Income, Family Context, and Self-Regulation in 5-Year-Old Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Self-regulation (SR) is a core aspect of child development with enduring effects on health and wellbeing across the lifespan. Early childhood poverty may shape SR development. This study examined the cross-sectional relationship among family income, family context, and SR in 5-year-old children.

Methods

A total of 140 five-year-old children and their mothers participated in the study. Children completed a battery of SR tasks; mothers completed questionnaires. Cognitive and emotional SR composite scores were generated based on a principal component analysis of the SR tasks. The SR scores were first regressed on family income (in 10 levels ranging from <5000 to 150,000+) adjusting for age, sex, and race of the child; family context variables were subsequently added t

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5285269 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb/Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature