suicide and homicide rates, and the doubling share of births to unwed mothers can not be attributed to economic adversity.

This programme, I am confident, will deepen the capacity of our media, and equip them with the relevant skill set to tell the African story — the story of potential triumph over adversity, economic successes over failures, and initiatives that will lead to the sustainable development of the continent,» he said.

The populace is reeling from economic adversity, the greed of the thoroughly corrupt political class, prevalent insecurity and dismay over hiccups in the assault on corruption.

Roberts has dedicated much of her career studying vulnerable and special populations, particularly those with serious disability and life - threatening diseases and who often experience societal and economic adversity.

Another important point to consider is that history has shown that a lack of financial interest in the property or «skin in the game» might make it easier for a borrower to walk away from the property when faced with economic adversity like a job loss, or a loss in property value.

Any further easing of this demand reduction would trade off economic adversity for increased chances of survival.»

But I expect that severe cost pressures from a client base besieged by economic adversity could change some of that traditional short - term thinking.

As an outcome of social exclusion consequent to childhood adversity, this study places health within a literature which examines other social and economic outcomes such as family demography, welfare position, educational attainment, employment history and criminal behaviour.46 47 49 50 Continued observation of the NCDS and BCS cohorts as they progress through adulthood provides opportunities for extension of this research.

To assess adversity among inner - city low - income youth, clinicians should consider adding the following experiences to current ACE measures: single - parent homes; lack of parental love, support, and guidance; death of family members; exposure to violence, adult themes, and criminal behavior; date rape; personal victimization; bullying; economic hardship; discrimination; and poor health.

Resilience in Black Families Hollingsworth (2013) In Handbook of Family Resilience View Abstract Explores how many African - American families are able to succeed in the face of social, economic, educational, and political adversities in addition to adversities that confront them at the level of the individual family; characteristics of resilient black families; the benefits of studying black families through the lens of resilience; and barriers that interfere with such study.

Without an understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying the well - established associations between childhood adversity and poor adult outcomes (the proverbial black box), interventions (examples are in italics) are largely limited to preventing childhood adversity (through advocacy) and to addressing the long - term behavioral social, health, and economic consequences (through health and social services).

In a parallel fashion, longitudinal studies that document the long - term consequences of childhood adversity indicate that alterations in a child's ecology can have measurable effects on his or her developmental trajectory, with lifelong consequences for educational achievement, economic productivity, health status, and longevity.23 — 27

Protecting young children from adversity is a promising, science - based strategy to address many of the most persistent and costly problems facing contemporary society, including limited educational achievement, diminished economic productivity, criminality, and disparities in health.

This pattern of results is clearly consistent with the conclusion that the Early Start service offered families no consistent benefits in the areas of maternal health, family functioning, family economic circumstances, and exposure to stress and adversity.

Especially among families with high levels of socio - economic disadvantage or family adversity, children's relations with both parents might benefit from greater family access to professional parenting support.

Two of them, family socio - economic disadvantage and family adversity, appear to have a negative impact on mother - child, as well as father - child relationships.

It appears to play an important mediating role in the relationship between adversity (such as job loss or social disadvantage) and health and well - being.5 — 7 Indeed, fear of job loss can be just as harmful as, if not more than, the job loss itself.8 — 10 Although a positive correlation between economic insecurity and overall ill health is well - established, the biological pathways through which these operate are not well understood.

Families with risk factors for poor father - child relationships, including socio - economic disadvantage, family adversity, and the presence of a non-biological father figure, could potentially benefit from additional support.

Patterson [74] suggests that families demonstrate resilience when, despite adversity, they are competent in performing (one or more of) four core family functions including membership and family formation; economic support; nurturance, education and socialisation; and protection of vulnerable members.

During the prenatal and infant periods, families have been identified on the basis of socioeconomic risk (parental education, income, age8, 11) and / or other family (e.g. maternal depression) or child (e.g. prematurity and low birth weight12) risks; whereas with preschoolers a greater emphasis has been placed on the presence of child disruptive behaviour, delays in language / cognitive impairment and / or more pervasive developmental delays.6 With an increased emphasis on families from lower socioeconomic strata, who typically face multiple types of adversity (e.g. low parental educational attainment and work skills, poor housing, low social support, dangerous neighbourhoods), many parenting programs have incorporated components that provide support for parents» self - care (e.g. depression, birth - control planning), marital functioning and / or economic self - sufficiency (e.g. improving educational, occupational and housing resources).8, 13,14 This trend to broaden the scope of «parenting» programs mirrors recent findings on early predictors of low - income children's social and emotional skills.

Toxic stress response can occur when a child experiences strong, frequent, and / or prolonged adversity — such as physical or emotional abuse, chronic neglect, caregiver substance abuse or mental illness, exposure to violence, and / or the accumulated burdens of family economic hardship — without adequate adult support.