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  • Title: Chronic family adversity and early child behavior problems: a longitudinal study of low income families.
    Author: Shaw DS, Vondra JI, Hommerding KD, Keenan K, Dunn M.
    Journal: J Child Psychol Psychiatry; 1994 Sep; 35(6):1109-22. PubMed ID: 7995846.
    Abstract:
    A beginning step in the prevention of child psychopathology is the identification of conditions associated with a disproportionately high incidence of behavior problems. Rutter and colleagues (British Journal of Psychiatry, 1975, 126, 493-509) have reported a dramatic increase in the probability of child adjustment difficulties as a function of multiple family stressors. However, few investigators have tested this association beginning in infancy. The present investigation examines this relationship at the ages of 1 and 2 with behavioral adjustment at age 3 among 100 low-income families. Broad support was found for the family adversity hypothesis, though sex differences were evident regarding individual correlates of problem behavior.
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