Journal
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
Volume 59, Issue 4, Pages 783-806Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.00219.x
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Poverty; maternal depression; parenting; cognitive development; behaviour problems; Structural Equation Modelling
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- Economic and Social Research Council [RES-225-25-2001] Funding Source: researchfish
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This study uses data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study to examine the extent to which economic circumstances in infancy and mother's mental well-being are associated with children's cognitive development and behaviour problems at age 3 years, and what part parenting behaviours and attitudes play in mediating these factors. The analyses derived from Structural Equation Modelling show that economic deprivation and maternal depression separately and collectively diminish the cognitive and emotional well-being of children, and part of this diminution emanates from less nurturing and engaged parenting by those with less economic and emotional resources.
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