Profiles of children's social-emotional health at school entry and associated income, gender and language inequalities: a cross-sectional population-based study in British Columbia, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Early identification of distinct patterns of child social-emotional strengths and vulnerabilities has the potential to improve our understanding of child mental health and well-being; however, few studies have explored natural groupings of indicators of child vulnerability and strengths at a population level. The purpose of this study was to examine heterogeneity in the patterns of young children's social and emotional health and investigate the extent to which sociodemographic characteristics were associated.

Design

Cross-sectional study based on a population-level cohort.

Setting

All kindergarten children attending public schools between 2004 and 2007 in British Columbia (BC), Canada.

Participants

35 818 kindergarten children (age of 5 years) with

SUBMITTER: Thomson KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5642671 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature