TY - JOUR
T1 - Poverty and child behavioral problems
T2 - The mediating role of parenting and parental well-being
AU - Kaiser, Till
AU - Li, Jianghong
AU - Pollmann-Schult, Matthias
AU - Song, Anne Y.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - The detrimental impact of poverty on child behavioral problems is well-established, but the mechanisms that explain this relationship are less well-known. Using data from the Families in Germany Study on parents and their children at ages 9–10 (middle childhood), this study extends previous research by examining whether or not and to what extent different parenting styles and parents’ subjective well-being explain the relationship between poverty and child behavior problems. The results show that certain parenting styles, such as psychological control, as well as mothers’ life satisfaction partially mediate the correlation between poverty and child behavioral problems.
AB - The detrimental impact of poverty on child behavioral problems is well-established, but the mechanisms that explain this relationship are less well-known. Using data from the Families in Germany Study on parents and their children at ages 9–10 (middle childhood), this study extends previous research by examining whether or not and to what extent different parenting styles and parents’ subjective well-being explain the relationship between poverty and child behavior problems. The results show that certain parenting styles, such as psychological control, as well as mothers’ life satisfaction partially mediate the correlation between poverty and child behavioral problems.
KW - Child behavior problems
KW - Germany
KW - Life satisfaction
KW - Parenting
KW - Poverty
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85028625026&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph14090981
DO - 10.3390/ijerph14090981
M3 - Article
C2 - 28867777
AN - SCOPUS:85028625026
SN - 1660-4601
VL - 14
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 9
M1 - 981
ER -
