Capturing Environmental Dimensions of Adversity and Resources in the Context of Poverty Across Infancy Through Early Adolescence: A Moderated Nonlinear Factor Model.
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SUBMITTER: DeJoseph ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9272468 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
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Capturing Environmental Dimensions of Adversity and Resources in the Context of Poverty Across Infancy Through Early Adolescence: A Moderated Nonlinear Factor Model.
DeJoseph Meriah L ML Sifre Robin D RD Raver C Cybele CC Blair Clancy B CB Berry Daniel D
Child development 20210107 4
Income, education, and cumulative-risk indices likely obscure meaningful heterogeneity in the mechanisms through which poverty impacts child outcomes. This study draws from contemporary theory to specify multiple dimensions of poverty-related adversity and resources, with the aim of better capturing these nuances. Using data from the Family Life Project (N = 1,292), we leveraged moderated nonlinear factor analysis (Bauer, 2017) to establish group- and longitudinally invariant environmental measu ...[more]
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