A family-centered prevention ameliorates the associations of low self-control during childhood with employment income and poverty status in young African American adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Children with low self-control who grow up in poverty are at elevated risk for living in poverty when they are adults. The purpose of this study was to further understanding of the intergenerational continuity of poverty by (a) examining the likelihood that children with low levels of self-control at age 11 earn less employment income and are more likely to live in poverty 14 years later, at age 25; and (b) determining, via a preventive intervention, whether enhancing supportive parenting during childhood will ameliorate these associations.

Methods

Parents and their 11-year-old children from 381 families participated in the Strong African American Families (SAAF) program or a control condition. Teachers assessed children's self-control at 11 years; parents reported

SUBMITTER: Brody GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7078058 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature