Poverty and children's adjustment /

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Poverty and Children's Adjustment gives an interdisciplinary perspective on the effects of poverty, lack of education, and other negative socioeconomic forces on children's development. This volume provides an in-depth review of the literature on psychopathology among children faced with s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Luthar, Suniya S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1999.
Series:Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; v. 41.
Subjects:
Poor children > United States > Psychology.
Children with social disabilities > United States > Psychology.
Poverty > United States > Psychological aspects.
Adjustment (Psychology) in children > United States.
Child psychopathology > United States.
Social adjustment.
Adaptability (Psychology)
Children.
Poverty.
Social Adjustment
Adaptation, Psychological
Child
Poverty
Enfants pauvres > États-Unis > Psychologie.
Enfants socialement défavorisés > États-Unis > Psychologie.
Pauvreté > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Ajustement chez l'enfant > États-Unis.
Enfants > Psychopathologie > États-Unis.
Adaptation sociale.
Adaptation (Psychologie)
Enfants.
Pauvreté.
children (people by age group)
poverty.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Social adjustment
Children
Adjustment (Psychology) in children
Child psychopathology
Children with social disabilities > Psychology
Poor children > Psychology
Poverty > Psychological aspects
Armut
Kind
Integration
Unterprivilegierung
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Child Attributes. Gender Differences in Vulnerability to Familial Stressors. Gender Differences in Vulnerability to Community-Related Influences. Age Differences. Personal Characteristics. Trajectories of Adjustment
  • 3. Poverty and the Family: Demographic and Structural Features. Teenage Mothers. Family Structure. Ethnicity
  • 4. Poverty and the Family: Psychological Processes. Poverty and Parents' Functioning. Parental Behaviors. Models of Family Functioning in the Context of Poverty
  • 5. Exosystemic Influences. Support Networks. The Physical Environment. Neighborhoods. Violence in the Neighborhood
  • 6. Future Directions. Childhood in Poverty: Directions for Future Inquiry. Interventions. Teaching and Curricula.

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