Risk and Adversity, Parenting Quality, and Children's Social-Emotional Adjustment in Families Experiencing Homelessness

Madelyn H. Labella; Angela J. Narayan; Christopher M. Mccormick; Christopher D. Desjardins; Ann S. Masten

doi:10.1111/cdev.12894

Risk and Adversity, Parenting Quality, and Children's Social-Emotional Adjustment in Families Experiencing Homelessness

Madelyn H. Labella, Angela J. Narayan, Christopher M. Mccormick, Christopher D. Desjardins, Ann S. Masten

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A multimethod, multi-informant design was used to examine links among sociodemographic risk, family adversity, parenting quality, and child adjustment in families experiencing homelessness. Participants were 245 homeless parents (M_age = 31.0, 63.6% African American) and their 4- to 6-year-old children (48.6% male). Path analyses revealed unique associations by risk domain: Higher sociodemographic risk predicted more externalizing behavior and poorer teacher–child relationships, whereas higher family adversity predicted more internalizing behavior. Parenting quality was positively associated with peer acceptance and buffered effects of family adversity on internalizing symptoms, consistent with a protective effect. Parenting quality was associated with lower externalizing behavior only when sociodemographic risk was below the sample mean. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	227-244
Number of pages	18
Journal	Child development
Volume	90
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12894
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

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