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Author: Pachter, Lee M.
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Pachter, Lee M. Auinger, Peggy Palmer, Ray Weitzman, Michael |
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Do Parenting and the Home Environment, Maternal Depression, Neighborhood, and Chronic Poverty Affect Child Behavioral Problems Differently in Different Racial-Ethnic Groups? Pediatrics 117,4 (April 2006): 1329-1338. Also: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/117/4/1329 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Differences; Children, Behavioral Development; Depression (see also CESD); Ethnic Differences; Neighborhood Effects; Parenting Skills/Styles; Poverty; Racial Differences OBJECTIVE. To determine whether the processes through which parenting practices, maternal depression, neighborhood, and chronic poverty affect child behavioral problems are similar or different in minority and nonminority children in the United States. METHODS. Data from 884 white, 538 black, and 404 Latino families with children who were 6 to 9 years of age in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were analyzed. The outcome, child behavioral problems, was measured using the Behavior Problems Index externalizing and internalizing subscales. The effects of chronic poverty, neighborhood, maternal depression, and parenting on the outcome were analyzed using multigroup structural equation modeling. RESULTS. Chronic poverty affected child behavioral problems indirectly through the other variables, and parenting practices had direct effects in each racial/ethnic group. The effects of maternal depression were partially mediated through parenting in the white and Latino samples but were direct and unmediated through parenting practices in the black sample. Neighborhood effects were present in the white and black samples but were not significant for the Latino sample. CONCLUSIONS. Chronic poverty, neighborhood, maternal depression, and parenting practices have effects on child behavioral problems in white, black, and Latino children, but the processes and mechanisms through which they exert their effects differ among the groups. The differences may be related to social stratification mechanisms as well as sociocultural differences in family and childrearing practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Pachter, Lee M., Peggy Auinger, Ray Palmer and Michael Weitzman. "Do Parenting and the Home Environment, Maternal Depression, Neighborhood, and Chronic Poverty Affect Child Behavioral Problems Differently in Different Racial-Ethnic Groups?" Pediatrics 117,4 (April 2006): 1329-1338.
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Pachter, Lee M. Auinger, Peggy Palmer, Ray Weitzman, Michael |
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Do Parenting, Maternal Depression, Neighborhood, and Poverty Have the Same Effects on Child Behavior in Different Racial/Ethnic Groups? Presented: Washington, DC, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, 2005 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: American Pediatric Society Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); CESD (Depression Scale); Depression (see also CESD); Ethnic Differences; Neighborhood Effects; Parenting Skills/Styles; Poverty; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. OBJECTIVE: To determine if factors such as parenting practices, maternal depression, neighborhood and chronic poverty have different effects on child behavior problems (BP) in European American (EA), African American (AA) and Latino (L) children. DESIGN/METHODS: Data from 884 EA, 538 AA and 404 L families with a child 6-9 y enrolled in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Outcome variable: internalizing and externalizing child behavior problems (Behavior Problems Index). Predictor variables: 1) chronic poverty (> 50% of child's life), 2) maternal depression (CESD), 3) parenting/home environment (HOME-SF), 4) social capital/neighborhood characteristics. A structural equation model (SEM) was developed to define the hypothesized direct and indirect effects of predictor variables on child behavior problems. Multiple group SEM compared effects of predictor variables in the 3 racial/ethnic groups RESULTS: Effects of chronic poverty on behavior problems were fully mediated through parenting, maternal depression and neighborhood in EA and AA, and through parenting and mat. depression in L families. Maternal depression had direct effects on behavior problems in AA families, and partially mediated effects through parenting in EA and L. Neighborhood/social capital had direct and indirect effects (through parenting) on behavior problems in EA and AA, but had no significantly effect in the L group. CONCLUSIONS: The processes and mechanisms through which maternal depression, chronic poverty, neighborhood, and parenting influence child behavioral problems differ in different racial/ethnic groups. Culturally normative beliefs and practices, as well as social/structural issues may explain some of these findings. Approaches to intervention need to take into account these differences. |
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Pachter, Lee M., Peggy Auinger, Ray Palmer and Michael Weitzman. "Do Parenting, Maternal Depression, Neighborhood, and Poverty Have the Same Effects on Child Behavior in Different Racial/Ethnic Groups?" Presented: Washington, DC, Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, 2005. |
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Pachter, Lee M. Auinger, Peggy Weitzman, Michael |
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The Effects of Parenting Practices, Maternal Depression and Other Socio-Demographic Variables on Behavioral Health in White, African American and Latino Children Presented: Washington, DC, CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Conference, July 2004 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); CESD (Depression Scale); Children, Poverty; Depression (see also CESD); Neighborhood Effects; Parenting Skills/Styles; Parents, Behavior; Poverty Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) was analyzed to determine the processes and mechanisms through which parenting and chronic poverty influence child behavioral problems in 3 groups: whites, blacks, and Latinos. Structural equation modeling analyses showed that the effects of parenting and poverty are mediated through intermediate variables--e.g. neighborhood effects and maternal depression--differently in different groups. Results show that possible interventions need to be tailored to fit the specific group's mechanisms. |
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Pachter, Lee M., Peggy Auinger and Michael Weitzman. "The Effects of Parenting Practices, Maternal Depression and Other Socio-Demographic Variables on Behavioral Health in White, African American and Latino Children." Presented: Washington, DC, CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Conference, July 2004. |