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Family economic hardship and children’s behavioral and socio-emotional outcomes in middle childhood: Direct and indirect pathways

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The current study aimed to examine whether and how family economic hardship would directly or indirectly affect primary school-aged children’s behavioral and socio-emotional outcomes, focusing on the mechanisms of family stress processes.

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  • Lee, Hana, 2022. "Family economic hardship and children’s behavioral and socio-emotional outcomes in middle childhood: Direct and indirect pathways," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:138:y:2022:i:c:s0190740922001633
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106527
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