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Risk and Resilience Processes in Single-Mother Families: An Interactionist Perspective

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The developmental consequences of economic hardship and poverty for family functioning and child and adolescent adjustment continue to be of concern to developmentalists and policy makers. Economic changes in the United States during the past two decades, such as increasing income inequality, have renewed interest in how social position and economic resources affect families and the development of children (Conger & Donnellan, 2007). Research shows that more socially and economically disadvantaged adults and children are at higher risk for physical, emotional, and behavioral problems (Bradley & Corwyn, 2002; Conger, Conger, & Martin, 2010; McLoyd, 1998; Schoon, Sacker, & Bartley, 2003). Also important, it is increasingly evident that the family acts as a conduit for socioeconomic influences on the development of children and adolescents (e.g., Repetti, Taylor, & Seeman, 2002). Two dominant perspectives have been proposed to explain the nature of the relationships among contextual stressors, family functioning, and child development. The first, social causation, proposes that variations in environmental conditions, such as poverty or social support, lead to differences in social, emotional, cognitive, and physical functioning. In contrast the social selection perspective argues that differences in individual traits or characteristics account for the associations among adverse life events, family functioning, and life course development (Conger & Donnellan, 2007).

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Taylor, Z.E., Conger, R.D. (2014). Risk and Resilience Processes in Single-Mother Families: An Interactionist Perspective. In: Sloboda, Z., Petras, H. (eds) Defining Prevention Science. Advances in Prevention Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7424-2_9

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