Household income predicts trajectories of child internalizing and externalizing behavior in high-, middle-, and low-income countries
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examined longitudinal links between household income and parents' education and children's trajectories of internalizing and externalizing behaviors from age 8 to 10 reported by mothers, fathers, and children. Longitudinal data from 1,190 families in 11 cultural groups in eight countries (Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and United States) were included. Multigroup structural equation models revealed that household income, but not maternal or paternal education, was related to trajectories of mother-, father-, and child-reported internalizing and externalizing problems in each of the 11 cultural groups. Our findings highlight that in low-, middle-, and high-income countries, socioeconomic risk is related to children's internalizing and externalizing problems, extending the international focus beyond children's physical health to their emotional and behavioral development.
Authors: Jennifer E. Lansford, Patrick S. Malone, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A. Dodge, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T. Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg
Institutions: Duke University, Chiang Mai University, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Bogota, Foro Italico University of Rome, Ateneo de Manila University, Emirates College for Advanced Education, Hashemite University, University of Naples Federico II, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, University of Macau, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Sapienza University of Rome, Maseno University, University West, Temple University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2852854653