Recent stressful life events and young children's school adjustment
- 1 February 1985
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Community Psychology
- Vol. 13 (1) , 87-98
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00923261
Abstract
A group of 211 first-to fourth-grade children who had experienced one or more recent stressful life events were compared to a demographically matched sample of 211 children who had not experienced such events on measures of school adjustment problems and competencies. Stressful life events were found to be associated with the presence of more serious school adjustment problems and fewer competencies. Those associations were strongest for children who had experienced multiple recent stressful events. The importance of preventive interventions for this at-risk group was emphasized and future research steps in the area were considered.Keywords
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