TY - JOUR
T1 - Supporting child and family resilience in the face of political violence
T2 - Evidence from a home visit parenting program
AU - Leer, Jane
AU - Lopez Boo, Florencia
AU - Norman, Savannah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Child Development © 2023 Society for Research in Child Development.
PY - 2023/9/1
Y1 - 2023/9/1
N2 - Political violence affects more than 25% of children globally, yet little is known about how to support positive adaptation among conflict-affected children. Using a sample of 3797 Nicaraguan child-caregiver dyads (MAgeTime1 = 1.5 years, MAgeTime2 = 5.9 years; 51% male), this registered report used a novel quasi-experimental approach to examine how exposure to political violence relates to child and caregiver outcomes, and to test three policy-relevant moderators: participation in a large-scale home visit parenting program, household economic disruption, and media exposure. Results revealed positive associations between political violence and harsh discipline practices (0.33 SD), but there was no evidence that political violence affected children's behavior, caregiver depressive symptoms, or responsive parenting practices, and there was no evidence of moderation.
AB - Political violence affects more than 25% of children globally, yet little is known about how to support positive adaptation among conflict-affected children. Using a sample of 3797 Nicaraguan child-caregiver dyads (MAgeTime1 = 1.5 years, MAgeTime2 = 5.9 years; 51% male), this registered report used a novel quasi-experimental approach to examine how exposure to political violence relates to child and caregiver outcomes, and to test three policy-relevant moderators: participation in a large-scale home visit parenting program, household economic disruption, and media exposure. Results revealed positive associations between political violence and harsh discipline practices (0.33 SD), but there was no evidence that political violence affected children's behavior, caregiver depressive symptoms, or responsive parenting practices, and there was no evidence of moderation.
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U2 - 10.1111/cdev.13991
DO - 10.1111/cdev.13991
M3 - Article
C2 - 37593969
AN - SCOPUS:85168320989
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 94
SP - 1222
EP - 1238
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 5
ER -