Kiernan, Kathleen E. and Mensah, Fiona K. (2009) Poverty, Maternal Depression, Family Status and Children's Cognitive and Behavioural Development in Early Childhood: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Social Policy. pp. 569-588. ISSN 1469-7823
Abstract
Improving children's lives is high on the UK policy agenda. In this study for a recent birth cohort of UK children we examine how three aspects of parental resources - income, mother's mental well-being and family status - in early childhood enhance or compromise their children's cognitive and behavioural development. As well as examining how these three aspects of parental resources separately and jointly affect children's well-being, we also enquire whether persistent poverty or persistent maternal depression are more deleterious for children's current well-being than periodic episodes of poverty and depression. We find strong associations between poverty and young children's intellectual and behavioural development, and persistent poverty was found to be particularly important in relation to children's cognitive development. Maternal depression (net of other factors) was more weakly related to cognitive development but strongly related to whether children were exhibiting behaviour problems, and persistent depression amplified the situation. Family status, net of other factors (most noticeably poverty), was only weakly associated with children's development.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2009 Cambridge University Press. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the Journal of Social Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self archiving policy. |
Keywords: | DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE,STRENGTHS |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Social Policy and Social Work (York) |
Depositing User: | Repository Administrator York |
Date Deposited: | 10 Nov 2009 11:28 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:04 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279409003250 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0047279409003250 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:10118 |
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