What is it about?
Exposing to deep poverty for extended periods of time and experiencing substantial income volatility increases parental depression, reducing parental ability to invest in cognitively stimulating materials, and disrupting parental engagement in children's school activities; all of such consequentially harm children's locus of control, self-concept, and internalizing behavior.
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Why is it important?
Experiencing economic deprivation during childhood carry long-lasting adverse consequences throughout the lifetime, such as having lower wages and income and thus incurring vicious cycles of poverty. Understanding the challenges due to economic deprivation faced by parents with young children thus helps inform family practitioners and psychologists about the critical interconnections between deprivation, inequity, and child well-being. In turn, targeted support programs aiming to address economic deprivation can go beyond simply lifting families from poverty and focus on promoting income stability during childhood.
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This page is a summary of: Childhood deprivation experience, family pathways, and socioemotional functioning., Journal of Family Psychology, March 2021, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/fam0000811.
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