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How Money Matters for Children’s Socioemotional Adjustment: Family Processes and Parental Investment

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Health Disparities in Youth and Families

Part of the book series: Nebraska Symposium on Motivation ((NSM,volume 57))

Abstract

Numerous studies conducted by researchers in public health, psychology, and sociology have found that children and adolescents from disadvantaged families (e.g., “officially poor” families, families with low income-to-needs ratios) are at an increased risk of mental health problems, including depressive symptomatology, hostility, difficulties in peer relations, low self-esteem, and drug use (Bolger, Patterson, & Thompson, 1995; Brooks-Gunn & Furstenberg, 1989; Currie & Lin, 2007; Elder, Nguyen, & Caspi, 1985; Goodman, 1999; Goosby, 2007; Strohschein, 2005; Wadsworth, Raviv, Compas, & Connor-Smith, 2005)

Paper prepared for an edited volume based on a presentation at the 57th Annual Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Motivation and Health: Addressing Youth Health Disparities in the Twenty First Century, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, April 16, 2009, organized by Gustavo Carlo, Lisa Crockett, and Miguel Carranza.

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    For convenience, the term “children” is used to refer to children and adolescents. When the distinction between these two developmental periods is critical, the applicable term is used.

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McLoyd, V.C. (2011). How Money Matters for Children’s Socioemotional Adjustment: Family Processes and Parental Investment. In: Carlo, G., Crockett, L., Carranza, M. (eds) Health Disparities in Youth and Families. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, vol 57. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7092-3_3

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