Explaining variability in children’s aggressive behaviors after a family change

解释家庭变化后儿童攻击性行为的变化

• 批准号: 9224486
• 负责人: Elizabeth Fein Karberg
• 金额: $ 8.15万
• 依托单位: CHILD TRENDS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-11 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9224486
• 关键词: 16 year old; 5 year old; 9 year old; Address; Adolescence; Aggressive behavior; Attention; Basic Science; Behavior; Birth; Child; Child Development; Child Rearing; Childhood; Couples; Data; Demography; Development; Divorce; Economic Factors; Economics; Employment; Equation; Exhibits; Face; Family; Fathers; Friendships; Goals; Household; Income; Intervention; Learning; Life; Link; Literature; Low income; Marital Status; Marriage; Measures; Modeling; Mothers; Outcome; Parents; Perception; Policy Maker; Problem behavior; Public Health; Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Resources; Sampling; Schools; Shapes; Social Adjustment; Stress; System; Testing; Time; Toddler; United Kingdom; United States; Unmarried; Work; cohort; early childhood; fatherhood; fighting; improved; middle childhood; programs; social; theories

Summary/Abstract The proposed research seeks to examine differences in children’s aggressive behavior problems (ABP) following a change in family composition (e.g., divorce), what explains these differences, and whether these explanations differ by marital status. ABP in children, such as picking fights, are of increasing concern to practitioners and researchers because when ABP persist past the toddler years, children have more difficulty learning in school, forming long- lasting friendships, and maintaining employment later in life. There is correlational research that suggests that family composition is associated with children’s aggressive behaviors; nonmarital and unstable families (e.g., who have had a change in family composition) tend to have children with more aggressive behavior problems than married, stable families. However, questions remain about the mechanisms behind this association that might account for variability in children’s outcomes and across studies. To address this gap, we propose a study with the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing data. Using a structural equation model framework, we will test whether changes in family functioning (co-parenting support, father involvement) and economic stress (income, perceptions of economic hardship) explain why changes in family composition are associated with changes in aggressive behavior, and whether there are group differences by marital status. Understanding the consequences of changes in family composition and possible points of intervention will improve program efforts and child wellbeing. One ultimate goal of healthy marriage/relationship and responsible fatherhood programming is to help couples become more stable – both financially and in terms of their relationships – to ultimately improve child wellbeing. Thus, studies that seek to understand the healthy relationship and responsible fatherhood associations with economic stability, family functioning, and child wellbeing help address these important public health concerns.

摘要/摘要 拟议的研究试图检查儿童侵略行为的差异 问题（ABP）在家庭构图发生变化（例如离婚）之后，解释了这些解释 差异以及这些解释是否因婚姻状况而有所不同。儿童中的ABP，例如 选拔战斗，对从业者和研究人员越来越关注 持续过去的小孩年，孩子们在学校学习更加困难，形成长期 持久的朋友，并在以后的生活中维持就业。有相关研究 表明家庭组成与儿童的侵略行为有关；非婚姻 不稳定的家庭（例如，家庭成分有所改变）往往有孩子 与已婚，稳定的家庭相比，行为问题更多。但是，问题 仍然关注该关联背后的机制，这些机制可能解释 儿童的结果和整个研究。为了解决这一差距，我们提出了一项研究 脆弱的家庭和儿童健康数据。使用结构方程模型框架，我们将 测试家庭功能的变化（共同支持，父亲参与）和 经济压力（收入，对经济困难的看法）解释了为什么家庭变化 组成与侵略行为的变化有关，以及是否有群体 婚姻状况的差异。了解家庭变化的后果 组成和可能的干预点将改善计划的工作和儿童福祉。 健康的婚姻/关系/负责任的父亲节目的最终目标是 为了帮助夫妻在财务和关系方面变得更加稳定， 最终改善了儿童健康。那是试图了解健康的研究 关系和负责任的父亲身份与经济稳定，家庭功能， 儿童健康有助于解决这些重要的公共卫生问题。