Family process model of the influence of components of SES on child development

• In Event: Poster Session 12
  In Poster Session: PS 12 Topic - Cognitive Processes

Abstract

This study proposes a family process mode in which socioeconomic status (SES), specifically parents’ education, income, and wealth indirectly predicts children’s cognitive abilities, through the quantity and quality of support and stimulation from the home environment. Data necessary to test this hypothesis has been identified in the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Cohort of 2010 –2011 (approximate N of 4,000). Separate mediation analyses will be conducted for children’s reading, math, and science skills in the 5th grade. Besides testing the process by which SES influences child development, a primary interest in this study is the unique processes by which different components of SES influence child development and how relations may differ across different domains of child development. The data has already been tagged and extracted from the publicly available data and this study is a continuation of several other completed studies that investigate family process models using the NICHD-SECCYD data set. Data analysis will begin in October 2020 leaving plenty of time to complete the study and document the findings.

Author

• Robert F Corwyn, UA Little Rock
  Presenting Author