The promise and pitfalls of a strength-based approach to child poverty and neurocognitive development: Implications for policy

DeJoseph, Meriah L.; Ellwood-Lowe, Monica E.; Miller-Cotto, Dana; Silverman, David; Shannon, Katherine Adams; Reyes, Gabriel; Rakesh, Divyangana; Frankenhuis, Willem E.

doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101375

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101375

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The promise and pitfalls of a strength-based approach to child poverty and neurocognitive development: Implications for policy

Meriah L. DeJoseph,

Monica E. Ellwood-Lowe,

Dana Miller-Cotto

et al.

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Beyond the income‐achievement gap: The role of individual, family, and environmental factors in cognitive resilience among low‐income youth

Rakesh,

Sadikova,

McLaughlin

2024

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BackgroundLow socioeconomic status is associated with lower cognitive performance and long‐term disparities in achievement and success. However, not all children from low‐income backgrounds exhibit lower cognitive performance. Characterizing the factors that promote such resilience in youth from low‐income households is of crucial importance.MethodsWe used baseline data from participants in the lowest tertile of income‐to‐needs in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study and machine learning to identify the factors that predict fluid and crystallized cognitive resilience among youth from low‐income backgrounds. Predictors included 164 variables across child characteristics, family and developmental history, and environment.ResultsOur models were reliably able to predict resilience but were substantially more accurate for crystallized cognition (AUC = 0.75) than for fluid cognition (AUC = 0.67). Key predictors included developmental factors such as birthweight and duration of breastfeeding, neighborhood‐level factors (e.g., living in concentrated privilege, enrollment in advanced placement courses), children's own temperament and mental health, and other factors such as physical activity and involvement in extracurricular activities.ConclusionOur findings highlight the importance of a multifaceted approach to promoting cognitive resilience among children from low‐income households in future intervention work.

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Beyond the income‐achievement gap: The role of individual, family, and environmental factors in cognitive resilience among low‐income youth

Rakesh,

Sadikova,

McLaughlin

2024

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Environmental Support Moderates the association of Socioeconomic Distress and Delay Discounting across Adolescence

Felton,

Rabinowitz,

Sadler

et al. 2024

J. Youth Adolescence

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Mothers with low incomes view both individual and structural interventions as potentially helpful for supporting early child development

Hart,

Sperber,

Troller-Renfree

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Many developmental psychologists aspire to conduct research that informs interventions and policies to prevent income-related disparities in child development. Among growing researcher discussion about the value of interventions that target “structural” and resource-related correlates of income inequality and child development (e.g., housing, food, material goods, cash), rather than individual, person-centered correlates (e.g., parenting behaviors), the perspectives of mothers with low incomes may provide important context. 281 mothers with young children and low incomes rated various structural and individual interventions, framed as having minimal costs and entry barriers, for their perceived helpfulness. Analyses were pre-registered. Overall, mothers rated all interventions very highly, though they rated structural interventions as slightly more helpful than individual interventions. Mothers rated interventions they used in the past as less helpful than those they hadn’t previously used. An exploratory qualitative analysis revealed mothers’ desires for supports in other intervention domains beyond those addressed in our survey. Together, mothers’ responses indicated that they did not see individual interventions as inherently unhelpful due to a focus on individual states, knowledge, and skills. Implications for developmental psychology and intervention science are discussed.

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The promise and pitfalls of a strength-based approach to child poverty and neurocognitive development: Implications for policy

Cited by 3 publications

References 212 publications

Beyond the income‐achievement gap: The role of individual, family, and environmental factors in cognitive resilience among low‐income youth

Beyond the income‐achievement gap: The role of individual, family, and environmental factors in cognitive resilience among low‐income youth

Environmental Support Moderates the association of Socioeconomic Distress and Delay Discounting across Adolescence

Mothers with low incomes view both individual and structural interventions as potentially helpful for supporting early child development

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