Identifying the 'active ingredients' of socioeconomic disadvantage for youth outcomes in middle childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Youth experiencing socioeconomic deprivation may be exposed to disadvantage in multiple contexts (e.g., neighborhood, family, and school). To date, however, we know little about the underlying structure of socioeconomic disadvantage, including whether the 'active ingredients' driving its robust effects are specific to one context (e.g., neighborhood) or whether the various contexts increment one another as predictors of youth outcomes.

Methods

The present study addressed this gap by examining the underlying structure of socioeconomic disadvantage across neighborhoods, families, and schools, as well as whether the various forms of disadvantage jointly predicted youth psychopathology and cognitive performance. Participants were 1,030 school-aged twin pairs from a su

SUBMITTER: Carroll SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10915935 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature