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Poverty, caregiver depression and stress as predictors of children's externalizing behaviours in a low‐income sample
Author(s) -
Henninger William R.,
Luze Gayle
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
child and family social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-2206
pISSN - 1356-7500
DOI - 10.1111/cfs.12046
Subject(s) - psychology , poverty , depression (economics) , path analysis (statistics) , clinical psychology , child poverty , stress (linguistics) , developmental psychology , low income , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , socioeconomics , sociology , economics , macroeconomics , economic growth
Previous research suggests a relationship between poverty, caregiver depression, caregiver stress and children's externalizing behaviour. However, little research exists to suggest the manner in which these concepts are interrelated. Latent growth curve analyses were conducted on caregiver–child dyads data from the E arly H ead S tart R esearch and E valuation P roject to identify the path through which poverty, caregiver depression, caregiver stress and child externalizing behaviours were related. Analyses identified a path through which caregiver stress and depression mediated the effect of poverty on child externalizing behaviours. In addition, the influence of caregiver depression on child externalizing behaviours was mediated by caregiver stress. Implications and limitations of these findings are discussed.