Parental involvement at school offers unique opportunities for parents, and this school-based has important implications children's academic behavioral outcomes. The authors used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (National Center Education Statistics, 2001) to examine race immigrant differences in barriers parental school. Minority compared with native-born reported more participation were subsequently less likely be involved Among time spent United States...

Stress proliferation theory suggests that parental incarceration may have deleterious intergenerational health consequences. In this study, I use data from the 2011–2012 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) to estimate relationship between and children’s fair or poor overall health, a range physical mental conditions, activity limitations, chronic school absence. Descriptive statistics show children incarcerated parents are vulnerable population who experience disadvantages across an...

A burgeoning literature considers the consequences of mass imprisonment for well-being adult men and—albeit to a lesser degree—their children. Yet virtually no quantitative research women who are link between (former) prisoners and their This article extends on collateral by considering association paternal incarceration maternal mental health using data from Fragile Families Child Wellbeing Study. Results show that recent increases mother’s risk major depressive episode her level life...

A growing literature documents deleterious consequences of incarceration for mental health. Although salient, is only one form criminal justice contact and, accordingly, focusing on may mask the extent to which system influences Using insights from stress process paradigm, along with nationally representative data National Longitudinal Survey Youth 1997, we examine contact—defined as arrest, conviction, and incarceration—and First, fixed-effects models, adjust stable unobserved time-varying...

Each year, nearly 1% of US children spend time in foster care, with 6% placed care at least once between their birth and 18th birthday. Although a large literature considers the consequences placement for children's wellbeing, no study has used nationally representative sample to compare mental physical health not care.We data from 2011-2012 National Survey Children's Health, noninstitutionalized United States, logistic regression models parent-reported outcomes adopted across specific...

In response to dramatic increases in imprisonment, a burgeoning literature considers the consequences of incarceration for family life, almost always documenting negative outcomes. But effects may be more complicated and nuanced. this article, we consider countervailing paternal host relationships, including fathers’ parenting, mothers’ relationship between parents. Using longitudinal data from Fragile Families Child Wellbeing Study, find recent sharply diminishes parenting behaviors among...

A growing literature documents the myriad penalties for children of incarcerated fathers, but relatively little is known about how paternal incarceration contributes to educational outcomes in early and middle childhood. In this article, we use data from Fragile Families Child Wellbeing Study provide first estimates relationship between children’s grade retention elementary school. Propensity score matching models indicate that fathers are more likely experience than their counterparts. This...

Dramatic increases in the American imprisonment rate since mid-1970s have important implications for life chances of minority men with low educational attainment, including their health. Although a large literature has considered collateral consequences incarceration variety outcomes, studies concerned health several limitations: Most focus exclusively on physical health; those mental only consider current or previous incarceration, but never both; some are cross-sectional; many fail to...

We use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 3,197) to consider heterogeneous effects of maternal incarceration on 9-year-old children. find that has no average child well-being (measured by caregiver-reported internalizing problem behaviors, externalizing Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Third Edition scores, child-reported early juvenile delinquency) but vary mothers' propensities for experiencing incarceration. Maternal is deleterious children mothers least likely...

A half Century ago, relatively few US children experienced the incarceration of a parent. In decades since, rates rose rapidly (before leveling off more recently), and today historically unprecedented number are exposed to parental incarceration. this article, Kristin Turney Rebecca Goodsell walk us through evidence that impairs children's wellbeing throughout life course. Given fact already vulnerable also most likely experience having parent behind bars, they write, these trends increase...

A growing literature highlights the multifaceted consequences of incarceration for family life, but little is known about quality relationships between couples who remain together during and after 1 partner's incarceration. In this article, author used data from Fragile Families Child Wellbeing Study (N = 1,848), a longitudinal cohort parents, to consider association paternal 4 measures relationship quality: (a) overall quality, (b) supportiveness, (c) emotional abuse, (d) physical abuse....

As the American imprisonment rate has risen, researchers have become increasingly concerned about implications of mass for family life. The authors extend this research by examining how paternal incarceration is linked to perceived instrumental support among mothers inmates' children. Results from Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( N = 4,132) suggest that recent, but not current, independently associated with less maternal association persists after adjusting a rich set control...

The rise in mass incarceration, as well its unequal distribution across the population, may widen inequalities among individuals and families. In this manuscript, I use data from Fragile Families Child Wellbeing Study, a source uniquely situated to understand collateral consequences of consider paternal incarceration for an overlooked aspect family life: maternal parenting (measured by neglect, psychological aggression, physical aggression). Results show that, parents living together prior...

Previous studies provide insight into the mental health of jail and prison inmates, but this research does not compare two groups inmates. Using data from Fragile Families Child Wellbeing Study, article examines how association between incarceration self-reported varies by facility type, net an array demographic socioeconomic characteristics. Both inmates report high rates depression, life dissatisfaction, heavy drinking, illicit drug use. In adjusted logistic regression models, those...

Although jails are both common and consequential, affecting millions of individuals annually, they a relatively understudied aspect the criminal justice system. In this review, we first document prevalence jail incarceration, highlighting how incarceration has risen in tandem with more commonly examined prison incarceration. Next, describe population jail, paying particular attention to heterogeneous disadvantaged nature population. We is measured, demographically household surveys, argue...

Abstract Parental incarceration is a socially relevant topic with substantial implications for children, yet it understudied by child development scholars. About 2.6 million U.S. children currently have parent who incarcerated, and age 14, one in 14 experiences resident leaving jail or prison. In this developmentally oriented review, we summarize research on associations between parental well‐being, suggest areas where developmental scientists can contribute. While most analyses of large...

Theories of stress and strain, which emphasize the concentration social stressors among vulnerable groups, suggest that police contact—the most common type criminal justice contact—can have deleterious health consequences. Research documents a relationship between contact adverse health, but less is known about mental consequences stops adolescents. I examined this with data from Fragile Families Child Wellbeing Study (N = 3,437), longitudinal survey individuals born around turn 21st century...

The expansion of the U.S. carceral system profoundly shapes motherhood for marginalized women, yet little is known about how mothers navigate a child’s incarceration. We use in-depth interviews with incarcerated men ( n = 69), most whom identify as Latina, to understand jail incarceration women’s motherwork practices throughout duration their sons’ Building on theories decarceral motherwork, we find that women sons engage in multiple practices—including crisis, collective, and hypervigilant...