Health and Self-Regulation among School-Age Children Experiencing Family Homelessness.

ABSTRACT: Children in homeless families have high levels of adversity and are at risk for behavior problems and chronic health conditions, however little is known about the relationship between cognitive-emotional self-regulation and health among school-aged homeless children. Children (n = 86; mean age 10.5) living in shelters were assessed for health, family stress/adversity, emotional-behavioral regulation, nonverbal intellectual abilities, and executive function. Vision problems were the most prevalent health condition, followed by chronic respiratory conditions. Cumulative risk, child executive function, and self-regulation problems in children were uniquely related to child physical health. Homeless children experience problems with cognitive, emotional, and behavioral regulation as well as ph

SUBMITTER: Barnes AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5575592 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature