Effects of cumulative family risks on school readiness skills: A cross-cultural study between the U.S. and Korea

Kim, Jaehee; Yu, Hoseog; Kim, Hyoun Kyoung

doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.05.002

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“…Therefore, a cumulative risk perspective is increasingly being adopted to conceptualize and examine aggregate roles of co-occurring stressors and thus provide a more comprehensive representation of children’s adverse experiences in the family context [30–32]. Using this cumulative environmental risk approach, both cross-sectional and longitudinal associations have been identified with a wide range of negative child health and behavioral outcomes, including internalizing and externalizing problems [30], neurocognitive development [33,34], and psychosocial adjustment [35]. These cumulative risks were shown to be biologically embedded in children, as they were associated with biomarkers of inflammation (e.g., C-reactive protein) and stress reactivity (e.g., cortisol reactivity, autonomic nervous system) [8,30,36–39].…”

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Cross-Tissue Specificity of Pediatric DNA Methylation Associated with Cumulative Family Adversity

Chan,

Merrill,

Fatima

et al. 2023

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BackgroundCumulative family adversity (cumulative FA), characterized by co-occurring stressors in a family context, may be biologically embedded through DNA methylation (DNAm) and contribute to later health outcomes.Materials & MethodsWe compared epigenome-wide DNAm associated with cumulative FA in buccal epithelial cells (BECs;n=218) and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs;n=51) from 7-13-year-old children in Canada, accounting for sex, age, predicted cell-type proportion, and genetic ancestry.ResultsHigher levels of cumulative FA were associated with DNAm at seven sites, primarily in stress- and immune-related genes, only in PBMCs. Negative mother-child interaction contributed to this association.ConclusionsThe findings of this study suggested that PBMC DNAm can be used as a marker for biological embedding of cumulative FA.

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Cross-Tissue Specificity of Pediatric DNA Methylation Associated with Cumulative Family Adversity

Chan,

Merrill,

Fatima

et al. 2023

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“…Specifically, positive parenting behavior is a key element of school readiness and later academic outcomes, as well as a significant component of school-readiness programs such as Head Start ( Kiernan and Mensah, 2011 ; Pears et al, 2015 ). However, negative parenting, such as lack of parental involvement or parental insensitivity, compromises children’s school-readiness skills ( Kim et al, 2022 ; Oh et al, 2022 ). Children who also displayed demoralization, inconsistency, less responsiveness, provocativeness, and harsh behaviors were less able to adapt to school ( Chazan-Cohen et al, 2009 ; Okado et al, 2014 ).…”

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Bioecological profiles of preschool children’s individual, familial, and educational characteristics, and their relations with school adjustment, academic performance, and executive function in first grade

Lee

2023

Front. Psychol.

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This study investigates the relationships between distinct bioecological profiles of individual, familial, and educational characteristics of preschool children and their school adjustment, academic performance, and executive function in first grade. Data on 11 indicators of personal and environmental characteristics were collected from 1,016 five-year-old Korean preschoolers using a national-level open dataset. Latent profile analysis identified five profiles that were associated with different levels of school adjustment, academic performance, and executive function one year later when the preschoolers became first graders. The “Good Social Competence by Good Familial Environment” profile was the most associated with levels of school adjustment, academic performance, and executive function. The “Good Social Competence by Good Educational Environment” profile was more associated with levels of school adjustment and executive function than the “Moderate” profile but less associated with these levels than the “Good Social Competence by Good Familial Environment” profile. Findings indicate that the environment, rather than individual characteristics of preschoolers, plays a more significant role in their elementary school adjustment, academic performance, and executive function, and that their familial environment plays a more significant role than their educational environment. The study highlights the importance of creating supportive familial environments for preschool children to improve their school adjustment, academic performance, and executive function in elementary school, and provides a useful guide for practitioners and policymakers seeking to improve children’s academic and socioemotional outcomes.

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Cumulative Family Disadvantage, Child Development, and Underachievement as a Global Problem

Uddin

2024

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems

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Effects of cumulative family risks on school readiness skills: A cross-cultural study between the U.S. and Korea

Cited by 7 publications

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Cross-Tissue Specificity of Pediatric DNA Methylation Associated with Cumulative Family Adversity

Cross-Tissue Specificity of Pediatric DNA Methylation Associated with Cumulative Family Adversity

Bioecological profiles of preschool children’s individual, familial, and educational characteristics, and their relations with school adjustment, academic performance, and executive function in first grade

Cumulative Family Disadvantage, Child Development, and Underachievement as a Global Problem

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