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Contextual factors of child behavioral health across developmental stages

Susan Yoon1,2, Kathryn Maguire-Jack3, Alexa Ploss1

  • 1College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

Development and Psychopathology
|February 3, 2023
PubMed

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Environmental factors like family, school, and neighborhood significantly impact child behavioral health across development. Early abuse and school-age contexts show lasting effects on behavior problems.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Child behavioral health is influenced by multiple environmental factors.
  • Understanding these influences across developmental stages is crucial for intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relative influence of family, school, and neighborhood contexts on child behavioral health.
  • To identify critical developmental periods where environmental factors have lasting impacts.

Main Methods:

  • Path analysis was used on data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N=4,898).
  • Longitudinal data tracked child behavior problems and environmental contexts at ages 3, 5, 9, and 15.

Main Results:

  • Concurrent relationships were found between abuse, maternal depression, substance use, neighborhood poverty, school connectedness, bullying, and child behavior problems.
  • Early childhood abuse (age 3) and school-age environmental contexts (age 9) demonstrated lasting effects on later behavior.

Conclusions:

  • Multilevel environmental factors significantly shape child behavioral health outcomes.
  • Developmental timing is critical; early and school-age environmental exposures have prolonged impacts.

Keywords:
contextual factorsexternalizing symptomsinternalizing symptomslongitudinal

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