Adolescent behavior and achievement, social capital, and the timing of geographic mobility

Cumulative, Timing‐Specific, and Interactive Models of Residential Mobility and Children's Cognitive and Psychosocial Skills

“…Alternately, residential moves may advance families' proximal and more distal contexts, improving home and neighborhood resources and promoting more positive development (Hansen, ; Sharkey & Sampson, ; Swanson & Schneider, ), although empirical research tends to overwhelmingly support the prior view. Indeed, a substantial body of empirical research has found that children who move show small but reliable detriments in academic skills, psychological well‐being, and behavioral and social functioning in comparison to their residentially stable peers, with results appearing more consistent for psychosocial versus cognitive arenas of functioning (Anderson, Leventhal, & Dupéré, ; Fowler, Henry, Schoeny, Taylor, & Chavira, ; Gillespie, ; Roy, McCoy, & Raver, ; Rumbold et al., ; Ziol‐Guest & McKenna, ).…”

“…Other studies have assessed residential mobility during specific developmental periods, although again results do not form a clear pattern. For example, some work has found mobility to be more strongly predictive of academic and behavioral functioning among preschoolers and adolescents than school‐age children (Anderson, Leventhal, & Dupéré, ; Fowler et al., ), whereas others have found stronger effects of mobility on behavioral functioning for school‐age children (Gillespie, ), and still others have failed to identify developmental timing differences in associations between mobility and children's academic, behavioral, and emotional functioning (Coley, Leventhal, Lynch, & Kull, ; Fowler et al., ).…”

Residential Mobility and Social Behaviors of Adolescents: A Systematic Review of the Literature

“…Gillespie () found that nonlocal moves (vs. local moves) were associated with behavioral problems in children ( n = 2,385) and that the strength of the association decreased as children age. Using linear mixed modeling, the author explored the effect of social capital on mobility for families who changed towns, cities, or countries.…”

Perinatal substance use, residential instability, and negative behavioral outcomes among adolescents: Lessons from the maternal lifestyle study

“…Life course perspective captures the impact of moving at the individual level. Evidence supports a developmentally sensitive time (i.e., preschool years and adolescence) when correlations between residential mobility and unwanted outcomes are highest (Gillepsie, ; Fowler et al., ). As such, life course perspective and social disorganization theory provide a theoretical framework which captures both individual and ecological influences.…”