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Poverty and Child Behavioral Problems: The Mediating Role of Parenting and Parental Well-Being

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  • Till Kaiser

    (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, 10785 Berlin, Germany
    Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany)

  • Jianghong Li

    (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, 10785 Berlin, Germany
    Telethon KIDS Institute, the University of Western Australia, Subiaco WA 6008, Australia
    Center for Population Health Research, Curtin University, Perth WA 6102, Australia)

  • Matthias Pollmann-Schult

    (Faculty of Humanities, Social Science and Education, Magdeburg University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany)

  • Anne Y. Song

    (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, 10785 Berlin, Germany)

Abstract

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.

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  • Till Kaiser & Jianghong Li & Matthias Pollmann-Schult & Anne Y. Song, 2017. "Poverty and Child Behavioral Problems: The Mediating Role of Parenting and Parental Well-Being," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-10, August.
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