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| Title: | Economic Disadvantage and Parental Depression: An Analysis of Race and Children’s Coping Skills |
| Other Titles: | Analysis of race and risk |
| Authors: | Okoro, Nkechinyere |
| Keywords: | race
parental depression
economic disadvantage |
| Issue Date: | 6-Apr-2011 |
| ???metadata.dc.subject.lcsh???: | Stress (Psychology)
Children of depressed persons
Adjustment (Psychology) in children
Children of minorities -- Mental health
Poverty -- Psychological aspects |
| Description: | Depression currently affects approximately 16% of the current United States population
and the numbers are steadily rising. The prevalence of the mood disorder has significant effects, especially for children of depressed parents. Additional, contributing factors such as economic disadvantage and financial strain within the same household leads to a multitude of behavioral and developmental risks for children and adolescents. A variety of factors such as negative parenting and lack of communication can directly contribute to behavioral problems, a lack of coping skills, and decreased family functioning for children and adolescents. In examining race and ethnic background for a child experiencing the pressures of parental depression and economic strain, there are substantial group differences for minority children in comparison to
Euro-American children. Relevant research and findings for this difference have implications
towards underlying factors between the groups, with a distinctive focus on varying levels of
economic disadvantage.
PSY.2990.01 Honors Research: Craig Smith |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/4819 |
| Appears in Collections: | Clinical Psychology -- Stress and Coping Research
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