Developmental science aimed at reducing inequality: Maximizing the social impact of research on executive function in context

Capturing Environmental Dimensions of Adversity and Resources in the Context of Poverty Across Infancy Through Early Adolescence: A Moderated Nonlinear Factor Model

“…wellbeing (Raver & Blair, 2020). While direct examination of these individual-and structural-level forms of racial and class inequalities is beyond the scope of the current paper, our findings underscore the need for applying an intersectional framework in future work (Syed & Ajayi, 2018).…”

Capturing environmental dimensions of adversity and resources in the context of poverty across infancy through early adolescence: A moderated nonlinear factor model

“…Even in this predominantly low-income sample, on average, the income of White families was nearly twice that of African American families (mean income-to-needs: 2.39 and 1.26, respectively). In addition to the challenges of parenting in poverty (Magnuson & Duncan, 2002), families of color additionally experience a host of stressors related to discrimination and bias (e.g., police brutality, lower quality healthcare) that undoubtedly exert cascading effects on resource scarcity and caregivers' wellbeing (Raver & Blair, 2020). While direct examination of these structural racial inequalities is beyond the scope of the current paper, racial category membership likely serves as a proxy of these structural-level factors.…”

“…An equally pressing concern is that these common indicators of poverty may not have the same meaning across time or across racial-ethnic groups, leading to empirical imprecision and conclusions that do not adequately characterize the experience of any sociocultural group (Borsboom, 2006). This consideration is especially important given that children and families of color are disproportionately represented among the poor due to pervasive structural racial and social inequalities (National Center for Children in Poverty, 2016;Raver & Blair, 2020). The intersections of race and class can be seen in the vast income and wealth racial disparities that exist: even when controlling for education level, White household income is twice the size and net worth is 13 times the size of African American households in the U.S. (Parker et al, 2016).…”

Executive function in context

“…For this reason, we invited Cybele Raver and Clancy Blair, leading developmental scientists who have studied EF among children living in diverse sociocultural and socio‐economic contexts to contribute a commentary to this Special Issue. We conclude our Introduction to the Special Issue by highlighting a few additional future directions for research on EF in context that dovetail with points raised by Raver and Blair () in their commentary on the Special Issue.…”

“…Collectively, these articles make valuable contributions to the literature on EF in context, while also shedding light on gaps in the literature that need to be addressed in order to advance the developmental science of EF. We then offer select recommendations for future directions while summarizing Raver and Blair's () compelling commentary on the state of the science of EF in context that concludes the Special Issue.…”