http://hdl.handle.net/1957/19055 2013-05-25T13:51:02Z 2013-05-25T13:51:02Z Lipscomb, Shannon T. Lewis, Kendra M. Masyn, Katherine E. Meloy, Mary Elizabeth http://hdl.handle.net/1957/37350 2013-03-05T23:13:33Z 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z

Child Care Assistance for Families Involved in the Child Welfare System: Predicting Child Care Subsidy Use and Stability Lipscomb, Shannon T.; Lewis, Kendra M.; Masyn, Katherine E.; Meloy, Mary Elizabeth Early child care and education programs have the potential to play a supportive role in the lives of vulnerable children and families involved in the child welfare system. Child care subsidies can help low-income families to access these programs. The current study examines the use and stability of child care subsidies among children from families involved in the child welfare system. Administrative data were obtained from the Oregon Department of Human Services through two linked datasets: Child Welfare Services and Employment Related Day Care (Oregon's child care subsidy program). Results indicate that children placed out of their biological homes through child welfare services, and those with more instability in child welfare placements, are less likely to receive subsidized child care than those protected in their homes. Findings further suggest that children involved in child welfare services have even less stability in child care subsidy use than other children from low-income families, evidenced by shorter durations of subsidy use. These findings provide a platform for future research in this area, and have implications for the well-being of children and families involved in child welfare services, whose lives involve a host of challenges, risks, and instabilities. This is the author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Elsevier and can be found at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/children-and-youth-services-review/.

2012-12-01T00:00:00Z Lipscomb, Shannon T. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/37108 2013-02-22T19:56:38Z 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Increasing Access to Quality Child Care for Children from Low-Income Families: Families’ Experiences Lipscomb, Shannon T. Identifying effective strategies for increasing access to quality care for children from low-income families has important implications for society. This study examined the effectiveness of expanding child care assistance for low-income families (capping expenses at 10% of income and raising eligibility to 200% of the federal poverty line) to purchase quality care. Mixed methods documented families' experiences (N = 181) and capitalized on a natural experiment when families lost assistance. Results pointed to improved access to quality care for children from low-income families by: 1) helping low-income families continue utilizing quality providers when incomes dropped, and 2) enabling others to begin utilizing quality providers. Perceived impacts were greatest for families with higher incomes (within the eligibility range), and for those with children ages five and younger. Additionally, parents were able to pay providers the full rate that they charge for care, which may help quality providers continue serving low-income families. This is the author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Elsevier and can be found at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/children-and-youth-services-review/.

2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Rhoades, Kimberly A. Leve, Leslie D. Harold, Gordon T. Mannering, Anne M. Neiderhiser, Jenae M. Shaw, Daniel S. Natsuaki, Misaki N. Reiss, David http://hdl.handle.net/1957/36796 2013-02-12T20:19:34Z 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Marital Hostility and Child Sleep Problems: Direct and Indirect Associations via Hostile Parenting Rhoades, Kimberly A.; Leve, Leslie D.; Harold, Gordon T.; Mannering, Anne M.; Neiderhiser, Jenae M.; Shaw, Daniel S.; Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Reiss, David The current study examined two family process predictors of parent-reported child sleep problems at 4.5 years in an adoption sample: marital hostility and hostile parenting. Participants were 361 linked triads of birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted children. We examined direct and indirect pathways from marital hostility to child sleep problems via hostile parenting. Mothers’ marital hostility at 9 months was associated with child sleep problems at 4.5 years. Fathers’ marital hostility at 9 months evidenced an indirect effect on child sleep problems at 4.5 years via fathers’ hostile parenting at 27 months. Findings were significant even after controlling for genetic influences on child sleep (i.e., birth parent internalizing disorders). The findings suggest targets for prevention and intervention programs that are potentially modifiable (e.g., hostile parenting, marital hostility), and inform theory by demonstrating that relations among marital hostility, hostile parenting, and child sleep problems are significant after accounting for genetic influences. This is the author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association and published by Sage Publications. The published article can be found at: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/fam/index.aspx.

2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Sektnan, Michaella McClelland, Megan M. Acock, Alan Morrison, Frederick J. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/19058 2010-11-02T16:28:55Z 2010-03-07T00:00:00Z

Relations between early family risk, children's behavioral regulation, and academic achievement Sektnan, Michaella; McClelland, Megan M.; Acock, Alan; Morrison, Frederick J. This study examined relations among early family risk, children’s behavioral regulation at 54 months and kindergarten, and academic achievement in first grade using data on 1,298 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. Family risk was indexed by ethnic minority status, low maternal education, low average family income from 1 – 54 months, and high maternal depressive symptoms from 1 - 54 months. Results of structural equation modeling indicated that minority status, low maternal education, and low family income had significant negative effects on reading, math, and vocabulary achievement in first grade. Modest indirect effects were also found from ethnicity, maternal education, and maternal depressive symptoms, through 54-month and kindergarten behavioral regulation to first-grade achievement. Discussion focuses on the importance of behavioral regulation for school success especially for children facing early risk. This is the authors' post peer-review, final manuscript as submitted to the publisher. It contains no copy editing. The final published version, which is coyrighted by Elsevier, can be found at:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08852006. *News coverage: A news release based on this journal publication, which is written for a lay audience and has been approved by an author of the study, is available online: http://bit.ly/9wfAOS

2010-03-07T00:00:00Z