Abstract
The authors examined the effects of antipoverty programs on children's cumulative poverty-related risk and the relationship between cumulative poverty-related risk and child outcomes among low-income families. Samples included 419 children ages 3-10 years in the New Hope program and 759 children ages 2-9 years in the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), which tested 2 program approaches. Nine poverty-related risks made up the measure of cumulative risk. Both MFIP program approaches reduced cumulative poverty-related risk. New Hope reduced cumulative poverty-related risk among long-term welfare recipients. In both New Hope and MFIP, significant linear relationships between cumulative poverty-related risk and parent-reported behavior problems and school achievement were found. Cumulative poverty-related risk partially mediated the impacts of the MFIP programs on children's behavior problems. Among long-term welfare recipients, cumulative poverty-related risk partially mediated New Hope's impact on parent-reported school achievement. PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 981-999 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Developmental psychology |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2006 |
Keywords
- Antipoverty programs
- Behavior problems
- Child behavior
- Cumulative risk
- Policy
- Poverty
- Program evaluation
- School achievement
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Demography
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Life-span and Life-course Studies