abstract Poverty is a powerful factor that can alter lifetime developmental trajectories in
cognitive, socioemotional, and physical health outcomes. Most explanatory work on the …

The current study assessed whether the proportion of childhood (age 0–9 years) in poverty
altered the developmental trajectories (ages 9–24) of multimethodological indicators of …

The one in five children growing up in poverty in America have elevated risk for
socioemotional difficulties. One contributing factor to their elevated risk may be exposure to …

Poverty and low socioeconomic status (SES) play a profound role in the etiology and
trajectories of child psychopathology. In order to better understand how poverty/SES can …

Over 15 million children live in families subsisting below the federal poverty level, and there
are nearly 4 million more children living in poverty today than in the turn of the 21st century …

In this article, we offer a new perspective on this question. We suggest that childhood
poverty is harmful, in part, because it exposes children to stressful environments. Low …

Childhood disadvantage has repeatedly been linked to adult physical morbidity and
mortality. We show in a prospective, longitudinal design that childhood poverty predicts …

A massive literature documents the inverse association between poverty or low
socioeconomic status and health, but little is known about the mechanisms underlying this …

Why are children of poor parents more likely to be poor as adults than other children? Early-
childhood adversities resulting from social structures and relationships impact children's …

This chapter provides a synopsis of the extensive empirical and theoretical literatures on the
psychological development of youth growing up poor. Low family income has statistically …