Association Between Neighborhood Deprivation and Child Cognition in Clinically Referred Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

When socioeconomic status is measured at the individual and/or family level, it has long been associated with cognition in children. However, the association between neighborhood deprivation, an index of community-level socioeconomic status, and child cognition is not fully understood. The goal of this study was to investigate (1) the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and child cognitive functioning and (2) whether child age moderates the relationship between cognitive functioning and neighborhood deprivation.

Methods

This study included 9878 children, ages 3 through 17 years (M = 10.4 yrs, SD = 3.4 yrs). Data were gathered from children referred for and evaluated at an urban, outpatient neuropsychology assessment clinic between 2006 and 2022, located i

SUBMITTER: Kalb L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10592520 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct-Nov 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature