ERIC Number: EJ836513
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Publication Date: 2009-May
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Low-Income Mothers' Private Safety Nets and Children's Socioemotional Well-Being
Ryan, Rebecca M.; Kalil, Ariel; Leininger, Lindsey
Journal of Marriage and Family, v71 n2 p278-297 May 2009
Using longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study (N = 1,162) and the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (N = 1,308), we estimate associations between material and instrumental support available to low-income mothers and young children's socioemotional well-being. In multivariate OLS models, we find mothers' available support is negatively associated with children's behavior problems and positively associated with prosocial behavior in both data sets; associations between available support and children's internalizing and prosocial behaviors attenuate but remain robust in residualized change models. Overall, results support the hypothesis that the availability of a private safety net is positively associated with children's socioemotional adjustment.
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Income, Welfare Recipients, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups, Correlation, Young Children, Well Being, Child Welfare, Emotional Development, Social Development, Adjustment (to Environment), Social Services, Prosocial Behavior, Antisocial Behavior
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Language: English
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