Citation

Ackerman BP, Izard CE, Schoff K, Youngstrom EA, Kogos J. Child Dev. 1999; 70(6): 1415-1427.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark 19716, USA. BPA@udel.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10621964

Abstract

This study explored the relations between additive and cumulative representations of contextual risk, caregiver emotionality, child adaptability, and teacher reports of the problem behaviors of 6- and 7-year-old children (N = 155) from economically disadvantaged families. The results showed relations between both risk representations and child problem scores and provided evidence that the relation for cumulative risk may be moderated by caregiver negative emotionality and caregiver positive emotionality and partially mediated by child adaptability. The results suggest the importance of exploring alternative representations of contextual risk and the conditions under which contextual risk influences child behavior.

Language: en