Profiles and Predictors of Neurodevelopmental Functioning among Young Children Experiencing Family Homelessness.

Autor: Herbers JE; Villanova University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Villanova, PA, USA., DeCandia CJ; Artemis Associates, Watertown, MA, USA., Volk KT; C4 Innovations, Needham, MA, USA., Unick GJ; University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Early childhood research quarterly [Early Child Res Q] 2023 4th Quarter; Vol. 65, pp. 407-416. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 12.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.08.001
Abstrakt: In the context of family homelessness, children experience acute adversities related to loss of housing and residential mobility compounded with more chronic, poverty-related adversities and stressors. Among children in families experiencing homelessness, variability in experiences and outcomes warrant person-centered approaches to better delineate patterns of risk and resilience. Using latent profile analysis as a person-centered approach, we identified five distinct profiles of neurodevelopmental functioning within a sample of 231 children (ages 3-5 years old) staying in emergency homeless shelters with their families. Latent profiles were informed by indicators from parent-reported items for ten different domains of neurodevelopmental functioning. We examined whether demographic and ecological factors including age, ethnicity, adverse childhood experiences, parent mental health, and overreactive parenting would predict profile membership. Overall, half of the children in the sample demonstrated a profile of resilient functioning across developmental domains. Profiles of maladaptive functioning differed in areas of strength and challenge, with a small percentage of children showing poor functioning across all domains. Children whose parents had more mental health problems or overreactive parenting were significantly more likely to show profiles of poor functioning than to show resilient functioning. Implications for future research, practice, and policy are discussed.
Competing Interests: Disclosure Statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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