Contextual factors of child behavioral health across developmental stages

Susan Yoon, Kathryn Maguire-Jack, Alexa Ploss, Juan Lorenzo Benavidez, Yujeong Chang

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Abstract

This study examines the relative influence of environmental contexts (family, school, neighborhood) on child behavioral health at ages 3, 5, 9, and 15 years. Path analysis was conducted on a sample of 4,898 urban children from a longitudinal dataset called the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Child physical abuse, emotional abuse, maternal depression, substance use, neighborhood social cohesion, neighborhood poverty, school connectedness, and peer bullying had concurrent relationships with child behavior problems at one or more developmental stages. Early childhood abuse (age 3) and school age environmental contexts (age 9) had lasting effects on later behavior problems. Findings underscore the importance of both multilevel contextual factors and developmental timing in determining behavioral health outcomes in children.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)660-673
Number of pages14
JournalDevelopment and Psychopathology
Volume36
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2024

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Keywords

  • contextual factors
  • externalizing symptoms
  • internalizing symptoms
  • longitudinal

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