Economic status, community danger and psychological problems among South African children
SOURCE: Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
TITLE AUTHOR(S): O.A.Barbarien, L.Richter
KEYWORDS: CHILD CARE, CHILDREN, POVERTY, PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, SOCIO- ECONOMIC STATUS
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2216
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8488
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8488
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
TITLE AUTHOR(S): O.A.Barbarien, L.Richter
KEYWORDS: CHILD CARE, CHILDREN, POVERTY, PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, SOCIO- ECONOMIC STATUS
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2216
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8488
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8488
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Abstract
An extensive literature links community violence and poverty in the US to psychological difficulties in children. To test the cross-national generalizability of these relationships, 625 young South African mothers residing in black townships with different levels of community danger and material hardship rated their 6-year-olds on emotional functioning and behavioural problems. Most mothers were African, employed and of low educational attainment. Community danger was confirmed as a risk factor for anxiety, depression, aggression, opposition and low affability in children. A composite measure of socio-economic status as indexed by education and job status was unrelated to behavioural and emotional adjustment. However, children experiencing material hardship had fewer problems related to behavioural self-control than children in families with greater access to material resources.-
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