Child Development in Families Confronting Economic Challenges and/or Parental Disabilities:An Exploratory Analysis and Policy Implications
Strengthening support for families facing adversity is a pivotal goal of social assistance policy in China.This study investigates the relationships between economic conditions,parental disabilities,and children's development,encompassing physical and psychological health,as well as school performance.The findings reveal negative associations between economic adversity,parental disability,and child development.The severity of economic adversity and parental disability correlates with poorer child development outcomes.In situations where poverty and disability coexist,children perceive their living environment more negatively and experience increased learning burnout.The negative impact of poverty and disability diminishes when controlling for the variable of important social relationships that children form in their families,schools,and communities,emphasizing the importance of significant interpersonal connections.The study suggests that China's social assistance policies should focus more on the physical and mental development of children in families facing economic adversity and those with parents with disabilities.Recommendations include expanding social assistance coverage for eligible families on the brink of subsistence allowance,providing targeted intervention services emphasizing family-society relationships and children's physical and mental development,and enhancing cross-departmental cooperation,needs assessment,and tailored assistance services for families grappling with both economic deprivation and parental disability.
families in adversityeconomic adversitydisabilitychild developmentsocial assistance
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