Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 209-228 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Families, Relationships and Society |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2016 |
Keywords
- social assets
- child wellbeing
- mothers
- poverty
- income inequality
- low income
- social support
- SDQ
- Scotland
- UK
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Social assets, low income and child social, emotional and behavioural wellbeing. / Treanor, Morag.
In: Families, Relationships and Society, Vol. 5, No. 2, 01.07.2016, p. 209-228.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Social assets, low income and child social, emotional and behavioural wellbeing
AU - Treanor, Morag
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - This article examines the association between mothers' social assets and child social, emotional and behavioural (SEB) wellbeing for children living in a family with a persistently low income. The results show that low income is associated with lower social assets and lower SEB wellbeing in children; however, mothers living with a persistently low income but who have high social assets are significantly associated with higher levels of SEB wellbeing in their children, an interaction that is not significant for any other income quintile. Additionally, many of the sociodemographic variables assumed in the literature to be important in terms of child SEB wellbeing, such as family composition, young motherhood and maternal ethnicity, reduce in significance once income and mothers' social assets are taken into account.
AB - This article examines the association between mothers' social assets and child social, emotional and behavioural (SEB) wellbeing for children living in a family with a persistently low income. The results show that low income is associated with lower social assets and lower SEB wellbeing in children; however, mothers living with a persistently low income but who have high social assets are significantly associated with higher levels of SEB wellbeing in their children, an interaction that is not significant for any other income quintile. Additionally, many of the sociodemographic variables assumed in the literature to be important in terms of child SEB wellbeing, such as family composition, young motherhood and maternal ethnicity, reduce in significance once income and mothers' social assets are taken into account.
KW - social assets
KW - child wellbeing
KW - mothers
KW - poverty
KW - income inequality
KW - low income
KW - social support
KW - SDQ
KW - Scotland
KW - UK
U2 - 10.1332/204674315X14281323517164
DO - 10.1332/204674315X14281323517164
M3 - Article
VL - 5
SP - 209
EP - 228
JO - Families, Relationships and Society
JF - Families, Relationships and Society
SN - 2046-7435
IS - 2
ER -