Associations among stress and language and socioemotional development in a low-income sample.

ABSTRACT: Stress has been linked with children's socioemotional problems and lower language scores, particularly among children raised in socioeconomically disadvantaged circumstances. Much of the work examining the relations among stress, language, and socioemotional functioning have relied on assessments of a single dimension of maternal stress. However, stress can stem from different sources, and people may appraise stressors differently. Taking a dimensional approach, this manuscript characterizes stress in multiple ways: as an overall composite; across the constructs of psychological appraisal vs. environmental stressors; and the independent contributions of a variety assessments. Data are from 548 mother-infant dyads (M = 13.14 months, SD = 2.11) who served as the control group f

SUBMITTER: Troller-Renfree SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9452599 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature