Order in the home: Family routines moderate the impact of financial hardship

The Pathways Between Socioeconomic Status and Adolescent Outcomes: A Systematic Review

“…As indicated in Table , seven studies recruited participants from rural areas, 30 studies recruited participants from urban areas, 18 studies recruited participants from both urban and rural areas, and in four studies recruitment location was unclear. Twelve studies focused exclusively on African American families (Budescu & Taylor, ; Grant et al., ; Grant et al., ; Gutman, McLoyd & Tokoyawa, ; Hurd, Stoddard & Zimmerman, ; Landers‐Potts et al., ; Li, Nussbaum & Richards, ; McLoyd, Jayaratne, Ceballo & Borquez, ; Seaton & Taylor, ; Taylor, Budescu, Gebre & Hodzic, ; Taylor, Rodriguez, Seaton & Dominguez, ; Wilson, Foster, Anderson & Mance, ), five studies focused exclusively on Hispanic and Latino Americans (Loukas & Prelow, ; Loukas, Prelow, Suizzo & Allua, ; Loukas, Suizzo & Prelow, ; Prelow, Loukas & Jordan‐Green, ; White, Liu, Nair & Tein, ), two studies focused exclusively on Asian Americans (Kiang, Andrews, Stein, Supple & Gonzalez, ; Mistry, Benner, Tan & Kim, ), four studies focused exclusively on Whites in America (Conger, Conger, Matthews & Elder, ; Conger et al., ; Gault‐Sherman, ; Simons, Johnson, Beaman, Conger & Whitbeck, ), and one focused on a mixture of racial or ethnic minorities (Tama Leventhal & Brooks‐Gunn, ). Three studies were limited to single parent families (Lehman & Koerner, ; McLoyd et al., ; Simons et al., ), three studies were limited to families with two caregivers (Conger et al., ; Landers‐Potts et al., ), and one study was limited to students with disabilities (Wagner, Newman & Javitz, ).…”

“…The home environment was also explored as a mediator of SES's association with adolescent outcomes in five studies (Budescu & Taylor, ; Evans, Gonnella, Marcynyszyn, Gentile & Salpekar, ; Langton et al., ; Loukas & Prelow, ; Loukas et al., ). One study found that family routine moderated the relationship between family SES and academic engagement and problem behaviors in African American adolescents (Budescu & Taylor, ). In low SES families, but not in high SES families, family routine was associated with increased academic engagement and decreased problem behaviors.…”

Finding a routine that works: A mixed methods study of foster parents

“…There are several ways to assist foster parents with establishing and maintaining routines, including training, counselling, casework, and peer support. Providing foster families with strategies to maintain routines may diminish child problem behaviours and increase well-being (Budescu & Taylor, 2013). High-quality foster parent training has been correlated with retention of foster parent licences, longer placement lengths, and foster parent satisfaction (Chipungu & Bent-Goodley, 2004 (Soloman, Niec, & Schoonover, 2017).…”

“…A considerable amount of research has shown that routines can improve the health and well‐being of children and parents (Bakker, Karsten, & Mulder, ; Bater & Jordan, ; Budescu & Taylor, ; Fiese et al, : Rosenkoetter & Barton, ; Spagnola & Fiese, ). Routines may play a particularly important role in foster families, with daily orderliness creating social consistencies that provide a sense of safety and security for children who are transitioning to a new home.…”

Routines of Riparian Women of the Amazon Region: Activities and Roles in the Family, at Work and in the Community

“…Because the research on routines is able to identify which activities, roles and relationships are the day-to-day family dynamics, such studies allow for the characterization of typical aspects of each ecological environment involved in the organization and structuring of daily life, revealing in turn, ecology of each context. An example of the investigation of these relationships is investigating the effects of financial deprivation on family dynamics and time-use possibilities (Budescu & Taylor, 2013;Bruschini & Ricoldi, 2009;Sarriera, Tatim, Coelho, & Bücker, 2007).…”