Using linked data to investigate developmental vulnerabilities in children of convicted parents
| Autor: | Jeneva L. Ohan, Donna M. Bayliss, Megan F. Bell, Rebecca Glauert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Parents Developmental Disabilities Poison control Context (language use) Vulnerable Populations Suicide prevention Developmental psychology Child Development Risk Factors Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology Cognitive development Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Life-span and Life-course Studies 0505 law Demography Incidence 05 social sciences Human factors and ergonomics Criminals Child development Logistic Models Child Preschool 050501 criminology Regression Analysis Marital status Female Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Developmental Psychology. 54:1219-1231 |
| ISSN: | 1939-0599 0012-1649 |
| Popis: | There is evidence that children of incarcerated parents are at risk of poor developmental and educational outcomes. However, much of this evidence is limited by biased samples, as studies must rely on opt-in recruitment. Administrative data present an opportunity to overcome this challenge, as they capture information on all incarcerated individuals. This study used administrative data on convictions of the parents of 19,071 children aged 5-6 years in Western Australia. Records of parental convictions (starting from 1 year prior to the child's birth) were linked to children's scores on the Australian Early Development Census, which is a teacher-reported measure of children's physical, social, emotional, communicative, and cognitive development. Logistic regression models estimated the odds of children of convicted parents being developmentally vulnerable. Models were adjusted for child, parent, and neighborhood sociodemographic factors. Compared to children in the comparison group, children whose parent had either served a community order or been incarcerated were at risk of poor development across all developmental domains, even after adjusting for sociodemographic factors. Furthermore, children of incarcerated parents had higher odds of developmental vulnerability on multiple domains compared to children of parents who had served community orders only. The results suggest that, although children of convicted parents experience a higher incidence of sociodemographic risk, their parents' criminal activity constitutes an independent risk factor for their development. Intervention to support the early development of children of convicted parents is therefore essential, and should consider the family context. (PsycINFO Database Record |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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