ERIC Number: EJ802904
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jul
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1537-4416
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A Test of the Family Stress Model on Toddler-Aged Children's Adjustment among Hurricane Katrina Impacted and Nonimpacted Low-Income Families
Scaramella, Laura V.; Sohr-Preston, Sara L.; Callahan, Kristin L.; Mirabile, Scott P.
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, v37 n3 p530-541 Jul 2008
Hurricane Katrina dramatically altered the level of social and environmental stressors for the residents of the New Orleans area. The Family Stress Model describes a process whereby felt financial strain undermines parents' mental health, the quality of family relationships, and child adjustment. Our study considered the extent to which the Family Stress Model explained toddler-aged adjustment among Hurricane Katrina affected and nonaffected families. Two groups of very low-income mothers and their 2-year-old children participated (pre-Katrina, n = 55; post-Katrina, n = 47). Consistent with the Family Stress Model, financial strain and neighborhood violence were associated with higher levels of mothers' depressed mood; depressed mood was linked to less parenting efficacy. Poor parenting efficacy was associated to more child internalizing and externalizing problems. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Low Income, Mothers, Child Rearing, Toddlers, Family Relationship, Low Income Groups, Psychological Patterns, Natural Disasters, Models, Mental Health, Depression (Psychology), Behavior Problems, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, Child Psychology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
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