Stress and child development: A review of the Family Stress Model

AS Masarik, RD Conger - Current opinion in psychology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•We reviewed empirical studies informed by the Family Stress Model
framework.•We found general empirical support for the Family Stress Model among diverse …

Do stressed mothers have heavier children? A meta‐analysis on the relationship between maternal stress and child body mass index

EB Tate, W Wood, Y Liao, GF Dunton - Obesity reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Child obesity continues to be a prevalent public health issue. This meta‐analysis
synthesized 17 studies investigating the association between levels of psychological stress …

Understanding family life during the COVID‐19 shutdown

B Singletary, KK Schmeer, KM Purtell… - Family …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Our study investigates how changes in family contexts were associated with child
behaviors during Ohio's COVID‐19 shutdown of early 2020. Background The COVID‐19 …

Parent feeding practices in the context of food insecurity

KR Arlinghaus, MN Laska - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The process of feeding is complex and highly dependent on parent, child, social, and
environmental factors. Given the rising rates of food insecurity and concomitant poor …

Family structure and obesity in early childhood

KK Schmeer - Social Science Research, 2012 - Elsevier
This study informs family and child health research by using longitudinal Fragile Families
data to assess how family structure and transitions are associated with changes in children's …

Food insecurity: what are its effects, why, and what can policy do about it?

CT Hines, AJ Markowitz… - Policy Insights from the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Food insecurity—lack of access to sufficient food for an active and healthy lifestyle—affects
more than 10 million children in the United States. Ample research links food insecurity to …

Understanding the psychological distress of food insecurity: a qualitative study of children's experiences and related coping strategies

CW Leung, AL Stewart, ET Portela-Parra… - Journal of the Academy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Food insecurity, a condition of inadequate household food availability, affects
15.7% of US households with children. Food insecurity is generally believed to affect the …

'You run out of hope': an exploration of low-income parents' experiences with food insecurity using Photovoice

P Lindow, IH Yen, M Xiao, CW Leung - Public health nutrition, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objective: Using an adaption of the Photovoice method, this study explored how food
insecurity affected parents' ability to provide food for their family, their strategies for …

The effect of food insecurity and stress on delay discounting across families: a COVID-19 natural experiment

AK Crandall, N Madhudi, B Osborne, A Carter… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Delay Discounting is the extent to which one prioritizes smaller
immediate rewards over larger, delayed rewards. The ability to prospect into the future is …

Financial hardship, neighborhood cohesion and child externalizing behaviors: An extension of the family stress model among immigrant mothers

S Saasa, KP Ward, S Sandberg, J Jacobson - Children and Youth Services …, 2021 - Elsevier
Research indicates heightened risk for financial, psychological, and emotional strain among
immigrant families. Studies that examine the family stress model in concert with unique …