TY - JOUR
T1 - Contextual factors of child behavioral health across developmental stages
AU - Yoon, Susan
AU - Maguire-Jack, Kathryn
AU - Ploss, Alexa
AU - Benavidez, Juan Lorenzo
AU - Chang, Yujeong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2023.
PY - 2024/5/1
Y1 - 2024/5/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - contextual factors
KW - externalizing symptoms
KW - internalizing symptoms
KW - longitudinal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85194442585&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0954579422001481
DO - 10.1017/S0954579422001481
M3 - Article
C2 - 36734228
AN - SCOPUS:85194442585
SN - 0954-5794
VL - 36
SP - 660
EP - 673
JO - Development and Psychopathology
JF - Development and Psychopathology
IS - 2
ER -