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ERIC Number: EJ659792
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Maternal Relationship Instability and the School Behavior of Children from Disadvantaged Families.
Ackerman, Brian P.; Brown, Eleanor D.; D'Eramo, Kristen Schoff; Izard, Carroll E.
Developmental Psychology, v38 n5 p694-704 Sep 2002
This longitudinal study examined the relation between the instability of maternal intimate relationships and school behavior of economically disadvantaged third-graders. After ecological correlates were controlled, chronic relationship instability was found to predict externalizing behavior for boys and girls and internalizing behavior for girls, but not academic competence. Recent instability moderated relation for past instability. Child adjustment in highly unstable families varied with verbal ability and family ecology. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Competence, Family Life, Influences, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Predictor Variables, Sex Differences, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Externalization; Internalization; Relationship Quality; Stability (Social Relationships)