Predicting Toddlers' Problematic Behaviors: the role of poverty, parenting, and childcare

Our study extends the understanding of how three distinct environments including home, childcare, and neighbourhood may influence young children's problematic behaviours among a sample of predominantly unmarried mothers residing in urban communities in the United States. With a sample of 791 mo...

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Published in:Early child development and care 2022-01, Vol.192 (2), p.313-330
Main Authors: Choi, Jeong-Kyun, Hatton-Bowers, Holly, Shin, Jiwon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Problems
Child Care
Child Rearing
Children
Cooperation
Economic Factors
Economically Disadvantaged
family engagement
Family Income
Longitudinal Studies
Mothers
Neighborhoods
One Parent Family
Parent Teacher Cooperation
parent-educator cooperation
parent-educator relationships
Parental stress
Parenting Styles
Parents & parenting
Poverty
Predictor Variables
problematic behaviours
Protective factors
Risk
Self Efficacy
Stress Variables
toddler development
Toddlers
Urban Areas
Well Being
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Summary:Our study extends the understanding of how three distinct environments including home, childcare, and neighbourhood may influence young children's problematic behaviours among a sample of predominantly unmarried mothers residing in urban communities in the United States. With a sample of 791 mothers we examined whether neighbourhood disadvantage and poverty were associated with maternal self-efficacy and parenting stress, the level of cooperativeness between parents and early childcare educators, and the quality of childcare, and whether these factors are in turn associated with toddler behaviour problems. Parent-educator cooperation and the quality of childcare were modest, yet significant protective factors for toddlers' problematic behaviours while maternal parenting stress was the strongest risk factor. Mothers' self-efficacy was indirectly associated with problematic behaviours. Neighbourhood poverty was also identified as a risk factor. Our study highlights the importance of cooperative parent-educator relationships for families with lower incomes and the need to account for the neighbourhood context.
ISSN:0300-4430
1476-8275
DOI:10.1080/03004430.2020.1756791