Family and neighborhood socioeconomic status and temperament development from childhood to adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Children differ in their temperament and these differences predict consequential outcomes, including mental health, peer relations, substance use, academic performance, and adult personality. Additionally, children's temperament develops over time in response to environmental factors, such as the socioeconomic status (SES) of their family and the neighborhood in which they are raised. However, there has been lack on research on the relation between neighborhood SES and the development of temperament or personality.

Method

Using data from two cohorts of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC; N = 9,217) that followed children from 4 to 15 years old, the present analyses examined whether parent income, parent education, and neighborhood disadvantage were

SUBMITTER: Strickhouser JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7036027 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature