Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
8-2010
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph. D.
Department
Social Work
Committee Chair
Golder, Seana
Author's Keywords
Parental incarceration; Parental risk factors; Child outcomes; Risk factors; Multiple risk model; Protective factors
Subject
Children of prisoners--Effect of imprisonment on--United States; Prisoners' families--Effect of imprisonment on--United States
Abstract
The impact of four primary parental risk factors (parental mental illness, parental substance use, parental mental illness, and poverty) on seven child outcomes (school failure, criminal behaviors, being arrested, behavioral difficulties, emotional difficulties, alcohol, and drug use) was examined. The accumulation of multiple risk factors in a child's life was found to significantly increase the likelihood that several negative outcomes would occur. The research, however, suggests further that this is an over simplification of the phenomenon and that specific risk factors are more likely to contribute to specific child outcomes. Depending on the outcome being addressed by programming and policies it would be beneficial to address those risks found to be more significantly linked to that specific outcome.
Recommended Citation
Hyppolite, Melody Lynn 1976-, "The impact of parental risk factors on child outcomes : examining parental incarceration within a multiple-risk model." (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 658.
https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/658
