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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"poor child"”.
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"To claim voice": The Discourses of Impoverished Children in the Great Depression
… images of suffering, especially the suffering of children, the voice of the impoverished child in modernist fiction of the Great Depression demands a different type of response as the reader experiences an experimental modernism that is, at once, as political and complicated as highly sentimental …
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The Influence of cumulative risk factors on the cognitive abilities of low-income, African- American preschool children
<p>A large number of children are exposed to multiple risk factors within the first 3 years of life, resulting in poorer child developmental outcomes. Additionally, exposure to multiple risks is especially prevalent in low-income populations. Several studies have found that multiple maternal and …
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Marital Conflict, Emotional Security, and Young Children's Social and Emotional Competence
… study examined the mediational role of young children's emotional security in relations between destructive and constructive marital conflict, and children's emotional and social competence and psychological adjustment. Participants were 91 mothers and their children aged 3-6 years (52 males …
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Measuring health inequity amongst a cohort of HIV positive mother and child pairs in South Africa : the relationship between household socio-economic status and child health outcomes
… inequity amongst a cohort of HIV positive mother-child pairs in South Africa with a focus on the relationship between household socio-economic status and child health outcomes. This study is a secondary analysis to a prospective cohort study of mothers and infants participating in three of the …
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Maternal Intrusive Involvement and Adolescent Functioning in Youth with Type I Diabetes
… increased depression, decreased adherence, and poor metabolic control. In the past intrusive involvement has been seen as a consequence of innate maternal characteristics such as trait anxiety, and as the cause of poor child functioning in adolescents with intrusively involved caregivers. More …
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Development and validation of child routines questionnaire: preschool
… routines as a paramount practice in successful child rearing (Fiese, 2002). Only recently, however, has empirical evidence begun to corroborate this theory. While many researchers and clinicians have documented the use of daily child routines in their parenting packages and treatment studies, …
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Factors influencing the psychological adjustment of young patients with Type 1 diabetes in the first year after diagnosis
… association with the psychological adjustment of children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes such as metabolic control (McDonnell et al., 2007), maternal functioning (Schmidt, 2007) and protective parenting (Mullins et al., 2004). Parenting factors may have an impact on young children …
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Elucidating fecal contamination exposure in low-income countries, the contribution from child feces disposal practices and soil ingestion, and links to child health
… consequences, making it critical to reduce child exposure to fecal contamination. Current water, sanitation, and hygiene programs in low-income countries often focus on improving water delivery and toilet/latrine infrastructure to reduce pathogen exposure, but child exposure to fecal …