The role of household chaos in understanding relations between early poverty and children’s academic achievement

Garrett‐Peters, Patricia; Mokrova, Irina L.; Vernon–Feagans, Lynne; Willoughby, Michael T.; Pan, Yongsheng

doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2016.02.004

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“…Further, although not explored in this study, future research could explore whether socioeconomic status moderates the impact of household chaos on adult attachment and parenting. Household chaos may exacerbate the effects of attachment in low‐income homes, where unpredictable and stressful living conditions are more likely than in higher income families (Garrett‐Peters et al, ). In the current study, our assessment of adult attachment did not include disorganized category, which is likely a risk factor for less sensitive and more intrusive parenting behavior.…”

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Maternal and Paternal Attachment Style and Chaos as Risk Factors for Parenting Behavior

2020

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Objective and Background Household chaos and insecure parental attachment styles are associated with lower quality parenting behaviors. However, there is a paucity of evidence regarding fathers' parenting behaviors, and no studies examine whether chaotic home environments moderate the attachment style–parenting behavior relationship. Method Using data from both mothers and fathers of 742 children (40.5% African American) living in rural, low‐resource communities, the current study examined the individual and joint effects of self‐reported adult attachment style and two domains of household chaos on observed maternal and paternal parenting behaviors during structured play with their 58‐month‐old child (49.6% female). Results Multivariate models revealed that even after controlling for confounders, attachment insecurity predicted lower quality parenting behavior for mothers and fathers. Further, for both mothers and fathers, the disorganized domain of household chaos, representing environments high in noise, clutter, and disorder, predicted less sensitive and more intrusive parenting behavior. Finally, for mothers with dismissive attachment styles, high levels of disorganization appeared to exacerbate caregiving difficulties; this moderating relationship was not evident for fathers. Conclusion These findings suggest that the stress of a chronically disorganized family environment may influence the expression of mothers' insecure tendencies in the context of parenting, thereby intensifying less sensitive and more intrusive parenting behaviors. Implications These findings suggest that the stress of a chronically disorganized family environment may impact the expression of mothers' insecure tendencies in the context of parenting, thereby intensifying less sensitive and more intrusive parenting behaviors.

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Maternal and Paternal Attachment Style and Chaos as Risk Factors for Parenting Behavior

2020

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“…Chaos is a description of contexts that are over‐stimulating because of environmental disorder (e.g., crowding, noise, clutter) or environmental instability (e.g., changes in housing, school, and family composition; Evans & Wachs, ; Shonkoff, ). Most studies that used the concept of chaos have focused on noise, clutter, and other types of disorder; a much smaller set included indicators of both disorder and instability (Coley, Lynch, & Kull, ; Garrett‐Peters, Mokrova, Vernon‐Feagans, Willoughby, & Pan, ; Raver et al, ; Vernon‐Feagans et al, ; Vernon‐Feagans, Willoughby, & Garrett‐Peters, ). Evidence has shown that disorganization, but not instability, mediates the relations between income and academic achievement (Garrett‐Peters et al, ) and predicts children's behavior at Kindergarten entry (Vernon‐Feagans et al, ).…”

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“…Most studies that used the concept of chaos have focused on noise, clutter, and other types of disorder; a much smaller set included indicators of both disorder and instability (Coley, Lynch, & Kull, ; Garrett‐Peters, Mokrova, Vernon‐Feagans, Willoughby, & Pan, ; Raver et al, ; Vernon‐Feagans et al, ; Vernon‐Feagans, Willoughby, & Garrett‐Peters, ). Evidence has shown that disorganization, but not instability, mediates the relations between income and academic achievement (Garrett‐Peters et al, ) and predicts children's behavior at Kindergarten entry (Vernon‐Feagans et al, ). Both disorder and instability early in life are associated with child physical and mental health issues (Coley et al, ).…”

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Strengthening Social Programs to Promote Economic Stability During Childhood

Hardy

Hill

Romich

2019

Social Policy Report

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Economic instability has increased in recent decades and is higher for families with low incomes and Black families. Such instability is thought to be driven primarily by precarious work and unstable family structure. In addition, the social safety net has become less of a stabilizing force for low‐income families, in part because benefits are often tied to employment and earnings. Too much change in economic circumstances may disrupt investments in children, parenting practices, and family routines—particularly if the economic changes are unpredictable, undesired, or not part of upward mobility. Given the considerable evidence that economic circumstances affect child health and development, economic stability can and should be an important goal of multiple policy domains. In this report, we describe economic instability, review the pertinent theories for considering how economic instability might matter to children, and describe ideas for policies that could reduce or moderate instability. We include policies that reduce instability in earnings, use public assistance to stabilize income or reduce material hardship, or enhance parents' capacity to deal with or avoid instability.

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“…In addition to compromised health, Schmeer and Yoon () recently found that home environments that are kept in poor condition can constitute a significant source of psychosocial stress. Studies have also linked housing‐related risk factors to other developmental risks factors, including academic (Garrett‐Peters, Mokrova, Vernon‐Feagans, Willoughby & Pan, ; Lopoo & London, ) and neuropsychological (Pike et al., ) challenges—both of which are key predictors of delinquent behaviors (Jackson & Beaver, ; Maguin & Loeber, ). Given the associations between housing conditions and the physical, academic, and neuropsychological development of children, it is perhaps not surprising that housing conditions have also been linked to childhood behavioral problems.…”

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Adverse Housing Conditions and Early‐Onset Delinquency

Jackson

Newsome

Lynch

2017

American J of Comm Psychol

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Housing constitutes an important health resource for children. Research has revealed that, when housing conditions are unfavorable, they can interfere with child health, academic performance, and cognition. Little to no research, however, has considered whether adverse housing conditions and early-onset delinquency are significantly associated with one another. This study explores the associations between structural and non-structural housing conditions and delinquent involvement during childhood. Data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) were employed in this study. Each adverse housing condition was significantly associated with early-onset delinquency. Even so, disarray and deterioration were only significantly linked to early delinquent involvement in the presence of health/safety hazards. The predicted probability of early-onset delinquency among children exposed to housing risks in the presence of health/safety hazards was nearly three times as large as the predicted probability of early-onset delinquency among children exposed only to disarray and/or deterioration, and nearly four times as large as the predicted probability of early-onset delinquency among children exposed to none of the adverse housing conditions. The findings suggest that minimizing housing-related health/safety hazards among at-risk subsets of the population may help to alleviate other important public health concerns-particularly early-onset delinquency. Addressing household health/safety hazards may represent a fruitful avenue for public health programs aimed at the prevention of early-onset delinquency.

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The role of household chaos in understanding relations between early poverty and children’s academic achievement

Cited by 57 publications

References 46 publications

Maternal and Paternal Attachment Style and Chaos as Risk Factors for Parenting Behavior

Maternal and Paternal Attachment Style and Chaos as Risk Factors for Parenting Behavior

Strengthening Social Programs to Promote Economic Stability During Childhood

Adverse Housing Conditions and Early‐Onset Delinquency

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