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The Great Recession, genetic sensitivity, and maternal harsh parenting.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Aug 2013
Lee Dohoon, Brooks-Gunn Jeanne, McLanahan Sara S, Notterman Daniel, Garfinkel Irwin
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Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, this study examined the effects of the Great Recession on maternal harsh parenting. We found that changes in macroeconomic conditions, rather than current conditions, affected harsh parenting, that declines in macroeconomic conditions had a stronger impact on harsh parenting than improvements in conditions, and that mothers' responses to adverse...
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