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PDF pending restorationBurgess, Robert L.; Conger, Rand D. – 1977
Observational data was taken in the homes of 17 abuse, 17 neglect, and 19 control families to discover whether there are distinctive patterns of day-to-day interaction that distinguish abusive and neglectful families from families with no known history of abusing or neglecting their children. The observational code was recorded through the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedConger, Rand D.; Wallace, Lora Ebert; Sun, Yumei; Simons, Ronald L.; McLoyd, Vonnie C.; Brody, Gene H. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
Evaluated applicability of family stress model of economic hardship for understanding economic influences on child development among African American families with a 10- or 11-year-old child. Found that economic hardship positively related to economic pressure in families, and to emotional distress of caregivers, which in turn damaged the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Child Development, Economic Factors
Direct linkCui, Ming; Conger, Rand D.; Lorenz, Frederick O. – Developmental Psychology, 2005
The present prospective, longitudinal study of 451 adolescents and their parents extends earlier research by investigating whether change in marital problems predicts change in adolescent adjustment, after controlling for other marital problems and socioeconomic status. Latent growth curves over a period of 5 years were used, and the results…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Parents, Adjustment (to Environment), Marital Instability
Peer reviewedConger, Rand D.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Used observations and family reports to examine the relationships between family economic stress factors and adjustment of adolescent boys. Economic pressures were associated with parental demoralization, which was related to marital conflict and disruptions in parenting. Disruptions in child-rearing behavior had adverse consequences for…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Child Rearing, Depression (Psychology)
